Honeysuckle is born in thickets or sparse forests, stone piles, foothills and village fences on hillsides, with the highest altitude of 1500m. Strong adaptability, sunny, shade-tolerant, cold-resistant, drought-resistant and water-loving, and not strict with soil requirements, but it grows best on moist and fertile deep sandy soil, with bamboo shoots twice a year in spring and summer. The root system is dense and developed, with strong germination, and the stems and vines can take root when they touch the ground. Like sunshine and mild and humid environment, strong vitality, wide adaptability, cold and drought tolerance, poor growth in the shade.
1, planting opportunities
Spring and autumn are the best planting time. Planting should be carried out in sunny days, not in rainy days, otherwise the survival rate of plants will be reduced.
2. Planting place
Honeysuckle has low requirements for soil, but loose and fertile sand is suitable. In addition, it requires high illumination, so when choosing the planting site, it is best to choose a place with sufficient illumination. If planted in the shade, it will affect the growth and yield of plants.
Step 3 apply fertilizer
When weeding in spring and autumn every year, you can apply farmyard manure, chemical fertilizer and other fertilizers to the plants to supplement nutrients.
water
Watering once every two days can make the flower seedlings take root in about half a month. Proper watering in spring can minimize watering times and prevent plants from growing in vain.
It is distributed in all provinces of China, and also in Korea and Japan. In North America, it escapes to form intractable weeds. The planting areas of honeysuckle are mainly concentrated in Shandong, Shaanxi, Henan, Hebei, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guangdong and other places. China is rich in honeysuckle, and many provinces and regions in the north and south grow honeysuckle. Among them, the three most famous honeysuckle producing areas in the north are Fengqiu, Henan, Pingyi, Shandong and Julu, Hebei.
Precautions:
1, timely pruning: pruning shall be carried out after the leaves fall in autumn and before germination in spring. Generally, strong branches are lightly cut, weak branches are strongly cut, and all branches are cut. When pruning, pay attention to the ventilation and light transmission after the new branches grow. All weak branches, withered old branches, basic branches, etc. It should be cut off, and the plots with poor fertilizer and water conditions should be trimmed heavier. Old branches should be cut off to promote the growth of new branches. Young plants are mainly cultivated plants and should be lightly cut. Generally, 4 ~ 5 trunk branches are left in mountainous areas, and 1 ~ 2 trunk branches are left in plains. The top of the trunk should be cut off to make it stout and upright.
2. Reasonable shaping: combining shaping with pruning, in principle, giving priority to fertilizer and water management, improving overall, making full use of space, increasing the amount of branches and leaves, making the plant type more reasonable, and obviously increasing flowers and yield. The flowering time after pruning is relatively concentrated, which is convenient for harvesting and processing. Generally, branches can stand upright after pruning, and removing weak branches and basic branches is beneficial to the formation of new flowers. Pick the flowers and cut them. After cutting, apply quick-acting nitrogen fertilizer once and water once to promote the early growth of the next flower. In this way, flowers can be collected four times a year, and the average dry flowers can be collected per mu 150 ~ 200 kg.
3. Cultivate soil and weed: cultivate soil and weed honeysuckle 3-4 times a year, 1 time when new leaves grow, the second time before the second flowering, and the last time before the frost in late autumn and early winter. The purpose of cultivating soil is to prevent flower roots from sticking out of the ground, and it is suggested to combine fertilization at the same time. Weeding should start from the periphery of the flower tree, first far and then near, and be careful not to damage the root system.