What Month and What Time Do Water Lilies Bloom? A Detailed Guide to Planting Methods
The water lily is a type of lotus and belongs to the aquatic plants, and some people really like to use it to decorate their home fish tanks and ecological tanks. Have you ever noticed when water lilies bloom? What time do they bloom? How should they be planted? Now let's discuss it together.
When Do Water Lilies Bloom
Water lilies like strong light and good ventilation, so the flowers close at night and open again in the morning. In a pond with tree shade on the bank, they can still bloom, but they grow weakly.
They are not strict about soil quality; they grow normally at a pH of 6-8, but they prefer loam rich in organic matter. During the growing season, the pond water depth should preferably not exceed 80 cm.
They sprout and grow leaves from March to April, and bloom successively from May to August. Each flower blooms for 2 to 5 days, opening during the day and closing at night. They set seed after flowering.
The stems and leaves wither from October to November. They sprout again the following spring.
During the growing season, the pond water depth should preferably not exceed 80 cm.
In the Yangtze River basin, they sprout from late March to early April, form buds in late April or early May, reach full bloom from June to August, enter the yellow-leaf stage from October to November, and enter dormancy after November.
Water lilies close their flowers at night and open them again in the morning.
In a pond with tree shade on the bank, they can still bloom, but they grow weakly. They are not strict about soil quality; they grow normally at a pH of 6-8, but they prefer loam rich in organic matter.
During the growing season, the pond water depth should preferably not exceed 80 cm.
They sprout and grow leaves from March to April, and bloom successively from May to August. Each flower blooms for 2 to 5 days, opening during the day and closing at night.
They set seed after flowering. The stems and leaves wither from October to November. They sprout again the following spring.
During the growing season, the pond water depth should preferably not exceed 80 cm.
In the Yangtze River basin, they sprout from late March to early April, form buds in late April or early May, reach full bloom from June to August, enter the yellow-leaf stage from October to November, and enter dormancy after November.
Water lilies do not bloom at the same time. Most bloom around 8 to 10 in the morning, and most open by day and close at night.
How to Plant Water Lilies
The germination steps are as follows:
1. Place the water lily with its cut notch into a container;
2. Pour in settled tap water (do not use tap water straight from the tap; put it in a bottle and let it settle for two days before use);
3. Then drip two to three drops of hydroponic nutrient solution (green liquid) into the container;
4. Change the water every three days before the water lily sprouts; change the water every five days after sprouting (same steps as items 2 and 3);
5. Place the container on a balcony or windowsill, in a spot with plenty of sunlight;
6. After about five days, tender shoots can grow;
7. Once the tender shoots have grown longer, make preparations for planting!
The planting steps are as follows:
1. You can buy some pond mud online (the pond near my home has industrial pollution, so I did not dare dig it directly);
2. Before putting the purchased pond mud into the container, soak it in clean water for 1 to 2 hours, and remove the dirt (generally small things like leaves or weeds);
3. Spread the pond mud evenly over the bottom of the container, press the germinated water lily seeds (do not remove the black shell) one by one into the mud, spread a layer of washed fine sand over the pond mud (to prevent the mud from floating up and turning the water cloudy after pouring), pour in settled clean water, and then drip a few drops of hydroponic nutrient solution to supplement the nutrients!
That is roughly all of it; it is all personal growing experience!
I just bought water lily seeds a few days ago, 50 of them, and followed these steps. The germination success rate was 100%! They are planted now and many leaves have opened. Now I am just waiting for them to bloom!