When is the best season to plant willow trees? What is the best time and method to plant willow trees?

There are five main steps in planting willows, namely soil selection, sowing and cutting, light management, temperature management, and water management. Willows do not have many requirements for light, and they can grow regardless of whether there is sunlight or not. And willows can tolerate harsh ecological environments such as cold, high temperature, and drought.

Best time to plant willow trees

Willow can be planted in spring or autumn , but it is best to plant willow in April every spring , because the temperature at this time is stable at around 15 degrees, which is conducive to increasing the germination rate of willow.

When propagating willow trees, if sowing is too early, it will make it difficult for the willow trees to germinate, and if sowing is too late, the willow trees will grow poorly.

Willow Planting Methods

1. Planting

Seeds harvested in April should be used for sowing, with a thousand-grain weight of 0.4 grams. Just sow them directly. Transplantation should be carried out after the leaves fall in winter and until they germinate in early spring of the following year. After planting, water them sufficiently.

2. Cuttings

It is carried out in early spring. Select excellent plants with good growth status and few diseases and insects as mother trees , and cut off the sprouting branches that have grown for about 3 years. Then take cuttings, water them fully, keep the soil moist, and apply fertilizer about 4 times after the roots sprout.

3. Matrix selection

Willows do not have high requirements for soil, have strong adaptability, can tolerate salinity and alkali , and can grow in harsh ecological conditions. However, they grow better in fertile plains, and are likely to rot in clay soils.

4. Lighting management

Willows do not have excessive requirements for light and can grow regardless of whether there is sufficient sunlight or not.

5. Temperature management

Willow likes moisture and can tolerate harsh ecological environments such as cold, heat, and drought. It has good cold tolerance and can grow in conditions with an annual average temperature of 2°C and a minimum temperature below zero without frost damage.

6. Water management

It likes moisture, so you can water it more often and it can grow well in moist soil. In arid areas, the survival rate is relatively low and it is easy to die or grow into a small old tree.