The technique of planting lotus root with terminal bud

Traditional lotus cultivation habits with lotus seeds, lotus amount up to 300 kg per mu, high cost. If you use the terminal bud of lotus root as seed, you can save a lot of lotus root seeds and it is easy to do. Seedling preparation selects fertile and deep dry land, and applies pig and cow dung 4000 kg, phosphorus fertilizer 25 kg, potassium fertilizer 15 kg, ammonium bicarbonate 25 kg or urea 10 kg per mu in early spring. After raking evenly, make 1.5 meters wide, unlimited length of Yangqi. When the temperature rises to 12℃, cut off the seed bud band on the lotus root, about 10 cm long. Stick fresh plant ash on the cut and press it gently into the soil with your hand. The top of the bud is exposed. Cover it with a layer of rotten, damp straw, and then cover it with a thin film to keep the film moist. Usually a lotus root can be cut into 7 - 8 terminal buds with nodes. Transplanting in early April, when the lotus seedlings grow 1~2 true leaves, and the terminal buds germinate adventitious roots, they can be transplanted to the field. Field first put in 15 cm deep water, and then lotus seedlings buried 1.5 cm underground. Planting time to prevent damage to the root system, with the move with the planting, row spacing 1.5 meters, plant spacing 1 meter, evenly spaced. The first row of terminal buds faces in the same direction, and the second row is opposite to the first row. Other management is the same as usual.