Name: Eucommia ulmoides/Eucommia seeds 1kg
Brand: Shanghai Touchhealthy seeds shop
SKU: T105
Price: 30.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Description

Plump full eucommia ulmoides seeds have stable germination rate and strong vitality. Eucommia is a precious relict unique tree species only naturally distributed in China, with very high medicinal, timber and ecological value. Its trunk bark is a classic commonly used medicinal material, fresh leaves can be processed into eucommia tea for daily drinking, and the wood is solid and durable for furniture and woodwork production.

This tree has excellent cold resistance, drought resistance and barren soil tolerance, suitable for large-area mountain afforestation in most northern and central regions of China. Its developed root system can effectively fix mountain soil to prevent landslide and soil erosion. Seedlings grow steadily, and the trunk can start reasonable bark harvesting after 6 to 8 years of growth. It is widely used for medicinal eucommia industrial base construction, barren mountain ecological restoration, roadside shelterbelts and courtyard tall landscape tree configuration. It adapts to deep, loose, well-drained neutral to slightly alkaline loam soil. Low-lying waterlogged plots and heavy sticky clay soil must be avoided to prevent root rot and seedling death. Daily management is simple, mainly ensuring sufficient full sunlight, timely drainage in rainy seasons and seasonal topdressing, a long-cycle high-value multi-purpose economic tree integrating medicine, timber and ecological protection.

Planting Instructions

Soil Preparation
Mix fertile garden soil, coarse river sand and decomposed organic fertilizer evenly to make loose breathable planting substrate. Adopt raised seedbeds for sowing to guarantee rapid rainwater drainage. Overly hardened clay soil with poor air permeability is not recommended for seedling raising.
Seed Pre-treatment
Eucommia seeds have obvious deep physiological dormancy. Remove dry winged outer seed coat, screen out full healthy seeds, soak in room-temperature clean water for 48 hours, then carry out 60–90 days cold moist sand stratification under 2–5℃ low temperature environment. Sow in early spring when seed shells crack and white radicles protrude. Insufficient low-temperature storage will lead to extremely low and irregular germination rate.
Sowing Method
Carry out strip sowing on seedbeds, bury seeds 2–3 cm deep in moist soil, cover thin fine soil on the surface, slightly compact topsoil and water thoroughly once after sowing. After seedlings grow 4 to 5 true leaves, transplant into nutrition bags for container cultivation, which greatly improves the survival rate of field mountain transplanting.
Germination Condition
Keep the substrate slightly moist without standing water, optimal germination temperature 16–26℃. Concentrated seedling emergence will be completed within 30–50 days after sowing. Cover breathable plastic film before germination for heat and moisture preservation, partially uncover the film regularly for ventilation to avoid seedling damping-off disease caused by high humidity.
Daily Maintenance
Eucommia is a strong positive tree species, full sunlight all year round is required; long-term shading will cause slender saplings and slow growth speed. Water moderately in hot dry summer, completely drain all accumulated rainwater in rainy days to avoid root rot disease. Appropriately trim redundant lateral branches during growth to cultivate straight and sturdy main trunk, which is convenient for later medicinal bark harvesting. Apply diluted compound fertilizer twice in spring and summer every year to accelerate sapling height and thickness growth.
Watering frequency: Water once every 4–6 days in dry season, reduce watering in cool seasons. Drought tolerance is strong, no extra watering needed after root system fully established. Main pests and diseases are leaf spot disease in rainy high humidity and small leaf-eating pests, remove diseased leaves timely and use conventional low-toxicity pesticides for prevention and treatment.

Specification

Plant Name: Eucommia Tree / Du Zhong
Botanical Name: Eucommia ulmoides Oliver
Plant Type: Cold-hardy native Chinese medicinal economic deciduous tree
Mature Height: 10–20 Meters
Harvest Period: Medicinal bark can be harvested after 6–8 years of field planting
Germination Temperature: 16–26℃
Growing Temperature: -25℃ ~ 35℃, strong frost and freeze resistance
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Soil: Deep loose well-drained neutral loam soil, strictly avoid waterlogged heavy clay soil
Planting Difficulty: Moderate
Core Features: Unique Chinese protected medicinal tree, medicinal bark and eucommia tea value, strong cold and drought resistance, excellent slope soil fixation ability, suitable for large-scale mountain economic forest construction

FAQ

Q1: Can eucommia survive severe cold winters in northern China?

A1: Yes, it has outstanding cold hardiness and can safely overwinter outdoors in most northern temperate zones.

Q2: Is long-term cold sand stratification necessary for seeds?

A2: Mandatory. Eucommia seeds have deep dormancy, only enough low-temperature wet sand treatment can break dormancy for normal germination.

Q3: What is the biggest planting taboo?

A3: Long-term soil waterlogging triggers root rot death, and overly acidic soil will affect normal growth and development.

Q4: How to use eucommia after maturity?

A4: Tree bark for medicinal use, fresh leaves dried for eucommia health tea, trunk wood for solid furniture making.

Q5: Suitable for novice growers?

A5: Suitable for patient growers. The core key is sufficient pre-sowing cold stratification treatment, well-drained raised seedbed and full sunlight growing environment.

Eucommia ulmoides/Eucommia seeds 1kg

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