How to plant a wisteria collected stump? Detailed planting method
Wisteria, also known as Chinese wisteria, is a deciduous climbing plant. Its flowering season is in April each year, and in some nutrient-rich places it can bloom twice a year, with the second season around June 20. Because its vines can be trained by hand onto a frame and it blooms in a mass of purple, it suits Chinese aesthetic taste. So in recent years, more and more wisteria has been planted in courtyards.
In the first year after a wisteria stump is collected from the wild, it is best to plant it in the ground; putting it directly into a pot places high demands on planting skill and environment. When planting, dig a hole in the ground about the diameter of a flower pot (the pot this wisteria will later be planted in), line the wall of the hole with bricks (do not use broken-edge mud), then put the wisteria into the hole.
Wisteria grown in a hole is very easy to keep alive and can be managed fully in the open air, even saving the work of watering. Do not let it bloom in the first year; remove flower buds promptly when you find them, and keep the branches within the length you want. Before leaf fall (early October on the solar calendar), apply a ternary compound fertilizer once, preferably a potassium sulfate compound fertilizer with a nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium ratio of 16:16:16. At this time the wisteria can actively absorb fertilizer and store it in the plant, so it will bloom better and more abundantly the following year.
After the Spring Festival, choose a sunny day to transplant. Dig out the bricks from the wall of the hole, and the wisteria stump can then be taken out; this way of doing it will not damage the fine roots cared for over the year. Then plant it in a suitable flower pot, using the original soil from the hole; if you have decomposed organic fertilizer, it can also be used as a base fertilizer. After potting, water to settle the roots, and keep the care environment similar to the original planting hole.