How to prolong the flowering period of potted lilies and how to fertilize them after flowering

Spring morning, open the balcony door, the sun poured, a blossoming lily in the slender leaves flashing. Green leaves, white flowers, yellow stamens, elegant, like a poetic watercolor painting. Lily is like a graceful girl dancing, intoxicating, lily has a variety of colors, pink, white, yellow... Lily is suitable for potted viewing, but also suitable for ground planting cut flowers, underground bulbs can also be used for food and medicinal purposes, there are lungs cough, Qingxin sedative effect.

Whether it is their own kind of lily cut flowers, or market bought lily cut flowers, flower friends want to know how to extend the flowering period of lily, as long as we properly deal with, or can extend some flowering period, below we sort out a few points for flower friends reference!

First of all, we have to remove pollen, because pollen is not easy to clean up, so remove pollen, be careful, remove the method is very simple, directly pull off it, pull off pollen from a certain extent can prolong flowering, because the purpose of plant flowering is to reproduce seeds, if pollen falls on the stigma, the flower will soon wither, the nutrients are reserved for the seeds.

Here are a few other ways to help prolong flowering:

1, from the florist to the home of this section of the journey, the lily should be especially protected from direct sunlight.

2. Cut the stem before entering the bottle to help the flower stem absorb water. The best way to cut stems is to dip them in 6 inches of warm water and cut them at a 45-degree angle with a sharp knife to minimize air intake and maximize moisture absorption.

3. When inserting the bottle, it is necessary to cut off all the flowers that will be submerged in the water to prevent bacteria from propagating in the water by flowers.

4. Add flower nutrients (available in flower shops). Lily requires only half the usual dose of nutrients.

5. Lily likes yin and fears yang, so it should be placed in a cool and sunny place. Change the water (and cut new cuts) every two or three days to keep it fresh and clean.

Sufficient light plays a decisive role in lily flowering ability. Except oriental lily, which needs shade in summer, other lilies can spend summer smoothly in north. In order to prolong the flowering period, the middle pistil or the six surrounding stamens can be removed at the beginning of flowering. As long as the pollinating isn't done, it stays open. Adding potassium fertilizer at flowering stage will make the flower color more colorful and the flower bigger. After flowering, the remaining flowers should be removed in time to prevent excessive consumption of nutrients.