Planting method of bowl lotus

For the planting method of bowl lotus, the first is the seed crushing. The peel of lotus seeds has a strong and thick special structure. After the seeds are completely mature and dry, water and air are not easy to penetrate, and the respiration is very slow, so they are forced to sleep. Therefore, lotus seeds can be buried in the soil for hundreds or even thousands of years without germination and decay, which is why lotus seeds live longer. In order to make lotus seeds absorb water and oxygen after sowing, break the forced dormancy state and enter the germination and growth, the seeds must be broken before germination.

Bowl lotus is an inverted ovule, and the embryo is attached to the top of the seed. When breaking the shell, the base end of the seed, that is, the end of the seed attached to the receptacle, that is, the concave end of the lotus seed, should be broken. You can clamp it with scissors or vice. Before sowing, it is generally only necessary to grind the peel (that is, the hard shell of lotus seeds) until the brown seed coat is seen; When clamping the shell, just make a 2 ~ 3 mm gap at the base, not too deep, so as not to damage the embryo. After soaking the seeds for one day, when the water-absorbing embryo expands and the pericarp becomes soft, you can peel off the pericarp of13 along the broken shell by hand to expose the embryo, which is convenient for embryo elongation. It must be noted that the broken shell should not be too big. If all the hard shells of lotus seeds are removed, the germ will lose its protection and will rot and die easily. This is the first step of the cultivation method of bowl lotus.