6 How To Plant Lotus Flowers To Beautify Pools On Home Pages

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JAKARTA - Beautifying pools in the yard can be done by adding lotus flowers on top. This water plant grows from tubers planted underwater and stems and medium-sized round leaves, as well as star-shaped colorful flowers floating on the surface.

However, planting lotus flowers in the pool should be accommodated in a container. Because if not, plants will grow through the pool liner or grow too big to fill your pool.

Various types of water lotus can be planted in pots because this plant will only grow according to the size of the container. Follow the simple steps to plant the following water lotus, reported by Better Homes and Gardens, Friday, June 23.

Select Wadah

Use a container that is wide and shallow. Choose a container with a width of 18 inches with a depth of at least 10 inches. This shear-like tuber grows horizontally. You can use a container with or without a drainage hole. If there is a drainage hole, layer a pot with a burlap cloth to hold the soil in the container. Soluble soil can litter the water in the pool.

Fill In The Place With Land

Choose dense textured soil so that the soil does not float out of the container. Avoid mixtures of soil with peat, vermiculite, or perlite because this type of soil is also easily floating when exposed to water. Soil enrichment with water fertilizer pellets made specifically so that the soil becomes dense. Place pellets into the soil before you plant.

Clean Plants

Before planting the lotus tubers in your container, remove old leaves and thick roots with cutting scissors. That way, the energy of the plants can be used to grow new roots, leaves, stems, and flowers. Just leave leaves and buds that appear and new roots that grow like hair.

Umbi Plants

Planting tubers on the pot side, with growing ends pointing upwards (around a 45 degree angle) and in the middle of the pot. The edge of the cut should be deeper planted in pots and the growing tip of the lotus tub must stand out about an inch above the soil surface.

Add Kericil

Cover the soil with about half an inch of small pebbles to help hold the soil in the container. If you want the pebbles to be less visible from above the water, use dark rocks.

Put Pots In The Water

Planted pots must be lowered into the pool tiltedly to allow the trapped air to come out. Set the bottom of the pot 12 to 18 inches deep. The leaves will float to the surface. If the pool is deeper than 18 inches and has no built-in planting edge, support the pot with a rock to keep its depth.