Planting methods of water lily seeds

Planting methods of water lily seeds in cold zone

The seed propagation of water lilies in cold zone is that when the fruit of water lilies sinks into the water, the seeds can be harvested in about 10 days. Cut the fruit from the pedicel, put it in a shallow dish filled with water, pinch the fruit shell and pour out the seed. There is a transparent gel around the seed. Do not remove the gel. You should carefully preserve it and sow it in the mud with the seed.

The substrate for planting water lily seeds can be the same soil. When sowing, put the seeds with gelatinous substance on the surface of the soil with tweezers, and keep a certain distance between the seeds. Then, sprinkle a thin layer of fine soil to cover the seeds. Spraying water stabilizes the soil on the seed.

Plant it in a river or flowerpot.

Matters needing attention

Water lily seeds should be planted in the spring blooming season.

Water lily seed planting method, how to plant water lily seed [diagram]

In our life, there is no lack of such a group of people, they love the sea, like the sea and land lakes in the aquatic plants, so at home they tend to raise some aquatic flowers, such as water lilies. However, water lilies grow from seeds to flowers, so how do the seeds of water lilies grow into plants and flowers? how do you plant water lilies? Let's take a look at the planting methods of water lily seeds.

Brief introduction of ▏▎ water lily seeds

The seed of water lily, that is, the seed of water lily. As we all know, this is a very common perennial aquatic herb in our life, which belongs to the genus Nymphaeaceae. Water lilies usually bloom in summer, so flowering is usually concentrated in the summer months. As soon as the flowering period is over, the plant will enter the fruit stage, that is, the period of fruit breeding. To the back, the water lily seed is formed, the seed looks very hard, the shape is oval, the color is mostly black, very round and full. At the same time, the outer layer of the water lily seed is wrapped in glue, and there are some fleshy annular aril, which looks like a small embryo.

▏▎ seed planting method of water lily

1. Simple treatment of water lily seeds.

Not all seeds can be planted, I believe we all understand, so at the beginning of planting water lily seeds, we have a simple seed selection and processing work. Usually, the seeds of water lilies with a sharp shape on one end and a round shape on the other are of high quality, so when selecting seeds, we should pay attention to observe the overall shape of the seeds. After the seed has been selected, it can be processed, showing that it is not necessary to dig a hole in the end of the seed with scissors or a file. This hole is where the water lilies will come out of the seedlings in the future, so the hole should be suitable, the depth of the hole should be appropriate, and the hole should be dug lightly.

2. The seeds of water lilies emerged by soaking.

After the seeds of water lilies are treated, they need to be soaked in a container, and the soaking liquid is just plain water. Note that the soaking time is about 1 to 2 days. If there is no change after soaking, you can fish out the seeds and use scissors or files to enlarge the shell of the seeds a little bit before continuing to soak. After soaking in this way for a week or so, you can find that the turquoise grows again in the place where the seeds dig holes. After emergence, the seeds grow rapidly, and soon the seedlings will become very long. In this case, basically the seeds are planted successfully.

Matters needing attention in planting ▏▎ water lily seeds

In fact, planting water lily seeds is a very simple thing, but there are still many things that need to be paid attention to in the process of planting. For example, the problem of water is fine, but in order to better promote the germination of seeds, the temperature of clear water we prepare can be kept at 25 to 30 degrees Celsius. At the same time, containers for soaking seeds can also be placed in places where there is plenty of light indoors. Because water lilies love sunlight very much, even for a seed, plenty of light is more conducive to the growth of seeds. In addition, when the seeds germinate successfully, we need to pay attention to the depth of the water in the container, not too high or too low.

Conclusion: the method of planting water lily seeds is really very simple, and it is not particularly difficult to cultivate water lilies, so if you are really interested in raising water lilies, you can try it now.