Can Akebia trifoliata be cultivated artificially? Detailed explanation of key cultivation techniques

Akebia trifoliata, surely many people have never heard of this thing, let alone its effects, functions and cultivation techniques. In fact, Akebia trifoliata is also one of the wild fruits, and in the past some people would take this fruit to the streets to sell. In recent years, because few grow naturally and no one is willing to go looking for them, they have become rarely seen.

Can Akebia trifoliata be cultivated artificially

Akebia trifoliata can be cultivated artificially. It prefers shady and humid conditions and is relatively cold-tolerant. It often grows in grass among forests on low-altitude hillsides. It grows well in slightly acidic yellow soil rich in humus, and can also adapt to neutral soil. Its stems and vines often grow creeping along the ground. Although the posture of Akebia trifoliata is not as elegant as that of Akebia quinata, its leaf shape and leaf color have a distinctive charm, and it is tolerant of shady and humid environments.

Akebia trifoliata is originally a fruit of the mountains and fields, belonging to those that grow naturally without cultivation, and the fruit's taste is ordinary, and after ripening it spoils very easily and is hard to store, so few people grow it.

Cultivation techniques for Akebia trifoliata

1. Selection of planting base: choose neutral and slightly acidic soil with fertile soil quality and a relatively thick soil layer on both banks of rivers and streams, forest edges, hillsides or farmland, and require a place with good ventilation, good light transmission, irrigation conditions and convenient transportation for cultivation.

2. Preparation before planting: deeply plow the planting site 20-30cm, and according to soil fertility evenly apply 1000kg-1500kg of decomposed farmyard manure, 20kg-40kg of ammonium bicarbonate, and 40kg-60kg of superphosphate per mu, plow them into the soil, rake fine and level, then make beds 15cm-20cm high and 150cm-160cm wide, and dig ditches about 30cm wide between the beds.

3. Seed seedling raising: take the seeds out of the harvested ripe fruit, wash them repeatedly with clean water, rub off the residual pulp on the seeds, float away the shriveled grains, scoop them out and dry them, then mix the seeds with clean fine river sand at a ratio of 1:3, put them in a wooden box and store them indoors or in a pit dug in the field, with the sand moisture controlled at 30%-40%.

4. Seedling planting: plant according to the root growth conditions of the seedlings obtained by different propagation methods, water thoroughly after planting, and the field planting time for cuttings and layerings should be in spring and winter.

5. Maintenance and management

During the seedling stage, water regularly, especially in hot seasons such as summer, and pay attention to the ventilation of the plants. Also pay attention to fertilization; fertilizer cannot be spread directly, but should be spread in the ditch used for watering the plants, using water to deliver fertilizer to the plants, which allows the plants to grow better, and attention should be paid to frequently checking whether there are weeds and removing them in time.

When does Akebia trifoliata mature

The natural ripening period of Akebia trifoliata fruit is generally from late September to November, the fruit weighs 150-250g, the fruit is kidney-shaped, and the fruit is fleshy. Akebia trifoliata bears fruit with on-years and off-years; an on-year mainly refers to a year with good seasonal conditions, when the fruit produced is abundant and large; an off-year refers to poor seasonal conditions with relatively more rain, when the fruit produced is few and small.

Akebia trifoliata is a vine wild fruit of the Lardizabalaceae family, with the scientific name Stauntonia obovatifoliola, distributed in southern China and the Yangtze River basin, and has common names such as mateng guozi, niuluantuo, niuyaozi guo, matengbao, huanglagua, huanggoushen, nagua, nazi, duanyao yemugua, xiangmi guo, bayuegua, bayuezha, wild banana, qingjiao migua, etc. Because its fruit resembles the reproductive organ of a cow, it is called "niuluantuo" in places such as Hunan and Jiangxi.

How Akebia trifoliata is propagated

Spring planting should be before budding, that is, from mid-to-late February to early March; winter planting should be after leaf fall, from late November to early December. Cutting and layering propagation seedlings can be lifted and transplanted in December or early March of the following year. Seed seedling raising can be transplanted throughout the year. The planting point should be 15cm-20cm from the vertical projection of the trellis wire, dig a planting hole 30cm-40cm in diameter and 25cm-30cm deep, mix the excavated soil with decomposed farmyard manure and backfill half of it into the hole, build a steamed-bun-shaped mound of soil at the bottom of the hole, place the seedling in the hole, spread out the root system, then backfill the remaining soil. The plant spacing and row spacing should be planted at 90cm×130cm, and planting cannot be done randomly; it must be standardized.

Akebia trifoliata can be cultivated artificially, and because Akebia trifoliata has very many effects and functions, its cultivation prospects are surely also very considerable. However, it should be noted that this fruit is not easy to store after ripening, which has also become one of the reasons most people are unwilling to grow it.