What is a bowl of lotus? How do you raise it at home? What are the precautions?

Many people like to raise a bowl of lily at home, looks like lotus and water lily, fresh and elegant, placed on a few tables indoors, can beautify the environment, then what is the bowl lily? How do you raise them at home? What are the precautions?

What is a bowl of lotus?

Lotus, usually refers to the small and medium-sized type of lotus, scientific name with lotus. Lily leaves are round with floating leaves and standing leaves above the water, while lily leaves are round with notches and only floating leaves float above the water. A lily is an aquatic flower grown in a small vessel. Although the lotus is small, small and exquisite, it also does not lose the tender and delicate beauty of lotus. It can beautify the environment and make your room fresher.

Second, how to raise lotus at home

1. Preparation for planting lotus

(1) Planting time

Many flower friends like to plant bowl lotus at home, shaped like lotus beauty, although there is no Daming Lake proud posture, but a small bowl lotus at home, enough to let you feel the beauty of immersion. But the question is, when do you buy seeds and when do you plant them?

In fact, the seeds of the lotus can be sown in all seasons. As long as the water temperature is controlled at about 16℃, the seeds can germinate normally. The suitable growth temperature for seeds after germination is 15~30℃. For families with low indoor temperature in winter, sowing in spring can be selected.

(2) Material preparation

Lotus seed, file, silt, white pot, sand.

2. How to grow lotus

(1) Seed treatment

First of all, the seeds are cracked. When you eat lotus seeds, you will notice that there is a layer of green skin outside the lotus seeds. After the lotus seeds mature, the outer skin becomes black and hard. It is said that as long as this layer of white skin is retained, lotus seeds can be buried in the soil for a hundred years or even the year before without rotting. If you don't treat the seeds before planting them, you may never see them germinate.

The lotus seed has a sharp end and a round end. Make a small opening at the round end and grind it on rough concrete or file it. In short, it must be opened to allow water to seep into the seeds and germinate as soon as possible.

(2) Soaking seeds for germination

The next step is to soak the broken seeds in warm water at 30℃ for germination, soak for 2~7 days, and change the water 2~3 times a day. General seeds will grow small buds on the 5th day. If they haven't sprouted in 7 days, they won't germinate again. Throw away such seeds.

In addition, the water temperature of soaking seeds should be controlled at about 30℃, not higher than 40℃ or lower than 20℃, otherwise the seeds will germinate slowly.

(3) hydroponic seedling

After germination, the seeds are placed in hydroponic culture at 25℃ for 5 - 7 days. In the process of hydroponic cultivation, ensure that the water content is about 10 cm, the light is sufficient, and do not change the water and flip frequently, so as not to affect the growth of the leaves.

Water culture for a period of time, the first leaf is open, the second leaf is about to open, and grow white roots, at this time can be planted on the mud.

(4) Selection of pots for planting

According to the needs of planting, the prepared silt or fine sand is put into a flowerpot, soil, water and fertilizer are added, stirred evenly and allowed to stand still. When the water is clear, plant the seeds of the lotus. Seeds all into the mud, leaves freely spread on the water surface, water must not cover the leaves. In addition, in the planting process, to handle gently, do not break the petiole.

Family planting, for the sake of beauty, after planting seeds, spread a layer of stones on the water surface to ensure that the water surface is clear and increase ornamental.

5) Flowering

Different varieties of lotus flower time is different, generally speaking, lotus grow 5~17 leaves after the emergence of flower buds slowly. However, some varieties grow buds and flowers soon after they grow leaves. As long as they were properly maintained, it was only a matter of time before the lotus bloomed!

Third, the lotus planting precautions

1. Container must be large

The container for planting the bowl lotus should be a little bigger. If only ordinary bowls at home were used, they would be too small and shallow, and the nutrient soil would be too little. The bowl lotus would not grow fully, and the roots and leaves would not stretch well. Therefore, planting the bowl lotus would have no meaning!

2. Sunshine should be sufficient

In the maintenance of the lotus, can not blindly focus on the lotus will be placed indoors decorate the environment, indoor maintenance for a long time, lotus see no sunlight, slow growth. Often take the bowl lotus outside, accept the sun, only the basin soil warm up, growth will be more vigorous.

3. Fertilize lightly

Lotus like fertilizer, like nitrogen fertilizer, during the growth period to ensure adequate nutrients, in addition to planting in the soil before adding enough nutrients, but also timely topdressing. Topdressing is based on the size of the flowerpot, small plants, small flowerpots should also be less fertilizer. If fertilization is too much, there will be light long leaves do not bloom phenomenon, more serious point, plant death.

4. Leaf length to be cut

During the maintenance process, the leaves of the lotus will grow longer and denser, which will affect the growth of the lotus to a certain extent. Some leaves should be removed properly to promote the respiration and ventilation of the plant.

4. Difference between water lily and bowl lily

1. Water lily leaves are floating in the water, there is a V-shaped gap, only floating leaves. The lotus has floating leaves floating on the water and standing leaves extending above the water.

2. Water lily leaves are oily and have no fuzz on the surface. And the leaves of the lotus have fuzz.

3. There are lotus seeds at the center of the lily, but there are no water lilies.

4. Water lily plants larger, there is a certain degree of cold tolerance. And the lotus plant is smaller, not cold.

5. Water lily petals long and narrow, flowers slightly larger, red, pink, white yellow, etc., white for more, leaf egg type or heart type. The petals of the bowl lotus are nearly round, the color is single, generally only red and yellow two colors, and the size is only about five centimeters.