Honeysuckle: planting and care in the open field

Honeysuckle is a shrub that is used for decorative purposes. Some varieties of honeysuckle are fruiting.

Pick-up location

The shrub prefers elevated, sunny locations. But at the same time, it can feel good in a small shade. But, this, in turn, will affect the taste and yield of berries. The optimal time for planting a plant on your site is from September to October.

Landing rules

The location should be chosen far from groundwater. When the location is chosen, it is necessary to prepare a small landing hole 40x40 centimeters. We put a sufficient amount of humus, superphosphate, potassium, ash into the hole and mix well with the ground. We lower the plant into the prepared planting hole, while the roots should be well spread, we water. The plant should be slightly buried and mulched with an awl.

How to care

In drought and heat, the plant should be actively watered. Honeysuckle is a moisture-loving plant. Despite this, water stagnation should not be allowed, this will lead to rotting of the roots. It is necessary to take care of the drainage system.
Feeding should be done several times per season, depending on the quality of the soil. Conditionally, feeding is divided into three stages: spring feeding, post-harvest feeding, and autumn feeding.
For spring feeding, you can use urea. After harvest, complex fertilizer, in autumn - organic fertilizers.

Pruning

In the spring it is necessary cutting down frozen, dry branches.
It is important to remember that young growth does not need to be removed when pruning.

Reproduction

For reproduction, you can use: seeds, branches, cuttings, root division.

• Seed propagation

The most difficult, long-term method, in which not very good fruit quality is obtained. This method is good for breeding new varieties.

To get the seeds, you need several ripe berries. They must be smeared with a thin layer on paper and allowed to dry.
Once dry, you can sow. Put the seeds 3 by 3 in a container with soil and lightly sprinkle with earth, moisten and cover with polyethylene. Remove the film for about 20 days and wait for the first leaves to appear. After the appearance of the first leaves, the plant must be dived 15 to 15. After a year, the seedlings must be transplanted, while increasing the distance between the plants. And only after three, four years, the seedlings should be planted in open ground.

• Propagation by cuttings

Annual shoots must be cut in the spring, while the buds have not yet opened. About twenty centimeters long. Moisten the soil and deepen the shoots there, several buds should remain above the soil. After three weeks, with the appearance of roots, it should be transplanted into the soil.

• Combined cuttings

In the period from May to June, cut off the shoot with a piece of a one-year-old twig. Then the cuttings are transplanted into the soil and covered with polyethylene, while moisturizing regularly throughout the day. You can find out about the appearance of roots by the presence of an increase at the top. For the winter, the sprouts should be sheltered from the cold.

• Reproduction by layering

To do this, we bury the branch into the soil and tie it up, cover it with earth and water it. Next, you should mulch the soil with an awl or grass. After a year, in the fall, the shoot can be separated from the mother plant and planted in a new place.

• Rhizome division

For division, relatively young bushes, up to 15 years old, are suitable. To do this, you need to dig and cut the plant. Places of cuts must be treated with coal and then planted.

Honeysuckle diseases

Fungi and viruses - enemies of honeysuckle, it is with them that it most often becomes infected. Therefore, she needs care and prevention. White spot. White-gray spots form on the leaves. After the leaves, shoots are affected. Excessive humidity is a prerequisite for the disease. With this disease, it is necessary to remove all infected parts of the plant.

Powdery mildew. The prerequisite for this disease is the shadow. An ash-like bloom forms on the branches. Bushes must be treated with fungicides. The infected parts must be cut off.

Tuberculariosis. Red bumps form on the branches. This disease leads to shrinkage of the shoots. The affected areas must be cut off, the bush must be treated with boron.

Honeysuckle pests

The main pests: aphids, scale insects, baby moths, miner flies.
A solution of tobacco dust 100 gr helps from aphids. From the scabbard 2 times during the whole summer it is necessary to sprinkle with Rogor or Aktellik. To combat moths - treat with Aktellik, Fitoverm. From flies it helps to spray the bushes with Inta-Vir or Decis.

Growing honeysuckle in a short summer

Despite the short summer, honeysuckle feels great in regions such as Siberia and the Urals. This is due to the fact that the flowering period of honeysuckle is only a month and a half, so a short summer is quite enough for it.

honeysuckle photo

The choice of honeysuckle varieties that are suitable for the Siberian climate is best done in favor of local varieties. It is best to plant a 3 year old plant in a container. It is better to choose the planting time in the fall. The planting site must be prepared in spring. Make a large pit, add compost, ash and complex fertilizers to it. Over the summer, the pit must be mixed. A month before the onset of frost, plant a plant, water and mulch well with sawdust or moss.