Detailed Explanation of the Latest Field Management Key Points for Schisandra

Schisandra is a plant of the Magnoliaceae family and also a traditional Chinese medicinal herb with a relatively long history of use in our country, and it is grown over a fairly large area. Schisandra has various effects such as astringing the lungs and stopping cough, stopping diarrhea and stopping sweating, and its seed kernels also contain fatty oil, making it a common industrial raw material used in various industries. So how do you manage Schisandra cultivation? Below, the editor brings you the key points of field management for Schisandra. Let's take a look!

1. Water and Fertilizer Management

Schisandra has a relatively high demand for nutrients during growth and needs sufficient water and nutrients throughout the entire growth period. After successful planting, it should be watered frequently to maintain soil moisture content. Then, before the winter freeze, it should be given a full watering of overwintering water, and during the flowering and fruiting period of Schisandra, in addition to sufficient water, its demand for nutrients is also very great. It should be topdressed at least twice a year, generally during the leaf expansion stage and the flowering stage. The fertilizer should mainly be decomposed farmyard manure, and the fertilization method should use ring application to avoid damaging the plant roots.

2. Timely Pruning

For Schisandra, pruning work should be carried out in the other three seasons besides winter. When pruning in spring, it should be done before the new buds on the branches sprout. Timely cut off overly dense and overly long branches as well as old, weak, and dead branches to improve air and light penetration and prevent excessive nutrient consumption. Summer pruning is generally around June to July, and the main targets are basal branches, overlapping branches, and various pest- and disease-affected branches, and attention should also be paid to thinning out overly dense branches. Proper summer pruning can reduce the intensity of autumn pruning. Autumn pruning is carried out after leaf fall, and the targets are similar to summer pruning. Then an anti-corrosion membrane should be applied to the pruning cuts to speed up wound healing and prevent infection.

3. Thickening the Fruit Stem

The fruit stem is very important to the growth of Schisandra fruit, and the growth of the fruit stem directly affects the yield and quality of Schisandra. Therefore, during important growth periods of Schisandra such as the flower bud stage, flowering and fruiting stage, and expansion stage, we should appropriately spray fruit-stem-strengthening agent to promote the growth of the fruit stem and increase its thickness. This improves the tree's nutrient transport capacity and amount, reduces flower and fruit drop, and increases the pollination and fruit-setting rate of Schisandra. In this way, the growth of Schisandra can be effectively ensured, yield increased, and quality enhanced.

4. Hilling Soil and Weeding

⟦NL>In the process of growing Schisandra, we should pay attention to doing a good job of intertillage and weeding. Intertillage can improve soil permeability and promote nutrient absorption and respiration of Schisandra roots. It can also effectively remove weeds. If weeding is not timely, weeds have a very large impact on the growth of Schisandra. When weeding, we should pay attention to the strength and must not damage the plant roots. Then make a tree ring at the base and hill up soil appropriately. This not only facilitates later watering work, but also improves the heat preservation capacity of Schisandra and protects it through the winter!

The above is a brief introduction to the key points of field management for Schisandra, among which the most important is also the prevention and control of pests and diseases. The prevention and control of pests and diseases is also very important to the growth of Schisandra, so everyone must pay close attention! That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only, and we hope it can help everyone!