Propagation of honeysuckle by cuttings

Thanks to a number of advantages, edible honeysuckle is now becoming a very popular crop. Many gardeners want to plant it on their plots. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to find and buy good, productive seedlings of the latest selection. Honeysuckle itself can help solve this problem.

One of its many advantages is its ease of reproduction. Honeysuckle cuttings take root easily; propagation of honeysuckle by cuttings is the most favorite method among gardeners propagation of this shrub.

Propagation of honeysuckle by green cuttings

  It is best to propagate honeysuckle in early summer. The shoots that you will use as cuttings should be green, but have already lost their elasticity. They should break when bent, not bend. The tops of the shoots are not very suitable for cuttings; the stems there are still immature. Therefore, cuttings must be cut from the middle part of the harvested shoots.

Cut these shoots with a sharp knife into pieces of 10 - 15 cm. In the lower part of the shoot, make a cut directly under the bud, and in the upper part 1 cm above the bud. Two or three pairs of leaves should remain on the prepared cuttings. We remove the bottom pair completely, and shorten the remaining leaves by half.

If you have few cuttings and they are of great value, then it makes sense to put them in water for one day with the addition of heteroauxin.

  The most favorable temperature for rooting is 25 - 30C. If the summer is warm, then the easiest way is to plant the cuttings directly into the garden. Place the future cuttings in partial shade, perhaps under a tree. Prepare any film shelter, or even plastic bottles with the bottom cut off.

At the landing site, the soil must be breathable. Ideally, this is peat with sand (1:3). But ordinary soil with sand in the same proportion will do. Water the prepared soil well and you can start planting.. After planting, cover the cuttings with film, leaving some ventilation.

For the next 2 - 3 weeks, it is advisable to spray the cuttings two - three times a day with water. If you need to leave, place at least a cup of water under the film. It is necessary that there is high humidity in the greenhouse. Usually it takes 3-4 weeks for honeysuckle cuttings to take root. This will be visible from the appearance of young sprouts near the old leaves.

But don't rush to remove the film. This must be done carefully and gradually. Starting to lift the edges of the film from the bottom is not a very good option. A draft can have a detrimental effect on young shoots. The most gentle way is this: after rooting the cuttings, Make several holes in the film. Then increase them every day. And only when the film is completely torn can it be removed completely. Usually it is removed at the end of summer.

If the cuttings are planted directly into the ground, then they will have to grow in the cuttings for a year, or even two. Until you transplant them to a permanent place.  Therefore, do not stick them close to each other, so that later there will be no thickening in the school. In winter, there is no need to make any shelters for rooted young plants. Just cover them with snow.

Lignified honeysuckle cuttings

Material for woody cuttings is harvested in the fall, after leaf fall. Good, mature annual shoots are cut. Stored until spring in a cold cellar. In the spring, prepare the required number of cuttings and then everything must be done in the same sequence, according to the same rules as with green cuttings. The only difference is that lignified honeysuckle cuttings take root much worse than green ones.

This may be why this method is used much less often. In addition to cuttings, seed propagation can also be used. This method has its advantages.

Propagation of honeysuckle by seeds

Seed propagation is even simpler than propagation of honeysuckle by cuttings. To get seeds, you need to select well-ripened, large berries. Wrap in gauze, knead thoroughly and rub them with your hands. Then rinse the resulting slurry with water, separate the seeds from the pulp and dry them. And you can start sowing immediately. The earlier you sow, the more time the seedlings will have to develop.

Honeysuckle honeysuckle cuttings rooted 6 months ago

    When cutting honeysuckle, film cover and spraying are required. When sowing with seeds, everything is much simpler. Make shallow grooves and, since the seeds are very small, level the bottom of these grooves. Scatter the seeds, lightly sprinkle with loose soil and make sure that your plantings are always moist.

In a month the shoots will appear. And by autumn the seedlings will have developed so much that they will be able to winter under the snow. Everything is very easy and simple. But there is one catch here. If, when propagating honeysuckle by cuttings, absolutely all rooted shoots will be exactly similar to the plant from which they were cut, then When propagating from seeds, there may be surprises.

Grown seedlings can be either better than the mother plant or worse. But most likely they will not repeat it exactly. You can learn more about the beneficial and medicinal properties of honeysuckle in the article "Honeysuckle description".

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