What are the propagation methods for lilies? Explained clearly in one article

The lily is a specialty of China, and because of its high ornamental and edible value, it has a relatively large @#@136@#@ on the international flower market. Therefore, vigorous propagation is worth promoting.

Lilies can be propagated by four methods: sowing seeds, dividing small bulbs, scale cuttings, and dividing bulbils, and any one of them can be chosen according to need.

(1) Propagation by sowing. The sowing method is sexual reproduction and is mainly used in breeding. The method is: harvest the seeds in autumn and store them until sowing in the spring of the following year. They germinate about days after sowing. During the seedling stage, appropriate shading is needed. When autumn arrives, the underground part has already formed small bulbs, which can then be dug out and planted separately.

Depending on the species, some seedlings grown from seed can bloom in 3 years, while others need to be grown for many years before they can bloom. Therefore, this method is not suitable for home use.

(2) Small bulb division method. If you need to propagate one plant or several plants, this method can be used. Usually, some small bulbs grow around the outer edge of the base plate of the old bulb. When harvesting lilies in September-October, these small bulbs can be separated, stored in sand indoors to overwinter. In the spring of the following year, plant them in pots. When grown until September-October of the third year, they can grow into large bulbs and be cultivated into large plants. This method produces only a small number of propagules and is only suitable for home pot propagation.

(3) Scale cutting method. This method can be used for medium-scale propagation. In autumn, dig out the bulbs, break off the plump, thick scales from the old bulb one by one, and each scale should have a small part of the base plate at its base. Let them dry slightly in the shade, then insert them into a flowerpot or shallow wooden box filled with river sand (or vermiculite), with 2/3 of the scale inserted into the substrate, keeping the substrate at a certain moisture level. At around °C, in about 1.5 months, roots will grow from the wound of the scale. In winter, the temperature should be kept at around 18°C, and roots will grow from the wound of the scale. In winter, the temperature should be kept and the river sand should not be too wet. When grown until the following spring, small bulbs will grow from the base of the scales. Separate them and plant them in pots. With careful management, they can bloom after about years of cultivation.

(4) Bulbil division method. Propagation by the bulbil division method is only suitable for a few species. Lilies such as Lilium lancifolium and Lilium leichtlinii var. maximowiczii are mostly propagated by this method. The method is: take the small bulbs formed in the leaf axils of the aboveground stem (also called "bulbils," when the bulbils have fully grown in summer but have not yet fallen off) and grow them. From growing into a large bulb to blooming usually takes 2-4 years.

To encourage the production of more small bulbils for propagation, after the plant blooms, you can press the aboveground stem down and bury it shallowly in soil, or divide the aboveground stem into sections each with 3-4 leaves, press them down and bury them shallowly in soil, or divide the aboveground stem into small sections each with, and bury the stem nodes shallowly in moist sand, then small bulbils can grow in the leaf axils.