Growing and caring for honeysuckle is quite simple.
Water the bush as needed, remove weeds, apply fertilizer and loosen the soil.
What honeysuckle doesn't like
When looking for the right place, you need to know that honeysuckle does not like the sun.
Therefore, it should be planted in dark places. It is better to plant honeysuckle bushes next to apple trees, because they have a beneficial effect on the growth and development of the bush.
Honeysuckle in garden plots is planted according to a 2.5 × 1.5 m pattern, since over time the bushes reach 2-2.5 m in diameter. The holes are made 30-40 wide and 25-30 cm deep.
The top layer of soil and fertilizer are mixed and poured into a mound at the bottom of the hole.
How to water honeysuckle
Honeysuckle loves moisture very much, so it needs to be watered 2-3 times a week, using a bucket of water per bush.
In dry seasons and during the fruiting period, the rate should be increased.
Loosening and weeding. The roots of the plant lie close to the surface, so you should loosen the soil very carefully.
How to prune honeysuckle
Carefully cut out broken branches, last year's young shoots growing not outward, but into the center of the bush, as well as peripheral old branches lying on the ground.
In the fall, more thorough, thinning, pruning is carried out.
The optimal period for the procedure is a period of rest after leaf fall, but before the onset of serious frosts.
Previously, we told you how to grow blackberries.
