A Detailed Guide to Selecting and Growing Amur Cork Tree Seeds

I believe many people are familiar with the Amur cork tree. It is a Chinese medicinal herb, and every part of it is treasured, giving it a wide range of uses. That is why more and more people are growing it specifically to make money. So how do you select Amur cork tree seeds? What seedling-growing methods are there? Friends who want to know should read on!

1. How do you select Amur cork tree seeds?

1. For Amur cork tree seeds, try to select healthy Amur cork tree plants about 15 years old, free of pests and diseases, growing scattered in a relatively sunny environment, as superior mother trees for seed collection.

2. Collect seeds at the right time. In September to October, when the Amur cork tree fruit turns blackish-green to purple-black, is fairly hard, has not yet split open, and seeds can be squeezed out by hand, harvest them manually at the right time.

2. Seedling-growing methods for the Amur cork tree

1. Site selection and land preparation

The Amur cork tree is a sun-loving tree species that prefers an environment with plenty of light. It is not strict about terrain and can be planted in both mountainous areas and plains, but plots with deep, fertile soil, convenient drainage and irrigation, and rich humus are best. After choosing the plot, apply 4000-5000 kg of barnyard manure per mu during land preparation, plow it in deeply, rake it fine and level it, and make flat beds 1.5 m wide.

2. Sowing

Collect ripe fruit in October-November. After collection, pile it for about half a month, then rub off the fruit skin, rinse it by hand, take the seeds, dry them, and store them in a cool, ventilated place. It can be sown in spring or autumn; spring sowing is in March-May, and autumn sowing is in November-December. Before sowing, soak the seeds in warm water for 24 hours, then mix the seeds with fine soil or wet sand to promote germination. After most seeds have split open, sow them in furrows. The furrows should be 3 cm deep and 30 cm apart. After sowing, water to keep the soil moist. To speed up emergence, cover the bed surface with plastic film or rice straw to keep it warm and moist. Seedlings emerge in about 40-50 days.

3. Growing seedlings

During emergence, keep the soil moist at all times, but when the seedlings grow to 10 cm, thin them out, remove weak seedlings, and cultivate strong seedlings. From sowing to emergence, weed and loosen the soil once to help the seedlings emerge smoothly. Before the rows close, cultivate and weed 2 times so the soil is loose and there are no weeds in the field competing for nutrients. During the seedling stage, also strengthen fertilizer and water management, and apply topdressing 2-3 times, using 20 kg of diammonium phosphate per mu each time. After sowing, water frequently to keep the soil moist so the seeds germinate as quickly as possible.

4. Transplanting

When the seedlings have grown for one year and the seedling height is above 50 cm, they can be transplanted. This is generally done before the winter freeze and after leaf fall. Dig out the seedlings, and you may appropriately prune overly long roots, or transplant them with a soil ball. When transplanting, keep a plant spacing and row spacing of 2 x 3 m. When transplanting, hold the sapling upright, and when half the soil has been filled in, lift the sapling slightly so the roots spread out, then fill in the soil, level it, tread it firm, and water. After transplanting, keep the soil moist to increase the transplant survival rate.

Alright, that is all the content the editor wants to share with you today. If you also want to grow the Amur cork tree, you can use some of the methods above to select seeds, and you can also learn some related seedling-growing methods. I hope this article can help you!

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