How to cultivate lilies
An introduction to the cultivation of lilies and precautions in the field of green plants and flowers, let's learn about it together next.
If you love growing flowers, you don't necessarily have to grow some ornamental leaf plants, or necessarily grow green vines, hanging orchids, fu gui bamboo, or lucky trees, nor necessarily grow Chinese roses, hydrangeas, and other flowering plants. You can try growing one or two pots of lilies, different colored lilies are actually quite beautiful and easy to grow. Placed on the balcony, they are quite versatile, aromatic and beautiful, making the home more beautiful!
Lilies are bulbous plants, and one of their advantages is that if they are planted in the first year, they can bloom every year afterward. Whether planted in the ground or in pots, they will only reproduce more and more, blooming more and more. Planting them in the garden or on the balcony is very worry-free. They can reproduce, and the flowers are large and beautiful, suitable for making expensive cut flowers, and their blooms emit a rich fragrance. So, how to grow potted lilies on the balcony?
Actually, there are many types of lilies, such as the common Curled Lily, fragrant lilies, and musk lilies, etc., as well as some double-petaled lilies and single-petaled lilies, with various colors, all of which are quite beautiful and easy to grow. When growing potted lilies at home, just remember the following key points for care.
First, the potting soil for growing lilies should be loose and fertile
When growing potted lilies, the first thing to do is to prepare good soil, which should be more fertile, loose, breathable, and well-draining, slightly acidic soil that is more suitable for their growth. Add some decomposed organic fertilizer to the bottom of the potting soil. As long as the bulbs reach the flowering age, they can be buried in the flower pots around November in autumn.
How to cultivate lilies
After the lilies have germinated in spring, we can water them with a fertilizer solution once. Before the flower buds appear, fertilize again, and after flowering, use phosphorus and potassium fertilizer as the main nutrients. Therefore, fertile potting soil and timely top-dressing can make them have more flower buds, stronger stems, greener leaves, and a larger number of blooms. Of course, when choosing a pot for planting lilies, you can choose a slightly larger one with some depth, so that the plant will be stronger.
Second, potted lilies need plenty of sunlight
Because after lilies germinate in spring, the branches will gradually grow taller. If there is not enough light, the branches will become thin and long, gradually becoming leggy, and may lead to a reduction in the number of flowers or even no flowers at all. The branches will not be short and strong enough to produce flower buds and are prone to lodging, so lilies must be placed in a well-lit area to grow.
Third, how to handle potted lilies after flowering
Generally, when we grow lilies at home, after the flowers wither, we can either leave them alone or cut off half of the branches and残花 (withered flowers), leaving a section for photosynthesis, reduce watering and fertilizing, so that the bulbs can reproduce small bulbs in the soil, which will bloom more and germinate more the following year. How to grow lilies? Pay attention to these three points, and you will have more flowers, aromatic and beautiful, blooming every year.
The detailed explanation of how to cultivate lilies and precautions in the above article from the Green Plant Enthusiast website, hoping this article can bring you some help in green plant management!