The culture method of arrow lotus makes the matters needing attention in the culture of arrow lotus.

The beautiful and refined image of the lotus has attracted the love of many writers and writers since ancient times. Nowadays, in addition to the common lotus that lives in the water, there is a kind of lotus called Ling Jian lotus, which grows in pots and grows in soil. So how to raise the arrow lotus? Next, let's learn about the breeding method of ordered arrow lotus.

The Culture method of Ling Arrow Lotus

The upper end of the stem node with a tip of about 10 meters is buried in the soil, and the depth is about 7 meters. The lower end of the incision reveals the soil surface, which can take root in 20 days, and new branches can break out in about 40 days. The segment from the new root to the incision naturally atrophied and dried up within 1 year. This can effectively solve the problem that the incision is prone to decay and does not limit soil moisture.

The more abundant the soil is, the more vigorous the cuttings will grow, even if the water and fertilizer are controlled, the cuttings can grow normally, the branches will not be withered and thin, and the survival rate will be more than 90%.

As a result, the arrow lotus has no leaves, and the respiration of the plant is limited, so the tissue at the tip of the abnormal stem and some stem nodes gradually develops into air roots (adventitious roots) to help breathe. Adventitious roots rapidly develop into fixed roots when they encounter soil and water, allowing the plant to survive. The inversion method is successfully tested by using this principle.

Make the arrow lotus cuttings conservation: the arrow lotus will continue to grow branches and leaves in autumn, and it is also the second peak growth period of the year, and the new leaves gradually age and mature. The method of management and maintenance is basically the same as in spring and early summer, which can be applied 2 to 3 times as topdressing, mainly phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, and increase the light time.

Make the arrow lotus change the soil once every 1 to 2 years, and can be carried out in both spring and autumn. When changing the basin soil, remove part of the old soil and withered roots, supplement the new culture soil (rotten leaf soil, vegetable garden soil, sand soil, organic fertilizer), and put in the hoof as the base fertilizer.

Make the arrow lotus like fertilizer, so it is required that the basin soil is fertile and loose, the drainage and permeability is good, and the basin is changed every other year in spring or autumn. When changing the basin, remove part of the old soil and decaying roots, supplement the new culture soil, and put human bone powder as base fertilizer, and apply mature thin cake fertilizer every 15-20 days during the growing season.

After the Spring Festival, liquid fertilizer was applied every 10 days, and excessive lateral buds and branches germinated from the base were erased in time, so as to reduce nutrient consumption and keep the plant type neat and beautiful. The quick-acting phosphate fertilizer was applied twice at the flower bud stage to promote the flower with bright color, and fertilization should be stopped in winter.

Make arrow lotus do not like flood, basin soil should always keep a little moist, each time after fertilization, should be timely watering and loosening soil. Watering during growth and development should be dry and wet, and avoid stagnant water in the basin, otherwise it is easy to rot roots and cause death.

So that the arrow lotus is not cold-resistant, the northern region can be placed in a sunny place in the middle or late October. From November to March of the following year, the temperature should be kept at 10 ~ 15 °C, the abnormal stem with high temperature is easy to grow, and the affected plant type should be kept at 13 ~ 18 °C from March to June, which should be kept at 20 ~ 25 °C from June to November. Hot summer should be properly shaded and ventilated to cool down.

So that the arrow lotus should not be shot directly in bright light.

In spring and autumn, it can be maintained in an outdoor sunny place, and in winter, it should be placed in a sunny place indoors. If the flowerpot is placed in the shade for a long time, it is easy to cause overgrowth, which is not conducive to flower bud differentiation and breeding flowers. If you add too much fertilizer and water, it will often cause abnormal stems to grow vigorously and not blossom.

Matters needing attention in the culture of Ling Arrow Lotus:

1. Spring: during the growing season, we should pay attention to sufficient light and timely fertilization, and apply nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer every 10 to 15 days to promote the healthy growth of flowers and leaves. Avoid stagnant water in the basin to prevent rotting roots. From April, buds appeared at the edge of the fleshy upper half of the leaves, and gradually expanded, and bloomed half a month later. If the plant is undernourished and weakens, it will not blossom or blossom less. In order to prevent this phenomenon, the available phosphate fertilizer can be applied one or two times in advance. At the same time, too many lateral buds and basal shoots should be erased.

2. In summer: in the period of vigorous growth, one or two times of nitrogen topdressing should be applied in time. This not only promotes it to grow new branches and leaves, but also helps to grow buds and blossom next spring. If you want to increase the number of stems, it is necessary to seize this favorable period to leave buds. At the height of summer, when the arrow lotus enters the semi-dormant period, it should be placed in a ventilated and cool semi-shade, stop fertilizing, water not too much, and keep the potted soil a little dry to prevent it from being too shady so as not to affect flowering.

3. Autumn: it is the second prosperous growth period of the year, and the new leaves are aging and mature gradually. The management and maintenance method is basically the same as that in spring and early summer from May to June. Topdressing can be applied for 2 to 3 times, mainly phosphorus and potassium fertilizer. And increase the light time.

4. Winter: after Frosts Descent, the weather turns cold and needs to be moved into the room to keep warm. It can be placed in the sunny place indoors and kept at 8 ℃ at room temperature. Stop fertilizing, control watering, basin soil is dry, too wet will cause leaf wilting and root rot. From mid-March to early April after spring, the window ventilation exercise time can be gradually extended with the rise of temperature, so as to lay the foundation for moving out of outdoor maintenance in the future.

Make the arrow lotus, like the warm and humid environment, avoid direct sunlight, drought, semi-shade, afraid of rain, require fertile, loose, well-drained neutral or slightly acidic sandy loam. The optimum temperature during the growing period is 20: 25 ℃, the optimum temperature for flower bud differentiation is between 10 and 15 ℃, the winter temperature should not be lower than 5 ℃, and the florescence is April.