How to plant firethorn seeds? A detailed guide to the latest planting methods
Firethorn mainly grows in Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, and the Yunnan-Guizhou-Sichuan region. It mainly produces red fruit, and the fruit is also called red fruit. It is edible. It is a wild fruit that Red Army soldiers once ate on the march, and it is also called "army-saving grain." However, the fruit does not taste very good. Nowadays it is all cultivated as an ornamental plant. Planting firethorn mainly relies on sowing. Let us explore exactly how to plant it.
1. Seed treatment
Pick wild seeds directly, soak them in water, and after a few days, once the flesh has softened, rub and wash off the flesh directly. After rinsing several times, take the clean seeds and dry them in the sun for storage, because the seeds mature in autumn, but sowing still has to wait until the next spring. Before sowing, soak the seeds in gibberellin at a certain concentration, then directly open furrows in the seedbed and sow evenly, covering with soil at a suitable depth. These steps should be applied flexibly.
2. Building the seedbed
Build the seedbed in a rectangular shape. The furrow depth is about 8 cm, and the width can be about enough for one person to pass through. The seedbed width is 1.2 m, and the length can be no more than 8 m, then build it according to the terrain. However, generally if it is too long, drainage is not good. If the terrain is very long, it can be broken in the middle, with furrows opened and paths left. The soil must be broken up finely, with no large clods of mud, or the seeds will have difficulty sprouting.
3. Sowing method
Directly open 5 cm wide furrows in the seedbed, leaving 3 cm gaps, open several furrows, and sow, requiring direct and even sowing. You can also not open furrows and directly scatter the seeds evenly in the seedbed, then prepare separate soil to cover them completely. There is also direct seedling raising in seedling trays. Raising seedlings in trays is easy; one seed per cell, or two seeds per container. This way you need to prepare nutrient soil mixed from sand, peat, and soil. However, it is easy to manage and easy to keep moist.
4. Seedling raising method
After the seeds show white, continue to keep them moist. After sprouting, reduce water. After the seedlings grow true leaves, you can water once a day, and after they grow taller, water once every two days. When they reach 5 cm, you can add diluted fertilizer water to provide nutrients and finally promote growth. If too much water is given, the soil in the seedling tray is prone to washing away, so you can add soil that has been disinfected. For ground planting, thinning is needed, removing weak and diseased seedlings. Also pay attention to preventing and controlling seedling-stage diseases.
Firethorn is a wild plant on the mountains, but it has been used in modern landscape modeling, as an ornamental plant, and as a bonsai plant. As a fruit-viewing plant, this is the embodiment of its value. The above is all about the seed planting methods for firethorn.