I raise a bowl of lotus at home, and the fish are swimming under the flowers. It’s so beautiful.

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Wanlian is a small and medium-sized type of lotus and is very suitable for family cultivation. Imagine planting a pot of lotus at home, with delicate and beautiful flowers blooming on the pot, and fish swimming in the water. How poetic! Today I will introduce to you the planting techniques of bowl lotus, if you are interested in flowering, please act quickly!

Cultivation methods of bowl lotus:

Seed treatment

The shell of bowl lotus seeds is still relatively hard and dense, so it needs to be treated before sowing. . Before soaking the seeds, they can be artificially broken.

The method of breaking the lotus seed is very simple. One end of the lotus seed has a small protrusion and the other end is round. You can grind the round end on the rough cement floor or use a knife to sharpen it. break. However, be careful not to damage the kernels inside the lotus seeds, and do not peel off the shells directly.

Soaking and germination

Lotus seeds After breaking, the seeds can be soaked for germination. Place the broken seeds in warm water at about 20 to 40°C. Then change the water 2 to 3 times a day. Generally, there will be signs of germination after 2 days, and the buds will be one centimeter thick in about 5 days. At this time, you can give the lotus proper sunlight to accelerate the growth of the lotus.

Sprouting transplantation stage

< p>When transplanting, you can choose a bottomless pottery pot or plastic flower pot. Add pastoral soil or non-polluted river mud to the pot, and soak it in water two weeks in advance without fertilizing.

When transplanting, you can press the fine roots of the lotus seedlings into the mud and plant one plant in each pot. After transplanting, add an appropriate amount of water to ensure that the water does not submerge the lotus leaves.

You can buy sand from the aquarium store and divide it several times Sprinkle sand little by little on the mud. Wait for the water to settle before spreading again until the entire tank is evenly spread. With the sand in place, the water quickly becomes clear. After changing to clean water, you can raise a few small fish in the basin. The fish can eat the insects in the water, and their excrement can fatten the flowers. The fish will swim downstream of the flowers, and it will be beautiful and leisurely!

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