How do you select bird cherry seeds? What are the seedling-raising methods?

Birdcherry gets its name because of its unpleasant smell, but it has fairly good medicinal effects, so many people still grow it specifically. It is also known as duanli. So how do you select bird cherryseeds? What are the seedling-raising methods? Friends who want to know should read on!

1. How do you select bird cherry seeds?

Bird cherry seeds should be selected from new seeds of the current year, free of heat damage and shriveled seeds, of superior quality, from honest suppliers, and guaranteed to have a high germination rate. They can be bought at ordinary flower markets, and can also be bought at specialized seed shops.

2. Bird cherry seedling-raising methods

1. Sowing and seedling raising

Collect mature seeds in early October, soak them in water and remove the skin, dry them, and store them in wet sand at a ratio of (seeds: wet sand = 1:3) for stratification and germination promotion, then sow the following year. Duanli can be sown in both spring and autumn. Spring sowing is carried out from April to May, and autumn sowing is carried out before the soil freezes (October to November). Before sowing, prepare the land and make beds, with a bed height of 10~300px, a bed surface width of 1m, and a length of 10m. Use the drill sowing method, with a sowing width of 5~250px, row spacing of 500px, and cover with soil 2~62.5px after sowing.

2. Cutting seedling raising

In autumn, select 1-year-old vigorous branches from superior mother trees, cut them into 200px cuttings, and store them buried in sand. In late April to early May of the following year, carry out low-bed cutting, making a cutting substrate with a thickness of 625px, with a plant-row spacing of 15×625px. After cutting, set up an arched plastic film cover and build a shade shed. Pay attention to ventilation and watering, and remove the shade shed after the seedlings take root.

3. Duanli diseases and their control

1. Duanli diseases

The main disease of duanli is duanli red spot disease. The main symptoms are: nearly round orange-red diseased spots appear on the leaf surface, and in severe cases they turn black-red, the back of the leaf bulges out, black spots appear, and leaves dry up and fall off. Besides leaves being affected by this disease, the fruit may also be affected, with red round spots appearing on it, which later can also cause the fruit to fall off.

2. Control

Prune the branches and leaves of duanli at the proper time and clear away all diseased branches. Bordeaux mixture can be sprayed on the trees for prevention. Once symptoms are found, you can choose to spray thiophanate-methyl wettable powder, or mancozeb wettable powder and other agents for control.

Alright, that is all for today's sharing. When selecting bird cherry seeds, try to choose new seeds of the current year, free of heat damage and shriveled seeds, of superior quality, from honest suppliers, and guaranteed to have a high germination rate. I have also shared some corresponding seedling-raising methods, hoping they can help everyone!

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