Gardeners are steadily growing interest in a he althy blue berry that ripens earlier than strawberries, is easy to care for and is not afraid of winter cold and spring frosts.
Edible honeysuckle, settling in the garden, remains there forever. It is easily adaptable, its habitat is from the slopes of the Caucasus to the snowy Siberia and the Far East. Likes wet slopes, peat bogs, grows well along marshes. It also puts up with dryness, but the taste of the berries from this becomes worse.
How to propagate honeysuckle
Edible sweet and sour berry can be propagated both by seeds and vegetatively. Seed breeding is rarely used - mainly for breeding new varieties, since young shoots develop very slowly and take a long time to bear fruit. Varietal qualities are transmitted only during vegetative propagation: dividing the bush, layering, woody and green cuttings.
Propagation by layering
The easiest and most reliable way to propagate honeysuckleedible, if there is already a bush on the site, - layering. More than ten seedlings can be obtained from one adult mother plant, and without much difficulty. As soon as the snow melts, grooves should be made in the radial direction from the bush, and then carefully put strong, well-ripened shoots into them. Then they are sprinkled and pinned to the ground. Their ends are pinched and tied vertically to wooden pegs. Care consists in timely watering, fertilizing and removing weeds. The shoots form lateral roots over the summer, and by autumn they are ready to be transplanted to a permanent place.
How to propagate honeysuckle cuttings
Honeysuckle seedlings develop very slowly: annuals barely grow to 10 cm, and three-year-olds hardly reach half a meter by the end of the growing season. The bush gains normal height only by 6-8 years. Catteries can't keep up with growing demand, so it makes sense to start breeding on your own.
How to propagate edible honeysuckle with green cuttings:
- Prepare the ground in advance and take care of the film shelter.
- Use fresh cuttings.
Time for breeding - late May - mid June. The site is chosen sunny, without shading, the land for planting should be loose, fertile.
Material can be purchased at the nursery, or borrowed from neighbors. For this, shoots are taken from fruit-bearing bushes, 10 cm long with two internodes. The lower leaves are removed, the upper ones are shortened. Should not be allowedcuttings dry, after cutting they must be placed in a plastic bag. Before planting, you can treat the ends with a root stimulator. When planting, the cuttings are tightly pressed with soil and watered abundantly. Then closed with a film frame. If there are few plants, they can be covered with glass or plastic caps. Watering should be frequent - at least every two days. Three weeks later, the kidneys begin to grow. From this moment, the plants begin to ventilate, and after a few days the shelter is removed.
Plants are planted in a permanent place in the fall. Spring replanting is undesirable, since honeysuckle buds begin to grow very early.
Seedling method
The germination of honeysuckle seeds lasts up to 3 years, and some gardeners are trying to grow seedlings. Those who are interested in how to propagate edible honeysuckle with seeds should know that the seed needs to be stratified. Otherwise, there will be no shoots.
Sowing is done in March - in pots. Before this, the seeds are soaked for a day in a weak solution of potassium permanganate. Seedlings appear after 2 weeks. They grow very slowly, so it is important to keep the ground free of weeds.
Decorative honeysuckle
Fragrant honeysuckle honeysuckle is also a fairly common plant in our gardens. Delicate aroma, spectacular elliptical leaves, flowers of the original form and bright berries allow it to maintain its decorative effect throughout the season. How to propagate honeysuckle honeysuckle so that this deciduous vine,growing, served as a wonderful decoration for walls and arbors?
The methods are the same: layering, seeds and cuttings. Cuttings are taken winter, spring or summer. Green cuttings are cut in July and planted similarly to edible varieties. Pre-treatment with stimulants increases the percentage of rooting.
The plant is photophilous and demanding on moisture and soil composition. Young shoots freeze slightly, for the winter it is advisable to mulch them with peat.
