Lotus seeds are very popular in the market because of their unique nutritional value, so many growers want to plant lotus seeds.

Friends who want to plant lotus seeds must choose varieties with high seed setting rate and strong disease resistance, so how to plant lotus seeds? Let's take a look together.

Lotus seeds are very popular in the market because of their unique nutritional value, so many growers want to plant lotus seeds.

Friends who want to plant lotus seeds must choose varieties with high seed setting rate and strong disease resistance, so how to plant lotus seeds? Let's take a look together.

1, soil

Lotus seeds should be planted in clay or loam plots with good water quality, flat terrain and water and fertilizer conservation.

Before planting, the soil can be plowed and raked to make the pond soil or field soil flat and fine.

2. sunshine

Lotus seeds like sunshine, and it is best to receive more than 8 hours of irradiation every day, so the plot should not be cloudy. If there is no light, there will be fewer flowers and the final yield will be reduced.

Step 3: Moisture

Lotus seeds have different requirements for water at different growth stages.

However, water can not be cut off during the whole growth period of lotus seeds, and the shallow water can be kept at 3cm-6cm in the early growth period, and the water layer can be deepened appropriately after the flowering and fruiting period, and the appropriate depth is 10cm- 12cm.

Apply nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium compound fertilizer again before lotus root.

Step 4 apply fertilizer

Planting lotus seeds is mainly based on applying sufficient base fertilizer, supplemented by topdressing.

Lotus seeds can be topdressing after planting for about half a month, and topdressing should be applied in stages and multiple times.

Step 5 weed

After planting lotus seeds for half a month, intertillage and weeding should be carried out. When there are many weeds, weed once every 10 day, and you can stop weeding after the lotus leaves are closed.

Weeding should be done in shallow water and on both sides of the lotus leaf. Don't step on the lotus root whip and bury the weeds in the soil.

In the process of planting lotus seeds, there are some precautions. Farmers can choose planting density according to the differences of soil fertility and varieties in planting areas.

When the lotus is blue-brown, the lotus is open and the lotus seeds are full, it can be harvested.