If you want to add a precious ornament to your pond, there is no better plant than lily of the valley. Due to its attractive shape and appearance, it spreads in the pond or on the surface of the pond. Creates an extremely attractive atmosphere that is enough to captivate anyone’s mind.
Water lily is an attractive aquatic plant adorned with various colors like yellow, pink and white which blooms during the period of March to September and gives a very picturesque look to the water surface of the pond. As for the species, it comes in a wide variety that you can grow from large ponds and lakes to small ornamental ponds as well.
In today’s age, if you are creating a pond with the hope of a water garden, then lily of the valley is a useful plant, besides it is a useful plant for protecting fish and purifying water, and it is also a useful plant for attracting various animals and birds like bees and other creatures.
Water lily is a species from the genus “Nymphaea”. You can find it in almost every country of the world, but mainly it is considered to be native to Australia, the northern hemisphere and south Africa. As mentioned before, it is praised for its exceptional beauty and its characteristic features are the large and wide smooth, delicate leaves and colorful flowers that float on the water. Even if you don’t succeed you have to keep trying until it flowers, it creates a stunning atmosphere even in a large pond outdoors, but it is a little tricky as a houseplant.
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How to grow as indoor plants:
It should be remembered here that this is not a very common indoor ornamental plant that can be easily grown without much care but water lily needs water at the right temperature and water quality is also very important. has and somewhat light importance.
Types: According to the speed of growth and the speed of development, different types of water lily can be divided which are mainly divided into about 50 different species but mainly they can be divided into two categories.
(1) Tropical and (2) hardy water lilies.
(1) Tropical water lily: This type of water lily is only used for growing outdoors in ponds or lakes as this species occupies a very wide space due to its girth of 10-12 feet. Also, it has broad leaves that usually float on the water and flowers in various colors of yellow, white or pink. It is one of the most expensive water lily varieties in the world, but it is not advisable to grow it indoors. For three to four days consecutive day and night rise.
2. Hardy water lily: This species grows only in certain regions and the flowers of this species are much smaller than tropical water lily and look less beautiful than tropical species and it is often seen that hardy water lily. Some varieties also change color after some time and as mentioned above this species is an excellent choice as an indoor pond plant.
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How to plant: As the name suggests, this plant needs water and also needs adequate amount of sunlight. To plant the seeds, a 20 cm hole has to be dug and placed inside and germinated. All this should be done during the growing season and then during the fall season any leaves that are unnecessary should be removed. Also, care should be taken to avoid damage due to frost during the winter season. Learn about this step by step.
(1) Which species of water lily to choose depends on the size and shape of your pond or lake. But if the water surface is 75 cm then it will be good for large type of water lily. In small size water lily this surface will be 20 cm and for medium sized species the maximum surface of water will be 50 cm, more than this surface will hinder the germination and growth of the seeds and may be destroyed and the period should be chosen from April to September for this. . If there is no such surface, it will be necessary to make a false bank or an “aquatic basket” can be used.
Thus plants are more suited to stagnant water or even mild flowing water. Plastic plant pots can also be used to grow them, which are made for growing plants in water. Apart from plastic, this plant pot is about 18 inches in diameter and about 10 inches deep and it also contains a special type of fertilizer that helps the seeds to grow and the structure of this flower pot is such that it is a plant pot and the fertilizer inside. Special care is taken to prevent water from reaching the surface.
As mentioned earlier, these plants are not available in common nurseries or shops, so for that you have to call an expert and get all the procedures done by him.
For this, you can fill the plant pot with “pea gravel” on the upper surface with a thickness of about 1 inch and then place the entire plant pot in the pond or lake around the house, if there is a large type of waterlily, then you can place it at a depth of 18 to 24 inches.
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For this it is necessary to pay attention to some elements viz
(1) How to grow at home?
(2) Temperature and humidity level: The temperature of the room or part of the house where waterlily is to be grown must be normal. If the waterlily is of tropical type, the temperature above 70 degree ferenheat will destroy this species and similarly if the waterlily is 60 degree ferenheat. This plant will die at temperatures below the heat, so it is necessary to maintain the right temperature.
Hardy waterlily species are not particularly sensitive to temperature i.e. they can flower well in normal water temperatures but if you live in a cold region you should maintain a temperature of at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit for this an aquarium water heater is necessary. .
Managing Sunlight and Natural Light: Here waterlily is a sunlight related flower so this species needs at least 6 to 8 hours of full sunlight. Of course, waterlily needs more sunlight. Getting the right amount of sunlight for waterlily plants will speed up the growth of the waterlily plant and increase the amount of flowering.
Kutrim light: If you do not have natural sunlight in your home, you can use Kutrim light bulbs available in the market. Further, as mentioned above, to meet the deficiency of at least 8 hours of sunlight, you have to keep the artificial light bulbs on continuously for 16 to 18 hours during the day. If the growing rate is found to be less or the desired result is not obtained, then you can also change the artificial light bulbs or (grow lights) because different bulbs are different according to their size, capacity.
If you already have a heated greenhouse system then there is no need to worry.
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Water Retention Level: Generally, it is good to have water about 12 inches above the aquatic bucket. If the water content decreases, fresh water should be added.
Another thing to be aware of is water pump etc. As mentioned above, waterlily can grow well in still water or gently flowing water, so if there is an aquarium type of structure, the materials which are of air bubbler type contaminate the water so that you have to frequently. If there is a need to change the water, if this type of structure is in a water garden, then the waterlily should be kept away from such a waterpump or airbubbler, or should be kept away from such a fountain, and arrangements should be made to grow as far away as possible.
Amount of Fertilizer: If you want to plant in an aquatic basket, first wrap it around a large piece of kantan and then fill it completely with compost but keep in mind that its roots should be in contact with the soil and not over the top.
Give more fertilizer. At the next stage, fill the remaining part with sand grawal so that the filled compost stops floating to the top of the water or in other words the grawal keeps the compost stuck to the bottom of the water so that the waterlily plants get the nutrients and necessary salts.