What are the excellent varieties of Chinese bayberry? Detailed explanation of seedling cultivation methods

When it comes to Chinese bayberry, is the first thing that comes to everyone's mind its sweet-and-sour, delicious taste? Most friends probably love eating Chinese bayberry, and it also helps quench thirst. So what excellent varieties of Chinese bayberry seeds are there? How do you carry out seedling cultivation? Next, let the editor tell everyone!

I. What excellent varieties of Chinese bayberry seeds are there?

1. Crystal Chinese bayberry

The fruit grown from the seeds of this variety is relatively large, with a milky white and glossy fruit surface, an average single fruit weight of 14.35 grams, small seeds, and an edible rate of 93.6%. The flesh columns are round, the flesh is fine and soft, the juice is abundant, the taste is sweet with a slight sourness, the flavor is excellent, it has a delicate fragrance, and the quality is top grade. The soluble solids content is 13.4%, making it the best quality among white Chinese bayberries.

2. Deep red Chinese bayberry

The fruit surface is bright red, the tips of the flesh columns are mostly round and blunt with few pointed ends, the flesh is fine and soft, the juice is rich, the taste is sweet with a slight sourness, the flavor is strong, it has a delicate fragrance, and the quality is very good. The seeds are small, the edible rate of the fruit reaches 93.2%, the soluble solids content is 12.4%, and the harvest period is about 20 days.

3. Dongkui Chinese bayberry

The fruit is nearly round-spherical, purple-red when ripe, with a obvious suture line on the fruit surface, protruding fruit stalk, slightly thick flesh columns with blunt pointed tips, tender and juicy flesh, and a sweet-and-sour, delicious flavor. The average single fruit weight is 20.8-25.5 grams.

4. Zaojia Chinese bayberry

The fruit is nearly round-spherical, the fruit surface is purple-black and bright, the flesh texture is relatively firm, the sweet-and-sour balance is moderate, the flavor is strong, the single fruit weight is 12.5 grams, and it matures early, about 5 days earlier than the Biqi Chinese bayberry.

II. How are Chinese bayberry seeds used for seedling cultivation?

1. Nursery site selection

The geographical location requirements for Chinese bayberry are high terrain, convenient irrigation and drainage, shelter from wind and facing the sun, and convenient transportation is best. The slope of the selected nursery site must not exceed 5 degrees, and the soil should be fertile, loose, and deep. It is best to choose sandy soil for planting. Sandy soil has many benefits, for example: the surface layer of sandy soil is dry and the bottom layer is moist, which is very helpful for the root growth of Chinese bayberry. Note that clay soil and saline-alkali soil are not suitable as seedling cultivation sites.

2. Seed collection and sowing

Chinese bayberry seeds should be collected from vigorous adult fruit trees. After collection, the seeds must undergo very strict selection, removing all seeds with unqualified kernels and keeping seeds with plump kernels. We should pile the seeds together for 4-5 days until the flesh rots, then rinse them with clean water, scoop out and discard all the seeds floating together, take out the seeds below the water, dry them, and set them aside for later use.

3. Land preparation

Before land preparation, we should first apply enough base fertilizer. For each mu of land, use 3000-5000 jin of organic fertilizer and 15-20 jin of phosphate fertilizer. After applying the base fertilizer, do not plow immediately; wait 4-5 days. Then use machinery to deep-plow the land to a depth of 25 cm. In mountainous areas or plots with relatively deep soil layers, the plowing depth should be 30 cm-35 cm. After plowing is completed, level it with farm tools, then make beds. The width of the bed surface should be 1.2 m-1.3 m, the width of the ditch should be 25 cm-30 cm, and the depth of the ditch should be 15-20 cm. After everything is ready, wait to sow.

4. Seed treatment and sowing

Before sowing, we should first carry out simple treatment of the seeds. We can soak the seeds for 10 minutes in 40 percent potassium permanganate or 800-fold thiophanate-methyl solution, take out the seeds, dry them, and sow directly on the bed. Sprinkle the seeds evenly over the bed, press the seeds into the soil with a wooden board, cover with a layer of fine soil, with the soil thickness best at 2 cm-3 cm, cover the bed well with plastic film, then cover the plastic film with rice straw. Doing this can prevent excessive rain and can also help prevent water on the bed surface from evaporating too quickly.

5. Seedling transplanting

When the seedlings grow to 10 cm and produce 4-5 leaves, we can transplant them. When transplanting seedlings, the distance between rows should be controlled at 30 cm-35 cm, and the distance between each plant should be controlled at 8 cm-10 cm. When transplanting seedlings, we should choose a cloudy day or the evening, and remember to water after sowing. Each mu of land can transplant 12,000-14,000 plants.

6. Management after transplanting

(1) Seedlings must not be fertilized immediately after transplanting. Chinese bayberry seedlings are very sensitive to fertilizer. Fertilizing immediately after transplanting, even in a very small amount, will cause the seedlings to die. The correct fertilization time can be after the seedling root system has fully grown. When the leaves have grown to 8-10 leaves, we can fertilize each seedling with 2 jin of farmyard manure combined with 0.25 jin of urea.

(2) After seedling transplanting, we should also pay more attention to loosening the soil and weeding. This will make the seedlings grow better and lay a good foundation for the future shaping of the Chinese bayberry and increased yield.

There are still quite a lot of Chinese bayberry varieties on the market now, but if you are growing them for your own consumption, of course you would want to buy some excellent varieties to plant. Above, the editor shared four relatively excellent Chinese bayberry varieties with everyone, and you can choose according to your own taste. If you still do not know how to cultivate Chinese bayberry seedlings, you can also learn some of the methods above.

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