How to grow Oriental lilies? Care methods and precautions
The Oriental lily is the queen among lilies; its petals have no blemishes at all and carry a faint, delicate fragrance, making it very suitable for growing at home. So how should you grow Oriental lilies? Below, the editor will walk you through its growing methods and precautions.
Growth habits
Before growing them, let us understand their growth habits. Oriental lilies prefer a warm, humid environment with plenty of sunlight, are relatively cold-tolerant, fear high temperatures and high humidity, are adverse to waterlogging, and do best in fertile, loose, well-drained soil.
Growing methods
Propagation methods: these include bulb division, scale cuttings, seed sowing and tissue culture.
Propagation time: planting is best done in August-September; for potted plants, September-October is ideal.
Soil: they prefer fertile, loose, well-drained, slightly acidic soil, and dislike alkaline or heavy clay soil.
Temperature: the optimum temperature for growth is 15-25 degrees; above 30 degrees or below 10 degrees, growth is poor or stops.
Light: different growth stages have different light needs. During the bud stage, shade is needed; during the high temperatures of summer, shading is needed; in the early stage of flower development, light should be increased.
Watering: keep the potting soil moist; it should not be too wet or waterlogged, otherwise the rhizomes are prone to rot and death.
Fertilizing: they have a relatively high demand for nitrogen and potassium fertilizer, so during the peak growing season apply once every ten days to half a month. Remember to control phosphorus fertilizer; too much phosphorus fertilizer will cause the leaves to turn yellow and wither.
Precautions
Pruning: to make the bulbs grow fuller and stronger, after the Oriental lily finishes flowering you can cut it back to the base to reduce nutrient consumption. If you want to keep the bulbs, then continue fertilizing to replenish nutrients; after about one month the bulbs can be dug out and planted again later.
Plant growing crooked: many friends find during growing that their Oriental lilies grow more and more crooked, affecting their ornamental beauty. Actually, this is easy to solve: during its growing period, turn the pot once a week, and it will not grow crooked.
How to grow Oriental lilies? Through the growing methods, precautions and growth habits described above, I believe everyone has some understanding. Go ahead and give it a try.