Terms, types and rules of trimming honeysuckle

Today in the world, many people monitor their health. To do this, they play sports, eat right.But such people in their diet should include such a berry as honeysuckle.

This fruit contains countless irreplaceable therapeutic, beneficial qualities. Vitamins include provitamin A (0.32 milligrams per 100 grams), vitamin B1 (0.04 milligrams per 100 grams), vitamin B2 (0.04 milligrams per 100 grams), vitamin B9 (0.9 milligrams per 100 grams) . In the same manner, mineral substances such as phosphorus, silicon, sodium, iron, calcium, copper, zinc, potassium and pectins are present in honeysuckle.

This berry is able to increase the digestive capacity of gastric juice. This fruit in the people cure many diseases, such as kidney disease, hypertension, liver disease. With the help of the juice of berries, even lichens are treated.

But do not forget also that each plus has its own minus. Honeysuckle has similarly negative qualities. When overeating this type of berries can cause constipation, excessive urination. All nutrients can be flushed out of the body. Also, overeating can cause a rash on the skin, an upset stomach, even hemoglobin levels and red blood cell count will increase. Therefore, to get involved in honeysuckle also should not be.

How does such a beautiful on the properties of berries. Honeysuckle is considered a shrub. Its height reaches two meters. It grows straight, has strong branches with brown flaky bark. This berry begins to bloom in early May and blooms with yellow flowers for almost a month.

Because of the long flowering there is an opportunity to get a good harvest for a long time, and also the honeysuckle does not give in to frosts. A lot of insects fly over its scent. Honeysuckle berries are a bit darker than purple, resemble blueberries, but are characterized by a more elongated and oblong shape. They can taste different from sour to sweet. Honeysuckle is edible, which grows only on the shores of the Sea of ​​Okhotsk, on Kamchatka, and inedible, because it has a bitter taste, it remains in the mouth for a long time.

To get a good harvest, you should definitely carry out the process of pruning. This is done quite simply, so any person can do it. To do this, you need to prepare the right tool (you should not choose rust, because they can harm the plant) and do everything in order.

During the process, it is worthwhile to trim carefully so as not to cause harm. The process of trimming honeysuckle shrubs helps stimulate an increase in shoot growth. And also in the process of cutting the branches of shrubs, honeysuckle cut dried, broken branches that prevent the care of the plant and the gathering of the fruits of this shrub.

There is always a need to cut off the stalks of shrubs to rejuvenate the old bush, then it will bring greater yield for a long time, will be protected from various dangerous diseases, and delight their owners with a wonderful rejuvenated look. There are two types of shrub honeysuckle.

• The first shrub is decorative, that is, serves for beauty. Therefore, the question arises why to cut it, since it does not enrich the fruits of its owners. And in order to make it more beautiful and elegant form. Honeysuckle decorate arbors, form the so-called living wall.
• The second type of shrub is edible honeysuckle, that is, the one that brings delicious fruit. It is cut to ensure that the bush brought good fruit and a rich harvest.

Of course, the pruning process is performed depending on the variety. For example, if the honeysuckle is edible, then it necessarily requires rejuvenation, and if it is an ornamental shrub, pruning is performed to give shape. It is worth considering more varieties of trimming.

• Formative pruning. This type was invented in order to give a beautiful view to the shrubs, so most often it is used for honeysuckle, which is grown for decoration and decoration of the garden. Slices of honeysuckle bush branches in the first two years of growth are not required. In the third year, cutting should be done to give the crown a spherical or oval shape, since the growth trajectory of the shrub was initially directed to the sides.

• Anti-aging pruning serves to rejuvenate old shrubs. First you need to thin the crown from inside the shrub. Then close to the base cut branches, and the young branches, which are in the middle, leave. After its carrying out it is required to add nitrogen fertilizer to the soil.

• Detailed pruning. The removal of branches occurs after a detailed inspection of each part of all branches. Only if there is damage, the branch is deleted. It is used once every 3-4 years in order to improve fertility.
• Sanitary pruning. This option includes the removal of all damaged and damaged branches. Even the crown should be cut down to the full wood of the trunk. Such a process is carried out once every 3-4 years, with less than five main trunks being left.

