A Detailed Guide to Common Varieties of Honeysuckle Seeds and Seedling Cultivation Methods
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What are the common varieties of honeysuckle seeds?
There are still quite many varieties, such as tree-form honeysuckle, Damao flower, red honeysuckle, mountain honeysuckle and so on. Among them, the most widely planted is tree-form honeysuckle, because this variety has characteristics such as stable growth, high yield and medicinal value, and excellent economic returns.
1. Tree-form four-season honeysuckle (vine type): The vine-type tree-form four-season honeysuckle is an improved variety of Damao flower, with thick stems and strong branches, thick and large leaves, few excessive vegetative branches and many flowering branches.
2. Tree-form four-season honeysuckle (woody type): The woody tree-form four-season honeysuckle has an upright, thick and strong trunk, and leaves that are large and thick, remaining evergreen all year round. The plant grows relatively fast and forms a tree shape in the same year it is planted, and once mature the tree is relatively tall, making it suitable for bonsai.
3. Mountain honeysuckle: Mountain honeysuckle is a small tree-form arbor cultivated from vines, with thick leaves and abundant hairs, and tall branches. When they bloom, they do not open as the traditional paired opposite flowers, but instead open as clusters of flowers blooming together.
4. Red honeysuckle: Red honeysuckle is an improved variety of tree-form four-season flower, with peculiar purplish-red flowers. Its flower buds change from purplish-red to bright red before opening, and after the flowers open they change from pink to a mix of red, yellow and white.
What are the seedling cultivation methods?
1. Selecting land for seedlings
Honeysuckle is mostly cultivated in mountainous areas. The seedling land should preferably be a gentle slope or flat land sheltered from the wind and facing the sun with good light, with deep, loose, fertile, moist sandy soil with good drainage, neutral or slightly acidic pH, and convenient irrigation.
2. Land preparation and deep ploughing
The seedling land should not be continuously cropped. After selecting the land, carry out a deep ploughing before winter, to a depth of 25-30 cm, then break up the soil and rake it level. Along with land preparation, apply fully decomposed and harmless farmyard manure at 2500-3000 kg per mu as base fertilizer. Before sowing and cuttings, carry out land preparation once more and make flat beds; the length of the beds depends on the actual conditions of the seedling land.
3. Seedling cultivation methods
After deep ploughing, bury the honeysuckle stems and vines together in the soil, but leave the vine branch portion of the honeysuckle exposed, so it is convenient for the honeysuckle to grow leaves. The honeysuckle vines buried in the soil will slowly grow roots. By the second year, many honeysuckle seedlings will have grown on the honeysuckle vines, and then you can dig up the soil, cut the honeysuckle seedling vines apart with scissors, and divide them into individual seedlings.
4. Transplanting and field planting
Field planting can be carried out every year from February to April in spring and from October to November in autumn. For honeysuckle field planting, it is recommended to dig holes at a plant spacing of 0.8 m and a row spacing of 1-1.5 m; the holes should be 30-40 cm deep and about 25-30 cm in diameter. It is recommended to apply base fertilizer at the bottom before planting, then plant, firm the soil by treading it down and water thoroughly. In dry mountainous areas, it is recommended to cover with film to preserve soil moisture and improve the survival rate.
Overall, honeysuckle has fairly strong adaptability and is not difficult to grow. In the flowering season, the whole tree looks like gold and silver and is very beautiful, and it also has good medicinal value. When growing honeysuckle, everyone must choose suitable varieties for cultivation based on the techniques they are familiar with and the local growing environment and conditions.
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