What to do after the lilies fade?

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1. Prune dead flowers

2. Water less

3. Appropriate fertilization

4. Whether there is pilling

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The treatment of lilies after their flowers fade is very similar to that of hyacinths. The first step is to prune the remaining flowers and remove them from the plants in a timely manner to avoid wasting nutrients. In daily maintenance, watering should be reduced to avoid bulb disease, followed by moderate fertilization. You can apply more phosphorus and potassium fertilizer to help bloom next year. There is also the problem of pilling, which is usually not necessary. If pilling occurs, put it in a cooler place and refrigerate it.

1. Prune dead flowers

1. Prune the remaining flowers

The remaining lily flowers should be cut off in time after the flowers fade. Because dead flowers will continue to waste nutrients, it is more beneficial to the growth of the plant to remove them in time. In addition to picking flowers, yellow branches and leaves should also be pruned, but other leaves should be retained as much as possible, because they will continue to photosynthesize and accumulate nutrients for the bulbs.

2. Water less

Watering should be appropriately reduced after the lilies fade. The reason is that the demand for water is no longer so great, and too much water will affect the development of the bulbs. The next step is to control the growth of lilies so that they can store nutrients into the bulbs as much as possible.

3. Moderate fertilization

Lily After the flowers fade, you should continue to fertilize, and the amount of fertilizer should remain the same as before. This is done to raise the bulbs, generally using phosphorus and potassium fertilizers, and less nitrogen fertilizer, so as to prevent them from continuing to grow and at the same time continue to provide energy for flowering next year.

4. Whether there is pilling

All the upper branches of the lilies are dead, and at this time, the problem of pilling should be considered. The so-called pilling is to remove the seed bulbs from the soil and store them, usually in cold storage, so that there is a vernalization process. But generally lilies do not need to be pilled, especially the varieties that produce small balls.

2. Water less

3. Appropriate fertilization

4. Whether there is pilling

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