How to Grow Hypericum: A Complete Guide to Cultivation Techniques

The fruit of Hypericum is bright red and gorgeous, large and vividly colored, with strong ornamental value. Its flesh is moderately sweet and sour and can be used as medicine, so many people grow Hypericum. Let's take a look at Hypericum cultivation techniques below.

1. Growing environment of Hypericum: Hypericum prefers a warm and humid climate, likes light and tolerates slight shade, is relatively cold-tolerant, and has low soil requirements. Except for clay, it can grow well in ordinary soil.

2. Planting of Hypericum: The root system should spread out naturally and must not become tangled; do not bury the leaves in the soil. Growers should pinch and remove buds at the right time. Generally, pinching is carried out when newly planted seedlings are more than 20 cm tall. Pinching is related to the planned harvest period. Generally, the time from pinching to harvest is: 70 days to 90 days in summer, and 90 days to 120 days in winter; if natural light is less than 14 hours, supplemental lighting should be added to reach 16 hours. After pinching or pruning, supplemental lighting begins when new branches reach a height of 40 cm and stops when the main bud blooms, to prevent water accumulation.

3. Harvesting of Hypericum: Carry out harvesting when temperatures are low in the morning and evening. Within 10 minutes after cutting, the stems must be placed in a bucket containing preservative. The preservative is generally Chrysal professional preservative. The pre-cooling temperature is 5°C, and the pre-cooling time is 4 to 6 hours.

4. Morphological characteristics: Hypericum has simple leaves, opposite or whorled, with glandular dots, mostly entire margins; the flowers have 5 petals, mainly yellow, with numerous stamens, usually connate. Hypericum is often used as cut fruit or for flower viewing. The leaves are thick and papery, and the fruit is bright red, glossy, and retains its fruit color after long storage, delicate and lovely.

Cultivating Hypericum is still relatively simple. Most of it is used for ornamental purposes, and it is currently a relatively high-end ornamental fruit.