Pruning should be done when the shrub is at rest. Optimal are two periods.

1. Spring to revitalize the buds on the bushes. Some gardeners even recommend pruning before snow melts.
2. In the autumn after the leaves fall or after picking the berries. The most suitable time for pruning is considered the autumn period. When autumn pruning should take into account the following nuances:
   • dry and damaged shoots should be cut after the leaves fall;
   • a young honeysuckle should not be touched; because of this mistake, the bushes can pick up the infection and spread it to other plants;
   • in older shrubs, trunks are pruned, and in young ones, branches that are not fertile objects are also additionally cut;
   • It is mandatory to remove the lower branches, because they interfere with the inspection of honeysuckle;
   • a large number of trunks should not be cut off at the very top of the shrub because most fertile shoots are located there;
   • after the pruning procedure on the shrub must be more than 6 strong shoots.

The formation of a honeysuckle bush must begin even at the moment when the bush first dry, dead branches appear. The pruning scheme includes the following steps:

• the first stage of trimming the shrub is required to start from cutting the branches that were formed from below, which are closer to the ground;
• the second stage of trimming honeysuckle shrubs begins with cutting unnecessary young shoots;
• The third stage of trimming the honeysuckle is cutting the top shoots, as well as the branches that grow inside the bush and oppose the growth of new stems;
• at the fourth stage one should get rid of weak and thin shoots; shoots that have a rather weak growth should not be completely removed, but only their ends;
• at the fifth stage, it is necessary to cut off weak and old shoots, because the formation of new shoots occurs precisely because of the cut of these shoots;
• The sixth stage is the final step - you need to finish pruning, cutting off thick branches in the center, which in the future will not be able to grow, and you should pay attention to the fact that there is no condensation in the center and the bottom remains bare.

The care of a gardener is required both by young shrubs who have just taken root, and by those who have been pleased with their fruits for many years. And, of course, after pruning shrubs, this is required to be done even more diligently than before. Immediately after removing the branches, it is necessary to lubricate the cuts with a garden pitch. It is necessary to feed it with fertilizers.If the pruning process was carried out in the spring, it is worth enriching the bush with nitrogen fertilizers.

You can use chicken manure, for one bush requires 2 buckets of fertilizer. If pruning was done in the fall, the bush should be fertilized with phosphorus or potassium (wood ash).

Of course, before the fertilizer you need to water the plant. If you think about it, then caring for honeysuckle shrubs is not so troubling. This procedure requires daily to loosen the ground under the bushes. On hot summer days, it is necessary to water the honeysuckle bushes plentifully (preferably 3-4 buckets of water per bush). However, to get involved in watering is also not worth it, since excess water is undesirable.

The process of pruning shrubs is carried out in order to improve the crown of the honeysuckle bush. Sometimes it is used to prevent diseases or parasites. The first pruning should be carried out after landing in the spring or autumn. In the future, this process should be carried out no more than once every four years, while cutting only dry, damaged branches. But if the yield has fallen sharply, it is allowed to trim a little earlier.

Of course, there are many recommendations and useful tips from professionals and gardeners. But they are quite contradictory. At present, knowledge of the theory is opposed to practical knowledge of gardeners. Some gardeners say that pruning is required after planting and then every 2-3 years. Other gardeners advise that pruning should not be done for 7–10 years.

If, after all, pruning is done after planting, then shortening pruning should be carried out. However, this pruning after planting is required only when the bush is hard, the weak ones should be trimmed only after a year. The branches are required to be reduced to 7–8 centimeters, which stimulates the further development of shoot growth. Gardeners also recommend that branches and stalks of shrubs grow more than 20 centimeters. In this case, it is possible to get a big harvest.

For proper pruning, practical knowledge about the development of fruit buds is required. When pruning the lower part of the bush is required to ensure that it remains not very bare. Sanitary pruning is carried out after the winter period. In the spring of the growing season requires fertilizing the bush fertilizers in the phase of blooming buds. As well as feeding the plant is necessary in June.

See the following video for how to trim the honeysuckle.