High-yield cultivation techniques and experience sharing for honeysuckle

I. Planting method

Deeply plow and loosen the soil, apply sufficient farmyard manure, dig round pits with a diameter of 30 cm and a depth of about 25 cm at a plant spacing of 1 m and a row spacing of 1.60 m, plant 3 to 6 honeysuckle seedlings in each pit in a fan-shaped arrangement along the walls, water thoroughly, cover with soil and tread firm. Use about 4000 seedlings per mu. In the year of planting, low-growing crops can be planted between the rows. If planted beside roads, on field banks, or around houses, the density can be appropriately increased.

II. Field management

Loosen the soil and remove weeds to keep the area around the flower mounds free of weeds. Loosen the soil and earth up in early spring and early winter each year.

Topdressing: In early spring and early winter each year, while loosening the soil and removing weeds, dig ring-shaped trenches around the flower mounds, and apply 150 g of compound fertilizer and 5 kg of farmyard manure to each mound.

Shaping and pruning: In winter or early spring, cut off aged dry branches as well as overly dense and leggy branches to help concentrate nutrients for the growth of flowering branches. For old flower mounds that have not been pruned for a long time, after harvesting the flowers, all branches can be cut off 25 cm above the ground to allow tender shoots to regrow and form new flowering branches.

Pest and disease control: Honeysuckle is often affected by anthracnose, which can be controlled by drenching with dexon original powder diluted 500 to 1000 times. For rust disease, spray with a 200 to 250 times solution of dithane-stainless original powder. For aphids, use a 1000 to 2000 times solution of 40% dimethoate emulsifiable concentrate. Note: Toxic pesticides are strictly prohibited during the bud stage of honeysuckle.