Seabuckthorn cultivation methods and precautions

Seabuckthorn cultivation method

Light and temperature

Sea buckthorn is not very demanding on temperature and is extremely resistant to cold and heat, with the lowest temperature it can tolerate being -50°C and the highest being 50°C. Sea buckthorn is a sun-loving tree species that likes sunlight. The annual sunshine hours should be between 1500 and 3300 hours.

Moisture

Sea buckthorn is tolerant to barrenness and requires an annual rainfall of more than 400 mm, but it can also grow normally if planted in valleys or floodplains. In addition, care must be taken to avoid waterlogging and drain water in time during the rainy season.

Fertilization

During the bud and fruiting period of sea buckthorn, it is necessary to spray the fruit-strengthening agent in time to increase nutrients, prevent flowers from falling, increase fruit setting rate, and accelerate fruit expansion to ensure high quality and high yield of fruits.

soil

Sea buckthorn has strong adaptability to soil. It is suitable to choose gravel soil, sandy soil, etc. with good air permeability, but avoid soil that is too sticky.

Sea buckthorn cultivation precautions

Pruning the tree

When sea buckthorn grows to about 2-2.5 meters in height, it needs to be topped. Prune horizontally instead of smoothly, remove the old and keep the new, prune dense areas, leave vigorous branches in gaps, clean out the trunk and prune well to ensure a full crown and high yield.

Pest control

Shrinkage disease is the main disease of sea buckthorn, and common pests of sea buckthorn include sea buckthorn aphids, spring loopers, apple leaf rollers, etc.

The specific prevention and control of sea buckthorn shrinkage disease is to choose disease-resistant varieties when planting sea buckthorn, strengthen management, loosen the soil regularly, improve soil permeability, and enhance the plant's disease resistance. Chemical control can be carried out from late April by watering the holes with 500 times diluted 40% carbendazim suspension or 800 times diluted thiophanate-methyl, once a month for 3-5 times in a row.

For aphid damage, you can spray 2500-3000 times diluted 10% imidacloprid for prevention and control. For the damage caused by apple leafroller and spring looper, you can spray 3000 times diluted 20% sulfamethoxam, or use 2500 times diluted 25% miasma for prevention and control.