How to trim the honeysuckle

Despite the fact that the honeysuckle is considered an unpretentious shrub that grows even in harsh climatic conditions, it is still necessary to care for him. One of the important criteria in this case is the trimming of the honeysuckle.

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Pruning shrub

The process in question must be made according to a specific scheme, because, as in any other system, there are nuances here, which must be considered. The culture of decorative type, including the honeysuckle, you need to regularly register so that the harvest is richer, the bush does not bother. This procedure is usually carried out either in spring or autumn. Experienced gardeners suggest that bushes are subject to still, whose age exceeds 4 years.

No one speaks of global cleaning, sometimes you just need to remove dried branches and shoots that are damaged.

Cleaning can be different:

• Rejuvenating
• Sanitary

If the plant is for more than five years, you need to remove shoots that are located below.

It should be understood that the kidneys of the honeysuckle appear early enough, so that the spring cleaning is needed to be carried out in the period when snow still lies on the branches. It is possible to carry out this procedure at a temperature of in -5 degrees.

Late spring is better not to trim the honeysuckle, because it can affect the future harvest, and not from the best side. It is best to handle the honeysuckle of oil paint in the spring, because the garden var not plastic when using it at a negative temperature.

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Terms of trimming of the honeysuckle

As soon as the snow began to melt - the time to cut the shrubs of the honeysuckle, so at the end of March - the optimal time for this. During this period, the kidney is not yet beginning to bloom and are still alone, so you do not damage the process of disintegration.

For those. Who wants to trim the bush, but at the same time, not harm him, you need to know the following rules:

• If the bush has already begun to be fruit, then it is no circumstances to cut his top, because it is on this part of the bush and there are the greatest number of kidneys that will then give their fruits.
• It is also not necessary to trim the skeletal branches of the bush under the most "root".
• If you decide to cut the honeysucky bush, it is better to do it right, because the correct and detailed trimming is the main factor in obtaining a rich harvest.
• If you decide to do a "deep" trimming of a bush, then you need to cut the stems to the level of their recovery, and this zone is an order of magnitude higher than the base. It should be considered that after such a procedure, the stalks begin to grow several times faster, which means that they will not have time to form, which is fraught with a breakdown of new stems, so in this matter you need to be extremely careful.
• In the end, after such trimming, the branches did not break, it is better to install several support pegs around the perimeter, which should be tied to methams where sections were produced. It is necessary to remove them when all the trunks and branches will become strong.
• Do not forget that after such a major trimming, the bush be froning will begin only the next year.

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Spring trimming

If we are talking about honeysuckle honeycomb, then you should not forget that this is a liana, which most often the owners land near his fences, so that it fures the whole territory. In order to control the height of this plant, it is necessary after you consider that it is not necessary to grow above the plant, it is simply parting the top. After that, the shoots will begin to grow up, but in the side, and grow around the perimeter in width.

As for sanitary cleaning, it is best to spend it in the spring, but after the frosts are not strong as in the winter. In this case, it is worth cut shoots on which the kidneys do not even think to bloom in order not to disturb the flowering plant.

For inexperienced gardeners there are a couple of important tips, which are recommended that if you decide to cut a bush of mirth:

• The first thing to remember is that the process of trimming should begin only when young kidneys can already be considered on branches.
• If the kidneys appeared early on the shoot, it's not worth it, because the presence of them testifies to their health.
• In the event that the escape has grown, and there is no kidney and its top naked. Its necessarily will be necessary to cut it, because nothing sensible from it will clearly fail.

There are also a number of rules that each gardener should stick when trimming the honeysuckle, so they are all:

• As soon as you transplanted the honeysuckle bush on his new permanent place, it is mandatory to carry out a shrub trimmer procedure.
• During circumcision, all shoots that are weak must be removed. In this case, only strong shoots should remain on the bush, but they will need to cut slightly (one third length will be enough).
• Highly often cut such a bush. You do not have to do that it cannot but rejoice. Usually pruning is made every four or five years, but this process should be regular, so that the bush be fruined well.
• If a bush of the honeysuckle has long defaulted for a long time, he needs serious trimming, then you have to cut almost all the stems under the very base, leaving only shoots of a very small length.

It happens that the bush suffers from a serious illness, and most often, it is pruning that can become a "rescue circle" in this situation.