How to grow honeysuckle in winter

base fertilizer

Sufficient base fertilizer should be applied to the soil where honeysuckle is planted, which will help it to overwinter. Most plants need to be fertilized once before winter to ensure that they can safely survive the winter.

Watering

After fertilizing, water the plants in time. Water them once before winter and make sure to water them thoroughly at once. Be sure to avoid water accumulation. This watering is called "warm root water". In the spring of the following year, water them again and make sure to water them thoroughly at once. Also, pay attention to the problem of too much water, which is called "root awakening water".

prune

Winter pruning can make the honeysuckle grow better the following year. The best time for pruning is at the end of December. Avoid pruning too early or too late. Because when the temperature is 5 degrees, honeysuckle will start to sprout and new branches will begin to grow. If pruning is done too late, it will cause unnecessary nutrient loss and affect the normal growth of the plant. At the same time, the branches and leaves that appear to be growing weakly and are damaged by diseases and pests should also be pruned off; the branches and leaves that only grow branches but do not bloom should also be pruned off 30 cm from the end. Pruning also has an important function, which is to improve the ventilation and light transmittance of overcrowded plants through pruning, which is of great help to the growth of the plants.