How to grow honeysuckle? Farmers' traditional methods work well, and whether fertilization is done correctly is key

Last time I posted on the platform about honeysuckle, many netizens left comments asking me about the planting methods and precautions for honeysuckle (wild honeysuckle). Actually, growing wild honeysuckle is very simple. Today, Haoshe Farmer will discuss it with netizens using his own practical growing experience.

This pot of honeysuckle was collected from the mountain in the spring of 2017. At the time, I liked how thick and sturdy its old stump was. Around here, a honeysuckle old stump with a diameter this thick is already considered quite large, perhaps it has to do with the variety.

When it first came down from the mountain, the house was short of a large flower pot, so it was planted in this water bucket. Of course, holes had to be punched in the bottom of the bucket, otherwise water would accumulate and drown it.

The growing medium was just leaf mold soil from the mountain, used directly without any processing. Honeysuckle likes moist soil. When I found it in the mountains, it was beside a spring area that was very wet and even had standing water, but that standing water was not there year-round, only in spring. So honeysuckle cultivation should be on the moist side, not dry.

From the picture above, you can also see that honeysuckle grows out from the base of the leaves, so I pinch off the tips of branches that are too long, encouraging them to send out more side branches and thicken the flowering branches. This way, the honeysuckle blooms in clusters.

Honeysuckle likes fertilizer. I fertilized it in November of last year using a three-element compound fertilizer. This pot of honeysuckle used about one liang, evenly broadcast around the base of the plant. Be careful not to place it too close to prevent burning the roots, then cover with soil. This way, it will bloom more vigorously the following year.

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