When do water lilies bloom and produce fruit
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Water lilies are aquatic plants. Their flowers may not be as magnificent as peonies, but they exude a fresh and elegant feeling, making people think of them as noble. Many people even prepare to visit them during the blooming period to admire their beauty. It's the season for water lilies now, let's enjoy them together!
Water lilies belong to the Nymphaeaceae family of aquatic plants. Some people like to use them to decorate fish ponds or aquariums. When do water lilies bloom? The general blooming period for water lilies is from June to August. There are about fifty to sixty varieties of water lilies worldwide. Different varieties of water lilies bloom at different specific times each day, divided into two main categories: cold-resistant water lilies and non-cold-resistant water lilies.
Cold-resistant water lilies have petals floating on the water surface, with small and delicate leaves, usually blooming during the day, opening at dawn between 6-7 am, closing at noon, and some bloom at noon, generally referred to as midday lilies. Such as white water lilies in China, blue water lilies in Egypt, etc.
Non-cold-resistant water lilies have flowers standing above the water surface, with dark green, large, and thick leaves. The leaf color is dark green and juicy, with fine sawtooth edges. The blooming time is mostly around 11 am, closing at around 3 am the next day, such water lilies are called midnight lilies. Such as fragrant water lilies in Japan, etc.
Why don't your water lilies bloom? There may be the following reasons
When do water lilies bloom and produce fruit
1. Insufficient sunlight, as water lilies are sun-loving plants, if they lack sunlight for a long time, they may have lush stems and leaves but few flowers, or even only leaves and no flowers. If they are kept in a shaded and poorly ventilated area for a long time, green algae may grow on the water surface, leading to weak plant growth and also causing the plant to have leaves but no flowers.
2. Excessive application of base fertilizer can lead to overly vigorous vegetative growth, inhibiting reproductive growth and affecting flower bud differentiation. Poor quality soil, such as planting in sandy soil for a long time, can cause nutrient deficiencies and weak growth, resulting in no flowers or poor flowering.
3. Planting too many in a pot without enough space can cause overlapping and crowded leaves, poor ventilation and sunlight, leading to insufficient light for the central plant and affecting normal blooming. Even if they bloom, they tend to be small and pale flowers. Additionally, factors such as too deep water layers and pest infestations can also affect water lily blooming.
4. Long-term failure to divide plants. It is best to divide water lilies every 1-2 years in early spring. If they are not divided or repotted for a long time, the roots can become crowded, leading to poor root development, weak plant growth, and affecting blooming.
Knowing why they don't bloom, how can you make water lilies bloom more?
1. Turn over and replace the soil for water lilies: Around the spring equinox each year, combine division with turning over and replacing the soil to maintain fertile soil and meet the nutrient needs of water lilies.
2. Expand the water surface for water lilies: A small water surface and overlapping leaves can affect blooming. It's best to use a pot-in-pot method, providing each plant with more than 1 square meter of water surface to promote more blooming.
3. Apply more fertilizer to water lilies: For potted water lilies, as long as you use fertile soil and add some chicken manure and bone meal as base fertilizer when planting, it is enough. If you want to promote more blooming, you can apply several phosphorus and potassium-based topdressings during the blooming period, but do not apply too much nitrogen fertilizer. Otherwise, overly vigorous growth can inhibit reproductive growth, resulting in poor or no blooming.
4. Control pests for water lilies: The leaves of water lilies are easily attacked by leaf-eating pests such as nocturnal moths, causing leaf damage and reduced photosynthesis, which will undoubtedly affect blooming. Pests should be controlled in a timely manner.
The meaning of water lilies' flowers includes allure and beauty, innocence and purity. In China, there are countless poems praising water lilies, such as "Unstained by the muddy waters, not seduced by the clear ripples," expressing the pursuit and longing for noble character and reflecting the lofty personality traits of ancient scholars.
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