Grow bowl lotus this way for emerald-green leaves and a pot bursting with blooms

Bowl lotus is one of the plants many flower lovers prefer to grow on their balconies. Out of a love for the lotus, many gardeners choose to grow bowl lotus at home, and when it blooms they can enjoy a scenery unlike any other.

Bowl lotus needs very abundant sunlight to grow. If you grow bowl lotus in a dark place or on a balcony that gets no sun, you will never get beautiful flowers. At the same time, growing bowl lotus requires good air quality, which means plenty of ventilation. So how exactly should bowl lotus be grown to do better? Today Hua'er Gu is here to learn about it together with you!

When it comes to growing bowl lotus, most of us flower lovers tend to prefer the hydroponic method, but we can also grow it in soil. Here, let us tell you about the hydroponic growing techniques for bowl lotus.

For hydroponic bowl lotus, we need to put some soil or small stones at the bottom of the pot to help stabilise its base. It is recommended that you put some soil at the bottom, as this can increase nutrients and help the bowl lotus grow. Many of the common bowl lotuses that bloom profusely have mud at the bottom.

The mud helps the roots of the bowl lotus grow and stay anchored, preventing them from floating about and affecting root growth. Soil also contains many trace elements, which are an important nutrient source that promotes the growth of bowl lotus.

Light is also indispensable for the growth of bowl lotus. Abundant light promotes photosynthesis in the bowl lotus, and only then can beautiful flowers grow when the flowering season arrives. A lack of light before the flowering season will cause flower bud differentiation to be slow or prevent buds from forming at all. It is clear that light is very important for the growth of bowl lotus.

Temperature is also extremely important for the growth of bowl lotus. When the temperature stays below 15°C for a long time, bowl lotus cannot bloom, so we should best keep the temperature above 20°C to promote flower formation and blooming.

Fertilising is crucial for the growth of bowl lotus. Some trace elements cannot be obtained from the soil, so if you want bowl lotus to grow well and produce beautiful flowers, supplementing nutrients through fertiliser is especially important. Especially before the flowering season, we need to add some phosphorus and potassium fertiliser appropriately, which can promote flower bud differentiation and make the blooms more beautiful.

The above is a brief introduction from Hua'er Gu to the growing methods for bowl lotus. If you also like growing bowl lotus and have your own unique experience with it, you are welcome to leave a comment and share it with us!