A Detailed Guide to the Latest Honeysuckle Planting Techniques and Methods
Honeysuckle is a common plant in rural areas from summer to autumn. Farming families pick it to sell as medicinal material, and some also use it to make tea. It is generally wild, but in fact honeysuckle can also be cultivated artificially. After planting, the yield is relatively high, and the growth is very stable. Is there any technique to planting honeysuckle? In fact, there is, and the techniques are exactly what I will describe in the following article. Friends who want to learn more can keep reading.
1. Planting time
It can roughly be planted in both spring and autumn. For example, spring and summer are from February to June, and autumn is from September to December. For planting, holes need to be dug in advance. Generally, the plant spacing is 1 m and the row spacing is 1.5 m to 1.8 m. Dig the holes 40 cm deep. Before planting, the reclaimed land should be filled with fine soil. After planting, it must be compacted, and the water must be watered thoroughly, roughly until the soil is completely moist and the water no longer flows out of the hole. Afterward, water to keep it moist.
2. Topdressing
In spring, loosen the soil and open furrows for fertilization. For planting in rows, just open straight furrows for fertilization. Apply 2 to 3 jin of farmyard manure and 1 jin of compound fertilizer per plant, and fertilize evenly according to the number in each row. Wait until August and apply topdressing once more, mainly nitrogen fertilizer; using more than 30 jin of urea per mu is enough. In summer, when mainly fertilizing, weeds must also be removed. Summer rainwater is good, and weeds grow vigorously. Apply fertilizer once when entering winter to improve cold resistance, use compost, and mound soil around the plants.
3. Disease control
The common insect pests are aphids and longhorn beetles. Aphid control is mainly done during the high-temperature period in summer, controlling adults and larvae together, using imidacloprid for control, while longhorn beetles are controlled with 40% omethoate emulsifiable concentrate and 50% phoxim emulsifiable concentrate. The common disease is powdery mildew, which mainly harms the leaves. After being harmed, the leaves develop white powder and cannot carry out photosynthesis. The most commonly used treatment is triadimefon.
4. Plant adjustment
Keep the main trunk and then keep 5 main branches. This is a suitable plant structure, but to maintain this structure all the time, it is necessary to remove new buds or prune side shoots. After one year of growth, the main branches can be replaced, and new branches need to be selected and kept. During the process of growth and preparation for flowering, the main thing is to concentrate nutrients. It is only necessary to prune dense, thin and weak, leggy, and flower-bud-free branches to control balanced growth. For trailing branches, the growth length must be controlled, and the main trunk and main branches should be pinched back.
There are techniques in all aspects of honeysuckle planting, but no matter how much is said, it mainly depends on actual production operations and the accumulation of real experience. Theory is only a reference and foundation. I hope this can help everyone.