Osmanthus seedling cultivation
Osmanthus saplings are cultured mainly by cuttings and asexual reproduction. About Osmanthus fragrans seed collection, seed treatment and sowing time are as follows: 1, the seed harvest time: general year in the end of May to early June, when the kind of real skin from blue to blue and black, and began to fall off the tree , Collect full seeds from trees or ground. 2. Post-harvest treatment: Mix the seeds with the sand and rub them out until the yellow-white bone seed shell is not accompanied by any meat residue, and float to the empty seeds. 3, seed storage, sweet-scented osmanthus seeds for physiological after-ripening, must go through a long time of sand, until the completion of the ripening process before germination and emergence; for this can be washed seeds mixed with wet sand, stored in large flowers Pots or jars, pots or cylinders cover the glass (or wood) to moisturize the rodents, in winter to stay indoors to keep the ice. During the storage period, sand grains are always kept moist. The initial water holding capacity of the sand is preferably 10%, and it can be increased to 50% in the middle and later periods. 4. Sowing time: In the early April to the beginning of the next year, the seeds can be sown and nursed when the seeds are cracked. 5, sowing requirements: generally used sowing method, after sowing covered a small amount of straw, and shade, when the seedling height up to 15-20 cm. After 2 years of cultivation in the nursery, transplanting will be carried out in the spring of the 3rd year and blossom after 10 years.