It takes only four steps from a seed to a bowl of lotus, but you need to pay attention to these two points if you want it to blossom.

Lotus has been loved by scholars since ancient times, so is there a small lotus that can be kept at home? The answer is yes. Bowl lotus, also known as bowl lotus, just listen to the name is very intuitive to know the affirmation of the mini lotus. In the hot summer, keep a bowl of lotus in the study to add a bit of cool Zen.

So, how to plant lotus bowls? The following little exquisite life will learn with you:

1. Grinding the skin and breaking the shell

Bowl lotus is usually propagated by sowing and dividing lotus roots. The method of dividing lotus roots is very simple. Today, we mainly introduce seed propagation. After maturing, the seeds of bowl lotus will dry up and enter a dormant state, and the shell is very hard. If they want to sow seeds without treatment, they will not rot if they are buried in the ground for thousands of years, and of course they will not sprout. Therefore, the bowl lotus needs to be treated with broken shell before sowing, so that the embryo receives enough water and oxygen to awaken its dormancy in order to let it germinate.

So how to break the shell of lotus seeds? You can take pliers to break a small opening in the shell where the lotus seed has a small dent, or you can wear the small concave end into the shell on the cement floor. But we must pay attention to: first, one end of the seed is convex and the other is concave, and when the shell is broken, it is the one that breaks the concave point; second, the embryo must not be hurt; and third, do not remove all the shells.

2. Soaking seeds to accelerate germination

Soak the broken lotus seeds in 20-40 degrees water and place them in a cool and ventilated place. at least once every morning and evening, the seeds will germinate in about three days, and the buds will grow very long in five or six days. At this time, the leaves will grow in eight or nine days after exposure to the sun.

After germination, the seed shell can be removed and cultivated. When shelling, please be careful not to hurt the germ.

3. Cultivation and seedling cultivation

At this time, you can find a suitable container and fill it with soil and water for transplanting. When transplanting, press the roots of the seedlings into the soil, then add water, the depth of the water should not submerge the leaves of the seedlings, and then put them in a sunny environment and wait for them to bloom. Note that although the bowl lotus likes light, it should not be exposed to strong light, otherwise it will burn the seedlings.

4. Wait for the flowers to bloom

Under the right environment, the bowl lotus usually has buds when it has 5-17 leaves, so you can take out the camera and take pictures as much as you want.

Special attention should be paid to:

The main results are as follows: 1. The most important step in the process of seed propagation is to break the shell. The position of the broken shell, the size of the broken part and the protection of the germ are all directly related to whether the seed can germinate or not. So we must pay attention here.

2. Pure hydroponic lotus can survive, but soil must be added to the bottom of the pot in order to blossom.

The above is released by Little exquisite Life. I hope it will be helpful to you.