How to harvest a balcony flower in two months?

Lily can be said to be the easiest bulb plant to grow. From planting bulbs to flowering, it usually takes only two months, and if it is well raised, it can still blossom year after year.

All you need to do is prepare to plant the ball, pot the soil, and then bury the ball and water it. There are many varieties of lilies, such as Yabai, Minjiang River, Iron Cannon and so on. You can have a general understanding of these strains the last time you planted them.

At the end of March, the pre-sold seed balls arrived, and this year there were more than a dozen varieties, most of which had three balls and Mapilla 15 balls.

The soil used is mainly left over from succulent plants, and the rest is peat + perlite, which is simple and easy to use.

When burying lilies, you should pay attention to burying them a little deeper, because the roots that absorb nutrients grow out of the stems above the bulbs, so make sure these roots are buried in the soil.

After only a few days of planting, it began to break out of the ground, and its growth rate was comparable to that of bamboo shoots.

Fifteen balls have been planted in this pot to see the effect of group opening. The pots and soil used are all left over from planting gourds last year, with some organic fertilizer added:

At the beginning of April, plant more than a week, at this time you can start to supplement phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, if you use new soil, it doesn't matter if you don't apply fertilizer.

In late April, the bud begins to appear. Pay attention to keeping enough light to prevent the bud from disappearing, and water and fertilizer should also keep up.

Asian lilies are the first to bloom in early May. Mainly recorded this pot of 15 balls of horseshoe, a kind of ball has about six flowers, so the whole pot has 90 flowers, or very good-looking.

The petals are dark red with metallic luster:

After flowering, it is recommended to remove the stamens to prevent pollen from soiling the petals and pollination to prolong the flowering period.

Count the number of buds.

In mid-May, the harvest season is coming.

It also looks good to cut it out and put it in a bottle.

In late May, other varieties also opened one after another. Basically, a bulb can open 3-6 flowers, and three flowers can be filled with a vase.

LA series, eyeliner, notice the black lines on the edge of the petals?

Minjiang lily, feast. The flowers of Minjiang lilies are relatively large and open downward, and the flowers are very beautiful.

Some varieties are blooming one after another, and they can basically have flowers throughout May.

Take better care of lilies after blooming, lilies can be re-flowered. Cut off the residual flowers in time, leave as many branches and leaves as possible, and water phosphorus and potassium fertilizer once a week until the branches and leaves are dry, take out the bulb or stay in the original basin to keep dry, and will sprout and blossom again in the spring next year, but there may be a discount on the quantity and quality of compound flowers.

How to save the seed ball, please see

Last time, a friend said that today's ball dealers have cold storage, so it is OK to plant balls now, and they can blossom quickly after planting, but now the varieties that can be bought are generally picked by others, so it is recommended to book the balls until the end of the year.