Illustration of planting and breeding methods of bowl lotus

The bowl lotus, as its name implies, is the lotus planted in the bowl. According to the description of "Chinese Lotus Variety Chronicles", Wanlian means that it can blossom normally in a flowerpot with a diameter of less than 26 centimeters, and must have the following three indexes: the average flower diameter does not exceed 12 centimeters, the average height of standing leaves does not exceed 33 centimeters, and the average diameter of standing leaves does not exceed 24 centimeters. Bowl lotus, also known as potted lotus and potted lotus, is the lotus planted in the bowl, specially for Chen on several tables in the room to beautify the living environment.

If the bowl lotus is cultivated properly, it will grow flowers with a diameter of only about 5 centimeters, petite and exquisite, with outstanding grace. Then prune it when the flowers are luxuriant, make it dense and scattered, and then manipulate small pieces such as hills, ships, bridges, chickens and ducks in the bowl, which can indeed form a fascinating artistic conception and full of elegance. First, sowing time: Lotus seeds have no dormancy period, as long as the water temperature can be maintained above 16 ℃, the four seasons can be sown. Under the conditions of suitable temperature and light, it takes 50-60 days from sowing to flowering in spring and 60-80 days in autumn. Second, seed treatment: the shell of the lotus seed is hard and dense, and the lotus seed must be artificially broken before soaking. One end of the lotus seed has a small protruding tip and the other has a small concave spot. Grind the small concave end on the rough cement floor or make a small cut with tiger pliers. Be careful not to pinch the embryo or remove the shell. Third, soaking seeds to promote germination: the summer water temperature of 20 ℃-30 ℃ is very suitable for lotus seed germination, depending on how much the seeds are filled with water in bowls or pots to soak the seeds. Put it indoors and change the water twice a day. It can sprout within a week. After sprouting, put it in the sunny place to strengthen the light and can not lack of water. Fine roots and 2-3 young lotus leaves grow after 2 weeks. When the leaves are in the shape of money, the roots can be divided. The planting method of bowl lotus is illustrated (diagram)

Prepare materials before planting bowl lotus

A bowl of lotus seeds, a file, a basin, sand

Planting method

Seed treatment

The seeds should be treated before planting to improve the germination rate of lotus.

The lotus seed is pointed at one end and round at the other. Make a small opening at the end of the circle, grind it on the rough cement floor or break it with a file.

Soaking seeds to accelerate germination

The lotus seeds in the bowl are excellent, be sure to soak in warm water and change the water 2 times or 3 times a day.

Small buds can be seen in about two days, and buds will grow very long in about five days. When the bud grows gradually, it can be transplanted into the pot.

Bud seedling transplanting

Choose a bottom closed pottery pot or plastic flowerpot, add pastoral soil or river pond mud, soak in water, do not fertilize. Press the fine roots of the seedlings into the mud, one for each pot, add the right amount of water, do not submerge the small lotus leaves.

Sand setting

Buy a little sand from the aquarium shop and spread it on the mud. Spread the sand several times and spread the whole jar evenly as far as possible. In this way the water will become clear. Timely change of water, the water can raise small fish, fish draft worms, feces can also be used as flower fertilizer, beautiful and conservation, killing two birds with one stone.

Matters needing attention

Do not shell the seed and do not pinch the embryo, otherwise it will be difficult to germinate.

When soaking seeds to accelerate germination, the water temperature is kept between 20 and 40 degrees. When the water temperature is higher than 40 degrees, the growth of seeds will be restricted, and when the water temperature is lower than 20 degrees, the seeds will germinate very slowly. When soaking seeds to promote germination, remove the seeds that cannot germinate in time, and you can be sentenced to death before they germinate for 7 days.

Be sure to give the lotus bowl enough sunshine to grow.

The bowl of lotus comes out of the mud without being dyed. The time has come to test your character. The bowl of lotus is planted and the picture of lotus is exposed.

Illustration of planting method of bowl lotus

Bowl lotus is widely loved because of its small and exquisite, many people are willing to put such a bowl of lotus in a corner of their homes, and there are also many people who are willing to raise it from a seed and quietly watch it open. Today we will teach you how to cultivate a bowl of lotus from a seed. The key points of this article

A bowl of lotus seed knife or razor bowl

Pick out full and healthy seeds from the bought seeds and soak them in water for a few hours.

The seed of the bowl lotus is a protruding dot at one end and a concave black spot at the other end. We cut off the sunken seed coat bit by bit with a knife, or grind off the sunken seed coat on this side with a razor. After grinding, the seeds will germinate easily.

Soak the seeds in a basin with water. The water is not too deep just to cover the seeds. Pay attention to change the water every day, and then the temperature should not be too low, keep it above 20 degrees.

A few days later, the seeds began to sprout, and we should still pay attention to changing water. After eight or nine days, if some seeds are still sprouting, they should be cleared out in time so as not to affect the water quality. At first I had five seeds, but only three sprouted at last, and then I changed them to a slightly larger basin.

In the following days, we should still pay attention to changing water, but the frequency of changing water is no longer so high, about once every two or three days, pay attention to the sun.

When the bowl lotus grows the second leaf or so, add the right amount of soil to the pot and fix the plant.

In the days after that, bowl lotus should still pay attention to keep in the sun, and at the same time, be careful not to fall on the leaves of bowl lotus when adding water, otherwise it will sunburn where there are water droplets on the leaves when the sun is too strong. Pay attention to adding some flower fertilizer when you are about to bloom.