Wolfberry belongs to the Solanaceae family of plants, there is a large number of growth in the northern region of China, cold hardiness is very strong, and drought-resistant, water-logged serious zones are prone to rotting the roots, like loose and fertile sandy soil, and like the growth of a light-rich environment.
Before planting, you need to mix the base fertilizer in the soil, and then deep plowing of the soil, the soil weeds and stones and other debris cleaned out. Sprinkle the seeds into a shallow trench that has been made and then gently mulch over it. It is also necessary to lay a trellis over the soil so that it can be insulated in the event of cold weather.
Two, seedling planting
If it is a seedling planting, you need to start in March-April. First of all, dig a deep pit, add 2-3kg of fertilizer in it, then fill in a small amount of soil, then put the seedlings into it and fill the gaps in the pit with soil. Planting is carried out with one watering.
Watering is usually done once in 7-10 days, and when they are fully established, you can start fertilizing them. The frequency of watering during maintenance is not much, 6-8 times throughout the year is appropriate, and fertilizer is applied before watering to help the plant absorb nutrients and water.
How to manage the wolfberry tree?
Fertilizer: wolfberry tree on the fertilizer demand is more vigorous mainly before the flowering and fruit harvesting, the grower can according to the land fertility situation and the growth of wolfberry tree fertilization, if it is a family planting of wolfberry tree, fertilization is relatively simple, you can directly apply some diluted rotted cake fertilizer, every one or two months to apply on the line. If it is a large area of farmland planting, fertilization requirements are more stringent. Generally need two to three times fertilizer work, the first generally in the flowering period before, the second generally in early June, the third in late June. Each plant usually needs about 150 grams of compound fertilizer.
Pruning: wolfberry tree pruning is also a very important issue, for the young tree is mainly to shape the main, here mainly talk about adult wolfberry tree pruning, adult wolfberry tree pruning is generally chosen in the spring and fall, mainly some of the old branches of the wolfberry tree, diseased branches, too dense branches in a timely manner to cut out and increase the yield of wolfberry.
Watering: wolfberry tree is more drought-resistant and afraid of waterlogging, the general spring and fall season watering times can be appropriately reduced, potted plants, two to three times a week can be planted, field planting is generally every two weeks or so watering can be done, in addition to the need for timely watering after harvesting the fruit.