How to raise lotus palms
To raise a good lotus, we must first understand its growth habits. Lotus likes a warm, dry and sunny environment. The temperature should be kept at about 65438 00℃ in winter, and the lotus can overwinter safely. The healthy growth of lotus root needs sufficient light, which is slightly tolerant to semi-shade, and poor growth in over-shade, resulting in loose plant shape, dim leaf color and lack of vitality.
Location: Lotus Palm likes a sunny and well-ventilated environment and needs a lot of direct sunlight, even in winter. In family farming, the lotus should be placed on an open balcony or a window sill that can bask in the sun. If there is no sunshine, the leaves of plants will become longer and fall off early.
Temperature: Lotus is a positive plant, which is not cold-tolerant. Normal room temperature is enough in spring and summer, and the temperature should be kept above 10℃ during wintering.
Watering: properly water the lotus during its growth,
In winter, if the plants are put in the environment of 10℃ to let them sleep, they should wait until the upper part of the culture soil is dry before watering. Fertilize soil or land
In the vigorous growth period, the lotus is applied with standard liquid fertilizer every two weeks.
Cultivation and pot changing
The pot soil for planting Lanzhou lily should be humus soil, or peat perlite mixed soil, with a little bone powder or calcium superphosphate.
Because plants grow rapidly, it is necessary to change pots once a year or every other year. Pay attention to the steady planting when changing pots. type
Lotus can be propagated by sowing or cutting. Family planting should adopt cutting method. Every spring, cut off a complete rosette with 2-4 cm stems, apply rooting powder on the incision to promote the growth of roots, and then plant it in human culture soil. The cuttings will take root soon if they are placed in a warm place and the soil in the basin is kept slightly wet.
Lotus leaves are closely arranged in a rosette shape, beautiful as flowers, suitable for shallow pot planting, or combined bonsai decoration, and can also be used as flower bed edging or flower arrangement. It is a small and medium-sized potted plant and an ideal indoor greening and decoration material. Put it on a desk, desk or dining table to make the room full of vitality.
The leafy leaves are colorful and have certain ornamental value; Potted plants can be placed next to televisions and computers to absorb radiation, or planted indoors to absorb substances such as formaldehyde and purify the air.
According to the location of the home, the orientation of the balcony, the orientation of gossip, and the problem of yin and yang, lotus palms can be placed realistically.
If the balcony faces east or west, lotus palms can be planted, which is beneficial to this direction and can adjust and improve the gas field at home.
Suitable for general potted plants or direct hydroponics, and can be placed in the window sill, living room, study room, bedroom and other bright places near the window for decoration and appreciation.
In the spring and autumn growth period of lotus root, topdressing 1 time every half month. Nitrogen is the main fertilizer in spring; Dark wizard and the colorful seeds on its leaves should pay attention to the coordination of potash fertilizer. If the black mage uses too much nitrogen fertilizer, it will turn dark green near the growing point, and the leaves in other places will turn light brown.
The color of the leaves has lost its beauty. In autumn, more potassium fertilizer should be applied and nitrogen fertilizer should be stopped, which is beneficial to the safe overwintering of plants. When applying fertilizer, avoid splashing fertilizer solution on the leaves, otherwise the leaves will fall off. Fertilization should be stopped in summer semi-dormancy period and winter dormancy period.