How to grow water lily seeds? A step-by-step illustrated guide to the planting method
Among us there are certainly quite a few people who love the ocean and adore aquatic plants in the sea and in land lakes, so at home they tend to keep aquatic flowers such as water lilies. But water lilies grow from seeds into flowers, so how are water lily seeds grown into plants and flowers, and how should you plant water lily seeds? Below let us take a look at the planting method for water lily seeds.
▏▎Brief introduction to water lily seeds
Water lily seeds are simply the seeds of the water lily. As everyone knows, the water lily is a very common perennial aquatic herbaceous plant in our daily life, belonging to the genus Nymphaea in the family Nymphaeaceae. Water lilies generally bloom in summer, so the flowering period is usually concentrated in the few months of summer; once the flowering period ends, the plant enters the fruiting period, that is, the stage of bearing fruit and producing seed. Later on, the water lily seeds are formed; the seeds look very hard, are oval in shape, and are mostly black, very round and plump. At the same time, water lily seeds are wrapped on the outside by a gelatinous substance and also have a fleshy ring-shaped aril, and the embryo looks rather small.
▏▎Water lily seed planting method
1. Simple treatment of water lily seeds
Not all seeds can be used for planting, and everyone surely understands this, so at the very start of planting water lily seeds we have the simple work of selecting and treating the seeds. Usually, water lily seeds with one pointed end and one rounded end are of relatively good quality, so when choosing seeds everyone should pay attention to observing the overall shape of the seed. Once the seeds are chosen they can be treated: first use scissors or a file to dig a hole in one end of the seed; it does not need to be too deep. This hole is where the water lily seedling will later emerge, so the opening should be suitable and the depth should also be appropriate; dig gently.
2. Soaking water lily seeds to sprout
After the water lily seeds are treated, you need to place them in a container to soak; the liquid for soaking can simply be ordinary clean water. Note that the soaking time is about 1 to 2 days. If you find no change after soaking, you can fish the seeds out, then use scissors or a file to make the seed shell a little larger and continue soaking. In this way, after soaking for about a week, you will be able to see that at the place where the hole was dug in the seed, a young green sprout has grown. After sprouting, the seed grows quickly, and the seedling that soon grows will become very long; in this situation, the seed can basically be considered successfully planted.
▏▎Notes on planting water lily seeds
Actually, planting water lily seeds is a very simple matter, but there are still many things to note during planting. For example, the issue of water: although ordinary clean water is enough, in order to better promote seed germination, the temperature of the clean water we prepare can be kept at 25 to 30 °C, and the container for soaking the seeds can also be placed in a spot indoors with plenty of light. Because water lilies love sunlight very much, even a single seed does too, and sufficient light is more favorable for the seed's growth. In addition, once the seed has successfully sprouted, you need to pay attention to the water depth in the container; it cannot be too high or too low.
Conclusion: The planting method for water lily seeds really is quite simple, and growing water lilies is not a particularly difficult thing either, so if you are really interested in growing water lilies, you can give it a try right now.
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