How Many Times Does a Lily Bloom in a Year? Analysis of Post-Bloom Handling Methods
Lilies have always been a very popular variety among flowers. Many flower enthusiasts grow them. How many times a year lilies bloom has always been a question in many people's minds. Actually, under natural conditions, lilies bloom once a year. But with human intervention, they can bloom twice a year~ of course, the price is that it will harm the bulb. So let's take a look at how to do it!
When flower enthusiasts buy lily bulbs, no matter when it is, whether in pots or in the ground, the general process is: after the lily blooms, as the temperature rises, the plant begins to wither and enter dormancy, then goes through the vernalization of autumn, winter and spring, sprouts again the following spring, and then blooms again, and so on. This is the normal blooming process of lilies under natural conditions.
Many flower enthusiasts, when growing lilies, have them bloom in the first year, but after blooming they don't know how to handle them. Below are some methods compiled and reposted by the editor. Using these methods, they will bloom more and more, and the bulbs will grow bigger and bigger.
How to handle after blooming:
1. Wait until the flowering period is over, until all the flowers have faded. Cut off all the spent flowers. Leave 20 to 30 cm above. If the leaves have all dropped due to overwatering, then estimate it yourself and leave a bit more. Don't cut it bald.
2. Reduce watering.
3. Fertilize normally. Peter's Professional at 1:1000, still once a week; other compound fertilizers once a month. Control the concentration well yourself, and don't burn the flowers to death. Homemade organic fertilizer is not recommended, because the concentration is too hard to control, unless you are an expert.
4. Normally you can more or less ignore it, but never dig it up.
5. When the severe cold of winter arrives, the above-ground part begins to turn yellow and wither. At this point, stop watering and fertilizing. Still don't dig it up.
6. Go check on it occasionally. If the potting soil feels too dry, add some water, all the way until the long winter ends.
7. Around March 10 (because the country is too large in scope, the date is not accurate; it should be when the daytime temperature is around 15 degrees), pour the soil from the lily pot out together with the lily, replace it with sterilized new soil. You can mix 5g per pot of Osmocote 5 into the new soil, replant the lily well. If there are too many roots, you can trim them, water thoroughly. Generally they will sprout again in about 15 days. The subsequent growing and care needs no further explanation. Note:
Alright, that's all the content of today's article. This is the simplest method for home handling. Blooming once a year, as long as you are not a "killer", 100% rebloom. If you want 3 flushes of flowers a year, then you can't handle it this way.