How to grow mini water lily

Mini water lilies are perennial aquatic plants with strong cold tolerance. With a little protection in Northeast China, they can survive the winter safely. Mini water lilies have horizontal rhizomes or erect tubers, short and thick. Leaves clump, floating on the surface, thick and glossy, round or oval, dark green on the front and dark purple or purplish red on the back. Here is the planting method of mini water lilies. Let's take a look.

The planting method of mini water lilies

1. Rhizome propagation

Mini water lilies are mainly propagated in the way of rhizomes. At first, mini water lilies are planted in flowerpots and then placed in water. After about a year, the roots of mini water lilies grow very thick. This is where the mini water lilies can be planted separately. First of all, the soil of the rhizome is removed, the roots are cut short, and the horizontal roots are cut with stems and leaves about 10cm. Then put the basin into the bottom sand fertilizer and so on, put the stem section into it, and use a layer of soil to water it at the right time, so that it can wait for growth.

2. Split planting method

When planting, you can put the top of the mini water lily a little above the water surface or above the edge of the pot, and put it into the water as soon as you plant it. You need to fix the mini water lily in the water and keep it deep. Mini water lilies need to be planted in branches when they grow to a certain stage, and regular fertilization is needed to ensure adequate fertilizer and clear water quality.

Culture methods of mini water lilies

1. Choose the cultivated soil: mini Nymphae prefers humus-rich and fertile clayey soil. Therefore, it is better to choose the silt deposited in Hanoi or ponds for a long time for cultivation.

2. Select a good seed stem: mini water lilies are often cultivated by split-plant method. The selection of seed stem is also the key to the success or failure of cultivation. For the underground rhizome used for planting, the vigorous, virus-free, damage-free, non-rotting section with new buds should be selected and cut into segments 6 to 10 meters long.

3. Appropriate shallow planting: if the underground stem of the mini water lily is too deep in the mud, one is the low soil temperature, the other is the lack of oxygen, which is not conducive to early growth and rapid development, and the cultivation depth is generally moderate to keep the new buds on the underground stem flat with the soil surface.

4. Adequate light: mini water lilies prefer a sunny, warm, humid and well-ventilated climate. Mini water lilies cultivated in pots must be placed in a position with plenty of light so that they can receive full light.

5. Water conditions: mini water lilies like to grow in calmer water bodies without large waves or rapids, so they often grow poorly in artificial fountains with high-pressure water columns or in pools with rapids waterfalls. The suitable depth of water for planting mini water lilies varies with different varieties.

This is the end of the introduction about the planting and breeding methods of mini water lilies. I hope the above content can be explained to everyone!