How should honeysuckle (Japanese honeysuckle) be cultivated?

Honeysuckle is the dried flower buds or newly opened flowers of the perennial Caprifoliaceae plants Japanese honeysuckle, red-green honeysuckle, mountain honeysuckle, and woolly-flowered honeysuckle. The stem of Japanese honeysuckle is hollow, the leaves are opposite and ovate, and the flowers grow in pairs in the leaf axils or at the tips of the branches. When they first open they are white, and after 2 to 3 days they turn golden yellow, which is why it is called honeysuckle, also known as double flower or Japanese honeysuckle flower (see Figure 1). Japanese honeysuckle has strong adaptability, is cold-resistant, and likes sunlight. It has no strict requirements for water or soil, and can be planted on a large scale by making full use of barren hills and poor land. Its cultivation method is introduced as follows: 1. Cutting propagation technology. Japanese honeysuckle can be propagated by seed or by cuttings. Generally, cutting propagation is the main method. Cutting propagation can be further divided into direct cuttings and seedling cuttings. Seedling cuttings occupy a small area, have a high survival rate, and are easy to manage. The method is: cut 1- to 2-year-old vigorous branches from excellent varieties, cut them into small sections about 30 cm long, and insert them into the seedbed. Plant as you cut. Open furrows in the seedbed at a row spacing of 25 cm and a furrow depth of 20 cm, insert the cut branches diagonally into the furrows at a plant spacing of 10 cm, with about 10 m of the aboveground part exposed, then fill with soil, firm it, and water. If the weather is dry, pay attention to shading and appropriate watering. After half a month, they can take root and survive. Planting can be done in spring and summer. In spring, it is done in early April; in summer, it can be done in August. Dig holes at a plant and row spacing of 1 m each and a hole depth of 30 cm. After planting the seedlings, water thoroughly and fill and compact the soil. 2. Field management technology. 1. Fertilization technology. Pay attention to applying sufficient base fertilizer and topdressing bud fertilizer. In early spring or early winter, apply 4000 kg/mu of farmyard manure. During the budding and flowering period, apply 10 kg/mu of urea and 15 kg/mu of phosphate fertilizer. 2. Pest and disease control technology. In summer, Japanese honeysuckle is prone to anthracnose and rust, which can be controlled by spraying 500-fold 50% carbendazim solution or 1000-fold 20% triadimefon solution. The main pest harming Japanese honeysuckle is the coffee tiger longhorn beetle. Its larvae bore into the stems, causing the stems to die. In May, during the peak egg-laying period, spray 600-fold 50% phoxim emulsifiable concentrate for control. 3. Pruning technology. Pruning is one of the main measures for obtaining high yields of honeysuckle. Before sprouting in spring, cut off the upper branches and leave a plant height of 60 cm. After several years of pruning, make the tree umbrella-shaped. 3. Harvesting and processing technology. When the flower buds turn white and are about to open, pick them and dry them in the sun for the best quality. If you wait until after the flowers open to pick them, both yield and quality decrease. The processing methods are divided into sun-drying and oven-drying. In rainy weather, if drying in the sun is difficult, the oven-drying method can be used, but the temperature must be controlled well.