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How to plant fresh lotus seeds

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, Lotus seed is the fruit of the aquatic plant lotus, which can not only be edible and medicinal, but also can be used to sow seeds. How should the fresh lotus seeds be planted? Let's learn about it together. How to grow fresh lotus seeds? 1. From March to early May. Lotus seeds are suitable for temperature and light.

Lotus seed is the fruit of the aquatic plant lotus, which can not only be edible and medicinal, but also can be used to sow seeds. How should the fresh lotus seeds be planted? Let's learn about it together.

How to grow fresh lotus seeds?

1. time

From March to early May. Under the conditions of suitable temperature and light, it takes 60-80 days from sowing to flowering in spring.

two。 Seed selection and soaking

Lotus seeds to choose large, black, full, hard, must be artificially broken before soaking, one end of the lotus seed has a small protruding tip, the other end has a small concave spot. Grind the small concave end on the rough cement floor or make a small cut with tiger pliers. Be careful not to pinch the embryo or remove the shell.

3. Promote budding and sowing

Soak the treated lotus seed in water, put it in a sunny place, change the water sooner or later, wait until more than 2 floating leaves are unfolded, and the root system is greater than 2-3cm, bury it in the basin and bury it in the mud. Then add water and be careful not to go too deep. Wait until there are standing leaves, and then apply some fertilizer, the amount should be controlled according to the fertility of the mud in their own basin, after standing leaves only apply phosphorus and potassium fertilizer to promote flowers, generally with potassium dihydrogen phosphate.

In the later stage, it can be picked leaves, added water and fertilized according to the growth situation.

 
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