CATDOLL : CATDOLL: What tree is best for growing cicadas? (What tree is best for growing cicadas?)

1. What kind of tree is best for breeding cicadas?

Golden cicadas like trees with soft wood and more sap. Suitable tree species for raising cicadas include willow, elm, poplar, ash, sycamore, Chinese toon, etc. Fruit trees include apricot, plum, apple, pear, etc. For the planting density of trees, take bamboo willow as an example, the planting density of 2*1 in the first year can be sufficient. A high density can lay more egg branches to increase the yield. In the second year, the trees gradually grow up and can be thinned. In the third year, the final density is 4*2, with more than 80 trees per mu.

2. What trees are used to breed cicada monkeys?

The most suitable tree species for breeding cicada monkeys is willow, followed by poplar, because these two trees grow very fast and have a higher survival rate after planting.

Willow is drought-resistant and waterlogged-resistant, with many branches and a well-developed root system, making it a very suitable tree species for breeding cicada monkeys. Cicada monkeys bred on willow trees are of relatively uniform size and firm texture, making them very popular in the market.

3. Which type of elm tree is best for raising cicadas?

Golden leaf elm is the best place to raise cicadas. Because golden leaf elm has vigorous capillary roots, cicada nymphs can easily find the root system and survive easily, so golden leaf elm is good for raising cicadas. Golden leaf elm is a medium-speed growing tree, slow in the early stage and fast in the middle and late stages. In a year, golden leaf elm takes root and sprouts late. When the elm lays eggs in the same year, the root system development cannot reach the ideal state, and there will be a phenomenon of delayed growth. The yield of elm in the middle and late stages is relatively ideal. The growth rate of cicadas under elm is slow, and the proportion of unearthed in 3 years is large.

4. What kind of trees are good for breeding cicadas?

Trees suitable for cicadas to parasitize should have well-developed root systems, lush branches, and be able to provide more sap. Currently, the tree species that cicadas prefer to parasitize mainly include elm, poplar, willow, tung trees, and some fruit trees, such as pear trees and apple trees.

In general, the most suitable tree species should be willow, followed by poplar. Both of these trees grow relatively fast and have a high survival rate after planting. Willow is both drought-resistant and waterlogged-resistant, and has many branches and a well-developed root system. It is a more suitable tree species for cicada breeding.

5. Is it better to grow bamboo willow or matsudanax for breeding cicadas?

Salix matsudana

Willow is currently recognized as a better tree species for breeding cicadas. Currently used are fast-growing bamboo willow, local stupid willow (Salix matsudana, Mantou willow), fast-growing Salix matsudana 9901, Chinese willow (Blowing dustpan willow), weeping willow. Fast-growing bamboo willow is the main one, which can account for the vast majority of the total willow scale. Salix matsudana and fast-growing Salix matsudana 9901 have just started to be tried out in the past 1-2 years.

Fast-growing bamboo willow grows fast in the early stage, has high water requirements, is resistant to water and humidity, and is not particularly resistant to pruning. The density is large, the management requirements are high, and the management cannot keep up with the serious dead trees. Fast-growing bamboo willow is currently the most commonly used tree species in artificial breeding, and it also has the largest cicada production area and ideal yield. The yield of some experimental fields is estimated to exceed 200 catties. Large-scale yields of about 100 catties are also available. In addition to the high density and dead trees, the disadvantages of fast-growing bamboo willow are relatively more diseases and insect pests. As a host plant for breeding golden cicadas, the disadvantages are gradually emerging.

Fast-growing Salix matsudana 9901 has the characteristics of fast-growing bamboo willow, but has advantages in pest and disease resistance and drought resistance. Its salt and alkali resistance is better than bamboo willow. When the 9901 willow grows up, the main stem deadhead problem is more prominent, similar to some stupid willows. In theory, it will be better than fast-growing bamboo willow, but the specific breeding effect remains to be seen.

Some willows with excellent tree shapes have gradually become the objects of experimentation for breeders. They have strong vitality, wide adaptability, tolerance to pruning, few diseases, and the emergence of cicadas in the wild, which are all great advantages. At present, there are not many high-quality varieties of willows, and the cost of obtaining them is also higher than that of bamboo willows. If conditions permit, willow segments can be collected in the fields to raise seedlings for future use.

6. What kind of tree can be used to raise cicada monkeys?

Willow and peach trees are the best for raising cicadas because they have the following common characteristics: fast growth, especially well-developed root systems, which can quickly provide cicadas with the necessities of life. Other trees such as apple trees, pear trees, elm trees, etc. are also suitable.