火棘是蔷薇科火棘属常绿灌木或小乔木,我国山地丘陵几乎都有生长(见图),耐瘠易种。果实扁圆,桔红或深红色,可磨粉食用或酿酒,亦可直接摘食充饥,故民间有冷饭籽、救军粮之称。果期9～11月。主要采用扦插和播种法繁殖。扦插春、夏皆可,以春插为好。春插宜在新叶萌发前(2～3月)进行。选头年生健壮枝条,长10厘米左右,插入洗过的粗河沙(或7份黄心土加3份粗河沙)中。即剪即插,插后浇透水,盖塑膜。晴天中午光照强时适当遮荫,并揭膜一角通风。其他管理与木本花卉扦插同。约25～30天插穗生根,可择阴天下午移苗。移苗后还需保湿遮荫7～8天,再移 Pyracantha is Rosaceae Pyracantha often shrubs or small trees, mountainous areas in China almost all have growth (see photo), barren easy to seed. Oblate fruit, orange or dark red, can be eaten flour or wine, but also can be directly eaten with hunger, so there are cold rice seed, save military grain. Fruit from September to November. Mainly by cutting and sowing breeding. Cutting spring, summer can be, as the spring inserted as well. Spring insertion should be carried out before the new leaf germination (February to March). The annual election robust stalks, about 10 centimeters long, inserted into the wash of coarse sand (or 7 yellow heart soil plus 3 copies of rough sand). That is inserted and cut, inserted after pouring water, cover plastic film. Sunny at noon when appropriate shade, and uncover ventilation corner. Other management and woody flower cutting the same. About 25 to 30 days cuttings rooting, may choose cloudy seedlings. Need to moisturizing and shading seedlings after 7 to 8 days, then move