How should lily bulbs be planted? 8 ways to make sure you grow big and beautiful lilies!

Lily, also known as Qiangli, Ilein, Shandan, Fengxian, etc., is a perennial herbaceous bulb plant of Liliaceae, native to China, mainly distributed in the temperate regions of eastern Asia, Europe, North America and other temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, with elegant flowers, green leaves and graceful stems, which are regarded as valuable cut flower rookies. Let's take a look at how to plant lily bulbs.

I. planting methods of lily bulbs

1. Prune the root system

Just buy to trim the bad root system under the bulb, pay attention to only the bad and rotten root system, the root system is intact without pruning!

2. Immersion disinfection

Soak the seed ball in 1/1000 chlorothalonil (or carbendazim, carbendan, potassium permanganate) and other aqueous solution for 30 minutes, then rinse the residual solution with clean water and leave it in a cool place to dry.

3. Prepare soil and flowerpots

The soil for planting lilies can be prepared with rotten leaf soil: sand: garden soil = 1:1:1, while flowerpots should choose deep and large pots with a diameter of 25 cm, planting 1-3 trees.

4. Applying base fertilizer

When planting, apply some fully mature compost or a small amount of bone meal as the base fertilizer (even if you don't need it at home), and the base fertilizer must be covered with a layer of soil above 4cm.

5. Place the seed ball

Put the sterilized seed ball into the flowerpot and pay attention to the relative placement of the bottom of the three seed balls, tilting about 60 degrees.

6. Fill

Fill the pot with soil to cover the bulbs and let the buds show the soil. don't add the soil to the top, because as the lilies grow taller, we need to continue to add soil to ensure that the lilies grow more stems and roots.

7. Pour water thoroughly

After planting, water thoroughly, then put astigmatism ventilation place to maintain for a week, and then ensure sufficient light, watering is not dry.

8. Waiting for flowering

After 2-3 months of maintenance, lilies will be able to bloom beautiful flowers!

II. Planting management of lilies

1. Temperature management: in order to obtain high-quality cut lily flowers, temperature control in greenhouse is very important. In order to promote rooting, the soil temperature must be kept at a low temperature of 9: 13 ℃ within 3-4 weeks after planting. If the temperature is too low, the growth period will be prolonged unnecessarily, while when the temperature is higher than 15 ℃, it will lead to poor root development.

2. Humidity management: the soil moisture before planting is better to hold tightly and fall loosely. In the high temperature season, cold water should be irrigated once before planting to reduce the soil temperature. Watering again after planting makes the soil fully contact with the seed bulb and creates good conditions for the development of stem rooting. The standard of later watering is to keep the soil moist, that is, it is appropriate to hold a handful of soil mass without coming out of the water. Watering is usually chosen on a sunny morning. The relative humidity should be 80-85%, and the relative humidity should avoid too much fluctuation, otherwise leaf burning may occur.

3. Fertilizer management: the early stage of flowering lily bulb growth mainly consumes the nutrients stored in its own scales, so it is not necessary to add too much bottom fertilizer before planting, and some fertilizers can be applied according to the soil fertility one month after planting. Apply 10 kg per mu every 10 to 15 days until 3 weeks before flower picking. At the same time, attention should be paid to the supplement of trace elements, such as iron, boron, zinc and so on.

4. Light management: light is an important condition to control quality, and lily flower bud development especially needs sufficient light. Lack of light will cause poor plant growth and cause lily sprouting, lighter leaf color and flower color, and shorten vase life. When lilies are planted in winter in northern China, about 25% of the sun is blocked due to the influence of thermal insulation materials such as glass or plastic film, so in addition to keeping the surface of glass and plastic film clean and making them transparent, some varieties also need to make up light. Incandescent lamps can be used to make up the light.

5. Carbon dioxide: carbon dioxide is beneficial to the growth and flowering of lilies. At 8: 10 a.m. on a sunny day, carbon dioxide gas pills are applied in the unventilated greenhouse to increase the content of carbon dioxide in the shed. Other methods can also be used.