How to care for and manage yew?

Yew is a relatively precious plant and is also relatively ancient. This tree has a beautiful posture and is lush green all year round. It has a high ornamental value and also has high medicinal value. So how to care for and manage yew? Let’s take a look below.

1. Soil

The pH value of the soil required by yew is between 5.5-7.0. The best acidic sandy soil with good drainage, looseness, moisture, fertility and high organic matter content is the best. You can mix sandy soil, peat soil and garden soil together, and add a small amount of decomposed organic fertilizer .

2. Lighting

The yew tree has special requirements for light. It is shade-tolerant during the one to three years of the seedling stage. After three years, its requirements for light will become higher and higher, and when it reaches adulthood, it needs full light.

3. Fertilization

Potted plants need to be fertilized with decomposed cake fertilizer water. During the growing season, alum fertilizer water with a concentration of 1:10-15 should be applied every month. Repot every other year and add solid, decomposed organic fertilizer to the bottom of the pot. In autumn from September to October, base fertilizer can be applied, 50 to 100 kg of decomposed animal manure per plant. In early spring, compound fertilizer containing potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen can be applied, 100 to 200 grams per plant, or 500 grams of superphosphate.

4. Temperature

Yew prefers a cool and humid climate environment and can withstand temperatures as low as minus 30°C. The most suitable growth temperature is 20-25°C. There is no need for excessive warming measures in winter, but attention should be paid to shading when the temperature is too high in summer.

5. Pruning

The yew tree needs to be pruned regularly, mainly by pinching the young shoots when they sprout, to encourage them to grow side branches and make the branches shorter and denser. If not pruned, the branches will grow very thin and then droop, blocking the leaves below. The blocked leaves will die due to lack of sunlight, and over time the bottom branches will fall off.

6. Pest and disease control

Under normal circumstances, there are very few insect pests in yew farming. If you find that the yew trees are suffering from diseases, insect pests or withering, you can spray or water them with potassium dihydrogen phosphate or thiophanate-methyl. Relatively speaking, yew trees will suffer from stem rot, root rot and root rot during the rainy season, especially young trees. At this time, they can be sprayed with dichlorvos for maintenance. In drought and high temperature seasons, yew is prone to red blight and leaf blight, which can be prevented and controlled by spraying Bordeaux mixture.

That’s it