1. Preparation of planting soil

The planting soil of blue stone lotus should have two key points: the first is to have large fertility and the second is to have good drainage

It likes to be fat. Only the planting soil with sufficient fertility can meet its growth and development needs and support it to produce beautiful flowers with bright colors

It is afraid of waterlogging. Once there is ponding in the soil, it is easy to cause its rhizomes to rot, so it must not choose planting soil with poor drainage capacity

To sum up, Xiaobian recommends two planting soils:

The first is peat, vermiculite and perlite, and add an appropriate amount of bone powder

The second is a mixture of 3 parts of rotten leaf soil, 3 parts of river sand, 1 part of garden soil and 1 part of slag

2. Planting environment

In order to provide a good germination condition for its seeds, in addition to the well prepared planting soil, a little effort should be made in some other aspects

The first is the planting temperature. Planting at about 25 ℃ can effectively increase its budding rate

The second is planting soil disinfection. Before sowing, frying in an iron pot or microwave heating the planting soil can kill most pathogens

In addition, the seeds can be soaked with water at about 35 ℃ and can be used for planting after seeing the swelling of the seeds

3. Planting method

First, take some prepared planting soil into the flowerpot, fill 90% of the volume of the flowerpot, and straighten the soil surface

Then put the bottom of the flowerpot into clean water to make the water penetrate into the planting soil through the drainage hole at the bottom

Because its seed volume is relatively small, it is not suitable to use the on-demand method, but the sowing method. The specific incoming water is to mix the seeds with a small amount of fine sand, pour them in the middle of a folded white paper, and then sprinkle them evenly on the soil surface

Then seal the flowerpot with plastic wrap to keep the humidity in the pot. Don't forget to leave a few small holes on the plastic wrap for the seeds to breathe

Finally, put it indoors and avoid direct sunlight

After a few days, when the germination rate of seeds is higher than 50%, the preservative film can be removed