How to grow lotus root in water tank

Everyone should have eaten lotus root stew with high nutritional value and good taste, suitable for both young and old. Generally speaking, the lotus roots we buy are obtained from farmers' lotus root ponds, so do you know how to grow lotus roots in the water tank at home? Let's have a look together!

First, how to grow lotus root in water tank

Prepare a large water tank and prepare some soil, preferably pond mud, in the tank. Then put the intact lotus root joint in it and cover it with soil and compaction. After planting, fill the tank with water in a week.

Matters needing attention in planting lotus root in water tank

1. Water requirement

Generally speaking, the seed lotus root that has just been planted in the water tank does not need to be watered immediately. not watering at this time is beneficial for the lotus root nodes to grow floating leaves and standing leaves, and the basin soil is soaked in water before use and reserves a certain amount of water. wait until the standing leaves grow out and the dry soil cracks and then fill the basin with water.

2. Sufficient light

After the amount of water in the tank is added, it should be placed in a place with sufficient light and leeward, so that the lotus root can grow better. To ensure that there are 8 hours of sufficient light every day, in order to promote the plant lotus root to grow buds and bloom. If you put it in a place where there is not enough light, it will affect the flowering, so the lotus root in the family water tank should be kept in the courtyard or on the balcony with plenty of light.

3. The temperature is suitable

The suitable growth temperature of planting lotus root is 25 ℃ ~ 30 ℃. When planting lotus root, new buds will begin to grow at 10 ℃, and even bands will grow slowly at 14 ℃. After standing leaves, as long as the temperature is about 25 ℃, new lotus roots will grow. Most of them are transferred to the stage of growing new lotus roots after the Beginning of Autumn.