1. Variety: green bud, red bud and white bud in white willow.
2. Site conditions: select loam or sandy loam with tillage layer ≥ 25cm, pH value between 6 and 7, and organic matter content ≥ 1.5.
3. Cultivation management:
(1) Cutting: select strong stems, cut into 20cm sections, insert 14cm into the soil, and expose 3-4 buds. The cutting time is February, July and November, and the dosage per mu is 150 kg.
(2) Planting density: ≤ 126000 plants per hectare.
(3) Fertilizer and water management: mainly organic fertilizer, topdressing N, P, K quick acting compound fertilizer, of which organic fertilizer is ≥ 45 m3 per hectare. Water management: irrigate timely in case of drought in the wicker pulling season (May, August, October), but do not make the field have bright water.
(4) Shooting: The wicker grows about 1 m in spring, and the second crop grows to about 0.5 m in autumn. Remove all the buds on the side of the wicker.
4. Gains:
(1) Harvesting period: two crops a year, the first crop is from June 20 to July 10, and the second crop is in December.
(2) Harvesting requirements: Harvest in sunny days and peel the strips in time; Peel the autumn strips after harvesting and stacking.
5. Quality requirements for wicker.
The base diameter ≤ 1.2cm, no bifurcation, good finish, no spots, ≤ 40 spots within 1m in length, no bifurcation, full stripe, the root tip ratio within 1m is ≤ 1mm, and it is folded into a circle 30 times the diameter of the wicker without interruption, the wet stripe is green, the dry stripe is clean white, and there is no obvious variegation. Product without eggs