Edible honeysuckle - unpretentious, tasty and rich in beneficial properties garden culture. It does not require special attention, is frost-resistant and practically does not undergo diseases.
Honeysuckle will calmly survive even a very cold winter: it can withstand temperatures up to -40 ° C. And her flowers and buds will endure spring frosts to -7
° C. An undoubted plus is the fact that this beautiful garden culture does not need excessive attention to itself. In this article we will consider the main features of growing plants, edible honeysuckle. Planting and caring for this crop does not require serious efforts. She is a real find for any gardener.
Unpretentious and hardy shrub - edible honeysuckle
The care and planting of the plant is associated with simple agricultural operations: timely watering, top dressing, loosening the soil, mulching. For honeysuckle, it is necessary to distinguish an open sunny area, since in the shade it will bear fruit worse. For a rich harvest, you should plant three and four bushes of different species nearby, because this plant is pollinated by insects. The soil for honeysuckle is suitable sandy loamy or loamy, acidity close to neutral. The plant loves adequate watering, high humidity and needs a good supply of water in hot weather. Edible honeysuckle is planted in autumn, although this garden culture is also not bad for spring and summer plantings. But it should be remembered that in the spring, the plant is planted before the buds begin to bloom, and in the summer after the cessation of growth.
Edible honeysuckle plants seedlings: care and planting
As planting material, two- or three-year-old seedlings are used, which have 4 (5) shoots and a fairly branched root system. Before planting the plant, a pit is prepared with a depth of about 45 cm. Fertilizers are added to it: wood ash (2 cups), the Berry Giant fertilizer (3 cups) and Nitrofoska (3 tbsp. L.). A lime solution is also added to the pit and left for 5 days. With the direct planting of seedlings, the formation of air pockets and tangling of roots should be avoided. The root neck of the honeysuckle is deepened by 6 cm.
Agrotechnical measures necessary for the growth of garden culture edible honeysuckle. Leaving and landing. Watering and feeding
The first 14 days, you must carefully monitor the moisture content of the soil around the bush. Watering is carried out by the sprinkling method. You should also properly feed the honeysuckle. Be sure to produce three top dressings. In May, fertilizers “Nurseries”, “Nitrofoska” and “Berry” are applied (1 tablespoon per 10 liters of water). The second top dressing is carried out after flowering of the bush: use Nitrofosku and potassium sulfate. The third feeding is done in September: for this, take 3 tbsp. l superphosphate and 2 tbsp. l potassium sulfate per 10 liters. liquids. Typically, a young plant takes about 5.5 liters. solution, per adult - 20 liters. As for pruning, young shrubs (up to 5 years old) are not pruned at all, in older adults the branches are removed, and full pruning is carried out on plants that are 10 years old or more. It is usually produced in early spring: side branches are removed without leaving stumps.
We select varieties of honeysuckle for your region
In order to get a crop, you should carefully consider the choice of plant variety edible honeysuckle. Care and planting will be simple and not burdensome if you make the right choice of variety or hybrid of this crop. Fortunately, the variety of varieties is great. If you live in a region with cold and short summers, then you should pay attention to certain varieties of plants edible honeysuckle. The best varieties for cool areas are Pavlovskaya, Morena, Amphora, Titmouse, Nymph, Violet and Blue Spindle. For the remaining regions - “blue eye”, “tomichka”, “blue bird”, “Gerda”, “Cinderella”, “Blueberry” and “Borel”. Early ripening hybrids (for example, "moraine") ripen in the first decade of June. Ripe blue-colored berries, depending on the plant variety, may have a sweet or sour-sweet taste with a spicy bitterness. Harvesting is carried out when more than a third of the berries on the bush ripen completely. On average, from one bush collect from 1.3 to 2 kg of berries.