One bowl grows all summer!
Today we share the flowers and plants in the study: bowl lotus, a poetic green plant.
It only took more than 1 month to raise a national style lotus flower that amazed netizens in the bowl!
01, What is a bowl lotus?
As the name suggests, bowl lotus flowers are lotus flowers that can be planted in bowls or other small containers.
It is very meaningful to put it on the tea table and the desk.
Bowl lily is a perennial multi-knotted root-like water lily plant, which can also be understood as a miniature version of the lotus flower.
The flowering period is 6~9 months, and there are single petals and double petals due to the different colors of the varieties.
The emerald green lotus leaves are as crystal clear as jade, holding up the blooming bowl lotus.
The petals are layered, soft and elastic, as if they break at the touch of a button.
Let us find a peaceful pure land in our busy life, and this pot of lotus is the tranquility and beauty in my heart.
The elegant pink is like the rising sunrise, and it is like a touch of shyness on the girl's cheeks.
02, how to plant?
Lotus can be planted with seeds or roots.
Seeds, treated seeds
The most fearful thing about buying a bowl of lotus seeds is to buy a vegetable lotus, which is the vegetable lotus root we usually eat, which is relatively large.
The seeds of the bowl lotus are relatively smooth at one end and sharp at the other. We need to deal with the end of the circle first and artificially open it for it, because it is difficult for lotus seeds to germinate without breaking.
It can be grinded, cut, clamped, and cut...... Carefully break the shell at the end of the circle, open a small opening, and don't hurt the lotus seed kernel inside.
Seeds, soaked in water to germinate
Next, you need to soak the processed seeds and put them in a sunny place with a relatively high temperature to germinate as soon as possible.
Remember to change the water every day!
Soak in a shallow container, remember not to soak seeds in too deep a container to promote germination, because how deep the water is, how long the buds will grow, and it is not good if the buds are too long.
When two leaflets and a small bud core have grown, and white roots have emerged, they can be moved to pots and planted.
Plant lotus root, plant lotus root selection
Try to choose the thick ones for the bowl lotus roots, and the germination rate and flowering will be better. The purchased bowl lotus seed roots should be planted as soon as possible.
The choice of soil
If you have the conditions, you can go directly to the river pond to dig the pond mud, which is the best.
The second is to make self-made pond mud, dig some garden soil, and mix it with water to form mud after exposure for 4~5 days.
Transplanting
We have to choose as deep a container as possible to raise, the space is easy to display, and the more flowers bloom.
Put 1/2 to 3/5 of the pot in the pot, and bury the seeds or lotus roots that have taken root and sprout, and leave the leaves exposed.
Slowly add water along the edges, slightly over the mud, and then gradually add water as the bowl lily grows.
03, precautions for daily maintenance of bowl lotus
Joy of light, after planting gradually accept the sun, three or five days to adapt to the sun can be exposed, the so-called exposure is the more it is more happy, and then remember to add water after less water, can not dry.
It is easier to attract mosquitoes, especially in summer, and it may attract mosquitoes to lay eggs in the water and then hatch
If you don't plan to raise fish and shrimp, put a few shredded tobacco or mosquito coil ash in the water, which can also kill young mosquitoes.
04, bowl lotus fertilization
Do not apply fertilizer in the early stage of planting, it is easy to die.
When the lotus is in full bloom, you can start to fertilize a small amount, and you can have a little more flowers when the flower bones emerge.
You can use nutrient solution or homemade enzymes.
The leaves are green and pollen, small and delicate, mini flowers, but there is great beauty.
The moment the first leaf reveals its sharp corners, it can bring a unique rhythmic connotation to the balcony, and the flowers are even more amazing and surprising.
Help you cut it and see, it is really straight outside, although the bowl lotus grows in the mud, but it can keep itself clean and beautiful, who can not love?
If you have a small fish pond, you can also try water lilies, lotus flowers and other varieties.
Beauty is a state of mind;
Bowl lotus is a way of life.