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Honeysuckle, grown in the backyard, brings useful tasty fruits in May. A properly rooted shrub will give a good harvest in the second year. Agronomists recommend planting honeysuckle in the spring. So the adaptation process will take place before the onset of frost, the tree will quickly take root and will not get sick.
Is it possible to plant honeysuckle in spring and summer
In the spring, shrubs should be planted early, immediately after the snow melts. It is important to choose this particular period in order to prevent bud break on the seedling. But this condition applies only to young specimens with an open root system.
Seedlings with a closed root system will also be well received in a later period – in summer
Honeysuckle with ZKS is possible during the entire growing season. The main thing is that the weather in spring is sunny and warm.
When to plant honeysuckle – in autumn or spring
Both seasons are favorable for the rooting of fruit bushes. In the spring, honeysuckle should be planted early enough before the buds open on the shoots. But during this period it may still be cold, and the culture will simply freeze. It is also recommended to plant honeysuckle in the spring in the southern regions of the country.
Autumn rooting of honeysuckle is considered more benign for her. When all the biological processes of the plant are suspended, it is recommended to plant it before the onset of cold weather. Do this from early September to mid-October.
How to plant honeysuckle seedlings in spring and summer
In the spring, honeysuckle is planted with seedlings with a closed root system by transshipment. This means that all shoots on the rhizome and the ground around them must be preserved. So honeysuckle will be well accepted and restored. This method is considered the most gentle. In addition, spring and summer are a favorable period for the high survival rate of seedlings.
Planting honeysuckle in the spring from a container can be somewhat risky due to early bud break. Rooting of such a seedling is recommended to be carried out before the beginning of May.
It is important to choose the right planting material.
It is better to purchase seedlings in special nurseries, where only varietal plants are located.
Their berries are sweeter, as a result of selection, scientists have eliminated the characteristic bitter taste of the fruit.
In spring, honeysuckle is planted with a height of at least 30 cm with a well-developed root system. 2-3 flexible branches should depart from the trunk, densely covered with leaves or buds. Dry spots, damage, pests on the tree should not be.
Where is the best place to plant honeysuckle in spring and summer
For planting, choose a well-lit, flat or slightly sloping area. Honeysuckle is planted on a hill, but not in a lowland.
The plant will tolerate a small penumbra well.
You can not plant honeysuckle near tall trees and buildings – in the shade, the culture blooms poorly and practically does not bear fruit
Honeysuckle is planted in fertile soil, loamy or sandy soil is also suitable. There should not be an overabundance of soil components: the clay is heavy, moisture stagnates, the root of the plant will quickly rot. In sandy soil, rapid evaporation of water occurs, the plant constantly lacks it.
Honeysuckle is unpretentious, but you can not plant a shrub in a swampy area, in places where there is a close occurrence of groundwater.
Also, adult shrubs get sick less during transplantation and take root faster.
Site preparation
A week before honeysuckle is planted, a summer cottage is prepared. First of all, weeds are removed, perennials are especially carefully removed. After that, the soil is dug up and crushed so that not a single root remains.
Weeds, especially wheatgrass, can weaken the seedling
If the soil is strongly acidified, chalk or dolomite flour is added to it. A month before the proposed planting, lime is added to the ground with a high acidity index – 200 g per 1 sq. m.
Organic fertilizers will help increase soil fertility. They are brought in if the site has not been fertilized since autumn.
It is optimal to dig up the soil with manure or humus a week before planting when preparing holes
Then make the layout of the landing site. Honeysuckle is recommended to be planted in several units at the same time: it is a self-fertile plant and requires pollinators. When planting tall varieties, indents are made by 3 m, for medium ones – 2,5 m, undersized ones are planted every 1,5 m. The distance between rows should be at least 3 m.
It is important to observe such a layout, since honeysuckle grows rapidly, forming a lush crown, but at the same time its branches are quite fragile, easily deformed and broken.
It is important to observe such a layout, since honeysuckle grows rapidly, forming a lush crown, but at the same time its branches are quite fragile, easily deformed and broken.
How to plant a honeysuckle seedling in spring and summer
The size of the planting hole depends on the volume of the rhizome of the shrub. Honeysuckle should be planted in holes with a diameter of about half a meter and a depth of at least 40 cm.
Several bushes are rooted in trenches, keeping a distance and taking into account the depth
Sequencing:
- The preparation of a pit for planting honeysuckle in the spring begins with the lining of the drainage layer.
For him, they take one of the proposed materials: expanded clay, crushed stone or broken brick
- A hill is poured over the drainage, consisting of a prepared soil mixture: 2 buckets of humus and the top layer of earth, superphosphate (2 tablespoons), ash (1 kg).
The filler must occupy at least 2/3 of the volume of the landing hole
- Immediately before planting in the spring, seedlings with an open root system are carefully examined. The branches are shortened a little, if there are dry processes, it is better not to touch the root, it is important to keep all its processes intact.
- The rhizome is soaked for half an hour in the ground, diluted with water, to the consistency of liquid sour cream.
