Useful Tips for Gardeners: How to Grow Honeysuckle

Honeysuckle tastes a bit like blueberries - it is sweet-sour (often more sour than sweet). However, the main thing in it is not the taste: in terms of the amount of vitamin C, this berry is not inferior to lemon, and in terms of some macro- and microelements, it has no equal in nature at all.

Where honeysuckle likes to grow

For honeysuckle, choose well-lit places. The plant does not respond well to drafts, so choose areas that are not blown by the wind. Honeysuckle can grow in almost any soil, but prefers fertile loam. The acidity level should be neutral or low.

Care

Growing and caring for honeysuckle is quite simple. Water the shrub as needed, remove weeds, fertilize and loosen the soil. Also carry out preventive treatments of shrubs from pests and diseases. After planting in open ground for 3 years, plant the bush high in the spring.

Honeysuckle grows well in the shade, but yields are lower there. However, even in the shade it is not affected by powdery mildew and aphids, unlike gooseberries and currants.

Honeysuckle is a plant originally forest, having superficial roots. Therefore - no loosening around the bushes - the chopper damages the roots.

In summer, water the plant more often. And less often in winter. If the color of the soil has become lighter, then the plant needs to be watered. After pruning leaves or picking flowers, evergreen honeysuckle is recommended to be watered every 3-5 days.

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• 31 July 2023

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