How much is honeysuckle per jin? A detailed guide to its origins and seed planting methods
Honeysuckle is also known as Japanese honeysuckle vine, silver vine, two-color flower vine, erbao vine, right-turning vine, zifeng vine, mandarin duck vine, erhua, etc. It has the beautiful title of “little immortal of the medicine shop” and is widely planted because of its high medicinal value. So where does honeysuckle come from? How much is it per jin? How are the seeds planted?
It is distributed in all provinces of China, and also in Korea and Japan. In North America it has escaped cultivation and become a difficult-to-eradicate weed. The main honeysuckle planting areas are concentrated in Shandong, Shaanxi, Henan, Hebei, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guangdong and other places. China is rich in honeysuckle, and many provinces and regions in both the north and the south grow it. Among them, the three major production areas in the north are the most famous, namely Fengqiu in Henan, Pingyi in Shandong and Julu in Hebei.
Honeysuckle price:
Honeysuckle has extensive medicinal value and health-care uses, thus bringing unlimited business opportunities to merchants. It is understood that prices vary from region to region. The honeysuckle price in the southern agricultural products trading area is about 54 yuan/kg, the honeysuckle price in the Beichuan area is 132 yuan/kg, the honeysuckle price in Pingyi, Shandong moves slowly at about 100 yuan per kg, and the honeysuckle price in Fengqiu, Henan is at most 120 yuan/kg and at least 75 yuan/kg.
How are the seeds planted?
Before sowing, soak the seeds in 25 degrees Celsius warm water for 24 hours, take them out and mix them with wet sand, place them indoors, turn and mix once a day, and sow when 30 to 40% of the seeds have cracked. Keep them moist, and seedlings can emerge after 10 days. Cuttings can be taken in spring, summer and autumn, with the rainy season being best. Choose vigorous one-year-old shoots, cut cuttings about 15 cm to 20 cm long, insert two-thirds into the soil, water after inserting, and they can root after 2 to 3 weeks. After transplanting in the second year, they can bloom. Layering propagation is carried out from June to October; division propagation is carried out in spring and autumn.
1. Soil selection: Honeysuckle has no strict requirements for soil and can grow in both acidic and alkaline soil. However, it grows best in moist, fertile, relatively deep sandy soil.
2. Cultivation: (1) Before potting, first scrub the selected flowerpot clean, then spread a layer of broken tiles on the bottom of the pot, and then add a small amount of soil.
(2) Place the honeysuckle seedling into the pot, continue filling with soil, then firm the potting soil and water thoroughly.
(3) Move the flowerpot to a semi-shaded place, keep the potting soil moist, spray water frequently, and after one month normal care can be carried out.
3. Temperature: The suitable temperature for honeysuckle growth is 20-30 degrees C, and the suitable temperature for germination is 5 degrees C. It has a relatively strong ability to resist cold. It has a relatively strong ability to resist cold. Under environmental conditions of -10 degrees C, facing the sun, not directly exposed to wind, and with a certain humidity, its leaves will not fall off, and it can also overwinter smoothly at temperatures as low as -30 degrees C.
4. Watering: (1) Honeysuckle can tolerate dryness and moisture, but the soil should not be too wet for a long time. Usually, watering should follow the principle of “see dry, see wet.”
(2) In summer, when the temperature is higher and the weather is hot, it is necessary to increase the amount and frequency of watering, and frequently spray water on the leaf surface and surrounding ground in the early morning and evening.
(3) In winter, the amount of watering needs to be controlled. Wait until the soil turns white before watering the plant.
5. Light: Honeysuckle likes sufficient light and can also tolerate a semi-shaded environment. When caring for it indoors in a pot, it needs to be placed in a sunny spot.
6. Fertilization: After sprouting in early spring each year and after picking the flowers in summer, fertilizer should be applied once each time, mainly organic fertilizers such as grass and miscellaneous manure or topdressing, along with urea or compound fertilizer. During the growing season, fertilizer should be applied 1-2 times. Adding phosphate fertilizer before flowering can make the flowers more numerous and lush.
7. Propagation: Honeysuckle can be propagated by sowing, cuttings, division and layering, among which sowing and cuttings are the most commonly used.
8. Disease and pest control: The main diseases of honeysuckle are anthracnose, powdery mildew and various pests.
(1) When anthracnose occurs, it can be treated by watering with a 500-1000 times dilution of Dexon original powder.
(2) When powdery mildew occurs at the seedling stage, triadimefon 1500 times solution can be sprayed, and before the bud stage, thiophanate-methyl or carbendazim can be sprayed.
(3) The main pests of honeysuckle are red spiders, aphids and caterpillars, etc. Spraying an 80% dichlorvos 1200 times dilution can kill them.
9. Pruning: (1) Honeysuckle usually blooms twice a year. After the first batch of flowers fades, the new shoots need to be appropriately pinched to promote the plant to produce a second batch of flower buds.
(2) For plants more than 3-4 years old, after the beginning of winter or in early spring each year, weak branches, excessive-growth branches, crossing branches, dense branches, dry branches, old branches and diseased or pest-damaged branches should be cut off as early as possible, so that nutrients can gather together and promote the sprouting of new shoots and the formation of flower buds.