You can add a little clay, such a simple talker will prepare the root for planting.
- After the specified time, the tree is planted strictly vertically in the hole.
The root processes are straightened, laid out around the circumference of an earthen hill
- The root is covered with soil mixture, lightly trample it. The root neck should be at ground level or 0,5 cm above it.
- The shrub is quickly accepted; cutting off its branches after planting, as with other fruit plants, is not recommended.
- Earth is poured around the seedling around the circumference, forming a watering roller.
This is necessary so that the water goes under the root, and does not spread over the site.
- Honeysuckle in the spring after planting is watered with several buckets of water.
After the liquid is absorbed, the trunk circle is covered with mulch.
Mulch can be sawdust, peat, wood chips, hay
This procedure will prevent premature evaporation of moisture and cracking of the earth’s surface.
In this way, honeysuckle is planted with a closed and open root system. The shrub tolerates any agrotechnical procedures well.
In the process of planting honeysuckle in April, the following nuances are taken into account:
- The rhizome of the plant is carefully freed from the film or container, it is important not to damage a single process.
- The root of such a seedling is not cut or soaked in chemical solutions before planting.
- The plant is lowered into the hole along with an earthen clod.
The root of the goals, the faster the bush will take root
This type of seedling is not pruned either before or after planting. At first, until full rooting occurs, it must be shaded, protected from direct sunlight.
Honeysuckle care in spring and summer
Weeding begins in early spring. Remove all weeds around the bush. The ground near the trunk circle should be light and fluffy.
Before bud break in the spring, sanitary pruning of the shrub is carried out.
Remove the shoots damaged during the winter
If the summer is dry, honeysuckle is watered regularly. For one plant, 1-2 buckets of water are allocated.
If fertilizers were placed in the hole before planting, they are not used for the next year or 2. Subsequently, nutrient mixtures will be required.
Top dressing begins to be done in early April, in time the process should coincide with the period of bud break.
Ingredients are taken on a bucket of water: 1 tbsp. l. urea and saltpeter, ammonium sulfate (2 tablespoons). They are dissolved in 15 liters of warm liquid and poured under a honeysuckle bush. This fertilizer is applied immediately after harvest.
If the soil is not fertile, such top dressing is re-applied with the beginning of leaf fall in the fruit plant.
In the spring, in the process of intensive growth, plants use nitrogen supplements. They can be organic or mineral.
As soon as the crop is harvested in May, it is better to use potash or phosphate fertilizers.
They will strengthen the culture, but will not provoke fruiting or growth. So the plant will safely leave for the winter in late autumn.
It is important not to forget about watering in spring and summer. The procedure is carried out 2 times a week. For each bush planted, at least 2 buckets of water will be required.
Honeysuckle is especially intensively moistened during the fruiting period.
The lack of moisture will adversely affect the number and size of berries. Their taste is directly dependent on the abundance of water.
If the season is dry, be sure to moisten the near-stem circle every 10 days. The liquid must penetrate into the earth to a depth of 30 or 40 cm.
In the summer, before and after watering, the soil in the near-stem circle is loosened.
Loosening is carried out carefully so as not to damage the processes of the rhizome located close to the surface of the earth.
If the ground is mulched, the cover is regularly updated to avoid root rot.
If the trunk circle is covered with a lawn, it is mowed.
Grass growth near the trunk should not be allowed
This has a bad effect on the development of shrubs, excessive vegetation becomes a bait for harmful insects.
From pests, the shrub is treated in early spring. It is important to complete all manipulations where chemicals are used before the appearance of ovaries.
After harvesting (mid or end of May), you can deal with the destruction of harmful insects and diseases.
Most often, honeysuckle attacks aphids
A new generation of insecticides is used against the pest. They will not harm the tree and save it from insect attacks.
In the spring, it is important to treat the shrub with Bordeaux mixture.
The tool effectively fights all fungal diseases of fruit crops
If spring processing is skipped, it is mandatory to carry it out after harvesting, while using a 1% solution of Bordeaux mixture.
In this case, fungicide treatment is carried out in the spring without waiting for the harvest.
At the end of August, honeysuckle leaves fall. At this time, start pruning. Remove dry, damaged branches. If the culture is less than 5 years old, pruning is done to a minimum.
Older honeysuckle bushes need to be thinned out. It is especially important to remove those that grow inside the crown. Lignified branches, on which there are no young shoots, and there were no ovaries in the spring, are cut off almost to the ground.
If the weather is warm after leaf fall in August, honeysuckle may bloom again.
These buds are immediately cut off to stop all biological processes, prepare the plant for the coming cold weather and wintering.
Conclusion
Gardeners advise planting honeysuckle in the spring. It is important to choose a warm, sunny day in April to root the seedling. A later planting is not recommended, since the honeysuckle will release the kidneys, after which it will start to hurt, it may not be accepted. For planting, choose a shrub no younger than 2 years old. Such a tree will well survive the transfer to a new place. Honeysuckle is unpretentious. Regular care for the growth and abundant fruiting of a crop is no less important than a carefully selected variety and well-prepared soil.