What are the growing conditions for honeysuckle? It can be grown in both southern and northern regions
SummaryEnvironment: It prefers a mild and humid environment, with 20-30°C being the suitable growth temperature; it has strong cold resistance, and growth slows below 3°C. Soil: It can be grown in coarse skeletal soil of gravelly mountains, calcareous brown soil, and general saline-alkali land. Sunlight: It is suitable for planting in places with sufficient light, and should not be intercropped with trees. Water: It has strong drought resistance, and when soil moisture conditions are suitable, the plants grow more vigorously and yields are higher.
Growing conditions for honeysuckle
1. Environment. Honeysuckle likes to live in a mild and humid environment. Its optimum growth temperature is 20-30°C, but it has strong cold resistance. When the temperature is below 3°C, its physiological activity is weak and growth is relatively slow; when the temperature is above 5°C, it sprouts and shoots; when the temperature is above 16°C, new shoots grow quickly; when the temperature is around 20°C, its flower buds develop and grow quickly.
2. Soil. Honeysuckle has strong adaptability to the environment. It can be planted in coarse skeletal soil of gravelly mountains, calcareous brown soil, and general saline-alkali land, with the PH value controlled between 4.2-8.7, but soil moisture should not be too high, so as not to affect its growth and cause leaves to turn yellow and fall off.
3. Sunlight. Honeysuckle has high light requirements. If light is insufficient, it will affect the plant's photosynthesis, causing its branches and leaves to become slender, the leaves to be smaller, and the twining habit to become stronger, reducing flower bud differentiation. Therefore, it is best to plant it in a place with sufficient light and not intercrop it with trees.
4. Water. Honeysuckle has strong drought resistance. It can grow and bloom normally even in coarse skeletal soil with a soil moisture content of about 10%. When soil moisture conditions are suitable, the plants grow vigorously and yields are relatively high.
Six major varieties of honeysuckle
1. Damaohua. Damaohua is the oldest of the honeysuckle varieties. It is now mostly grown in Pingyi County, Shandong, and has relatively high yields, but this variety is only suitable for planting on thin land in mountainous areas.
2. Mountain honeysuckle. Mountain honeysuckle looks very similar to ordinary honeysuckle, but it belongs to the Caprifoliaceae family. It is mostly distributed in the wild mountain forests of southern China. Its taste is a bit stronger than honeysuckle, and its flowers are a bit smaller than those of honeysuckle.
3. Tree-form four-season flower. Tree-form four-season flower is a new variety formed by selecting the best variety from Damaohua and improving it. It is currently quite well known in China.
4. Red honeysuckle. Red honeysuckle is an improved variety of tree-form four-season flower, and its flowers are red.
5. Lanhan honeysuckle. A new type of honeysuckle produced through grafting. At first, it was grafted from tree-form honeysuckle and southern mountain honeysuckle. Now it is generally made with tree-form honeysuckle as the main plant, selecting rootstock for grafting.
6. Jinhua No. 3. Jinhua No. 3 has very large flower buds, and the flower needle length is also 1 times larger than that of the parent. The stems and leaves are thick and large, its leaves are darker green, and its yield is very high. They have very strong photosynthesis, and the plants are very robust.