Before planting, it is necessary to know whether the environment is suitable for this species. It likes temperature and is afraid of cold. The most suitable temperature for its growth is between 25 and 30 degrees. In winter, the temperature should not be too low. Once it is below 8 degrees below zero, it will do harm to the lotus.
Planting techniques of lotus seeds
It is best to choose a slightly acidic or neutral soil with deep, fertile and moist soil layer for lotus planting, and it can be irrigated and drained in time. When plowing land, you should remove sundries, weeds and stones, then turn the soil deep and expose it to the sun for a few days.
The planting period of lotus is generally better in spring and autumn, and it should not be too late to avoid planting in high or low temperature or dry season. When planting, you should dig a hole according to the plant spacing, which is generally 100 cm χ 80 cm χ 80 cm, so that the planted lotus can survive better.
Lotus mist management method
After the lotus seeds are planted, it is necessary to control pests, especially thrips, scale insects and scarabs, which eat tender leaves and twigs. Only bare branches are left in severely damaged young trees, so it is necessary to prevent them in time. See the content of pest control later for the control method.
In addition, the growth of lotus requires a lot of water and fertilizer. Generally, except in the shoot control stage and flower bud differentiation stage before catalysis, the soil should be kept moist to meet the normal growth of lotus spray, and more phosphorus and potassium fertilizers should be applied in the early stage, and more nitrogen fertilizers should not be applied in the flower bud differentiation stage.