When do lotus flowers bloom?
If you want to know when lotus flowers bloom and some gardening tips about the blooming season of lotus flowers, it can certainly help you. Let's learn about it together!
Throughout the ages, lotus flowers have been a favorite flower for many, and therefore many scholars and literati have composed poems to praise them. Among them, Yang Wanli's "Morning Out of Jingci Temple Sending Lin Zifang" is quite famous. The poem goes like this: "After all, West Lake in June is different from the four seasons. The sky-high lotus leaves are endless green, the sun-reflecting lotus flowers are a different kind of red." The June mentioned by the poet should be the lunar June, why do I say that? And how can we cultivate lotus flowers to bloom more brightly?
When do lotus flowers bloom?
Regarding the question of when lotus flowers bloom, many gardening experts have already given clear conclusions, which is from late June to October. Here, I won't elaborate further. I just want to express my point of view through Yang Wanli's poem "Morning Out of Jingci Temple Sending Lin Zifang."
In the poem, the June mentioned, I believe, is the lunar June, because as gardening experts have said, the blooming time of lotus flowers should be in late June in the solar calendar. However, Yang Wanli's "The sky-high lotus leaves are endless green, the sun-reflecting lotus flowers are a different kind of red" indicates that it is already the season of full bloom. Such a scene is not very suitable in June of the solar calendar, so I infer it is the lunar June, which would be much later, around mid-July in the solar calendar.
Exactly the lotus flower festival in Baoding, Hebei, which is from July 23rd to September 23rd in the solar calendar, is the best time for lotus flowers to bloom in Baiyangdian. When I went there, I also saw the beautiful scene of "The sky-high lotus leaves are endless green, the sun-reflecting lotus flowers are a different kind of red." It seems that the blooming of lotus flowers is as the gardening experts say, around late June in the solar calendar. However, due to different temperatures in various regions, the blooming time varies, with Hainan being the earliest and Northeast Heilongjiang being the latest. Nevertheless, lotus flowers bloom in the local summer.
How to make lotus flowers bloom more brightly?
Light: Lotus flowers are fond of sunlight. To make them bloom earlier and more brightly, we can cultivate lotus flowers in ample sunlight. However, smaller lotus flowers should be kept in a moderately shaded place, especially during the intense sunlight of summer. Once the lotus flowers have grown leaves, they can be placed in full sunlight for better photosynthesis and more vigorous leaves.
Pruning: If there are too many leaves on the lotus, we can replant the withered and dense leaves into the water, which is more conducive to ventilation and light transmission of the leaves and can reduce excessive nutrient loss, thus making the lotus grow better and bloom more brightly. The leaves planted in river mud can also play the role of "turning into spring mud to protect the flowers."
Fertilizing: When planting lotus flowers, it is necessary to add some base fertilizer, or fertilizers like decomposed leaf soil and pond mud, to make the lotus grow more vigorously. During the growth period of lotus flowers, we can also apply dilute nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium fertilizers, but the amount of nitrogen fertilizer should be less. It is also possible to bury some decomposed manure, which can all help the lotus grow more vigorously, bloom more, and more brightly.
Watering: Some gardening friends might ask, do lotus flowers in the water need to be watered? This is indeed true, as the amount of water required at different stages of lotus growth varies. For example, in the early stages of lotus growth, less water is needed. Once the lotus has grown leaves, more water is required, but not too much to avoid covering the leaves. After the lotus flowers bloom, less water is needed again, which is conducive to photosynthesis and helps the lotus roots grow faster, but not too little water.
When do lotus flowers bloom?
Conclusion
When do lotus flowers bloom? My answer is also in late June, and due to different temperatures in various regions, the blooming time of lotus flowers also varies. To make lotus flowers bloom more beautifully and fragrant, they need ample sunlight, proper pruning of overly dense and withered leaves, and application of base fertilizer during planting, followed by regular application of dilute phosphorus and potassium fertilizers. Also, less water in the early stage, more water when blooming, and less water after blooming can make the lotus bloom more beautifully.
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