碗莲是家庭培养水生花卉的好材料。培养碗莲可以用直径30厘米左右的小瓦盆、瓷盆、玻璃缸或较大的瓷碗作容器,每盆一株。碗莲通常是用种藕栽种,也可种子育苗。笔者用种子种植碗莲,同样能达到当年播种当年开花的效果。 4月上旬以‘东湖春晓’的饱满种子播种。播种前,先用砂轮或片石打磨掉莲子顶尖的硬皮,露出薄的棕色种皮后,将莲子放入装有清水的小碗内。碗上加玻璃罩,在25℃的室温和强光条件下,一星期左右外皮裂开,很快长出白色细根。10余天后,每个种子的底部都拖着十几条又长又白的细根,上面衬托着几片由胚芽形成的绿色圆形小浮叶,非常美丽。5月上旬,气温转暖,每天中午将小苗移出室外,在日光下炼苗一小时左右。数日后,当嫩绿的小叶变成深绿色时,立即将苗移栽 Bowl lotus is a good material for cultivating aquatic flowers at home. Cultivating bowl lotus can use small pots, pots, glass tanks or larger porcelain bowl with a diameter of about 30 centimeters for containers, one for each pot. Bowl lotus is usually planted with lotus root, but also seed nursery. The author planting bowl lotus seed, the same can be achieved when planting the year flowering effect. In early April, it is sown with the full seeds of ’Donghu Chunxiao’. Before sowing, first grind the top crust of the lotus with a whetstone or tablet to reveal the thin brown seed coat and place the lotus seed into a small bowl filled with clear water. Bowl plus glass cover, at 25 ℃ room temperature and light conditions, a week or so the outer shell cracked, and soon grow white roots. After more than 10 days, the bottom of each seed was dragged with ten long, white fine roots, which set off a few green round floating leaves formed by germ, which was very beautiful. In early May, the temperature is getting warmer, and the seedlings are removed from the outdoors every day at noon for one hour or so in the daylight. A few days later, when the verdant leaves turn dark green, they are transplanted