Schisandra chinensis - how to grow

Schisandra chinensis grows as a climbing vine that produces berries in the fall that resemble red currants.

During vegetative propagation, seedlings will grow stronger when planted with stratified seeds in spring. For this purpose, the seeds are kept in moistened sand at a temperature of 20-25 degrees for about a month and for another 4 months at a temperature of 2-5 degrees. In the spring, after planting, seedlings appear within 2-3 weeks.

The plant is also grown using cuttings. The shoots are harvested during the lignification phase between June and July. Cuttings about 5 cm long are taken from the middle of an annual shoot, planted in a substrate of peat-sand mixture in a ratio of 1 to 1. Such cuttings take root in up to 40 days. At the age of four to five they are transplanted into holes with humus soil to a permanent place. For better development, it is necessary to install a support before replanting, so the harvest will be much more abundant and the plant will create a kind of living wall.

The best time for planting is the earliest spring. Abundant watering will enable the plant to quickly take root and grow rapidly, which subsequently contributes to a good harvest.