What fertilizer is best for potted water lilies?

Fertilizing time for potted water lilies

Normally, when planting potted water lilies, you need to apply base fertilizer to them. One month after planting, you need to apply liquid fertilizer to them. In addition, after it grows leaves, you need to apply top dressing. You also need to apply appropriate fertilizer during the flowering period, and superphosphate fertilizer needs to be applied every week.

What fertilizer to use for potted water lilies

It is more appropriate to apply fertilizer containing the three nutrients of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium to potted water lilies. Usually, a small amount of base fertilizer can be added when transplanting, which can promote the plant to adapt to the pot and grow as quickly as possible.

Afterwards, about half a month later, when the potted water lily grows new leaves, it is better to apply phosphorus and potassium fertilizers, mainly urea and potassium dihydrogen phosphate, which have faster fertilizer effects. These fertilizers are very beneficial to flowering.

Water lily fertilization method

When fertilizing potted water lilies, you can wrap the fertilizer in a bag, then poke a few holes in the bag, and place it about 10 cm underwater to allow the fertilizer to slowly and fully dissolve in the water. This can effectively avoid fertilizer waste. Alternatively, you can mix garden soil with fertilizer, make it into a ball, and apply it into the water.

Precautions for fertilizing water lilies

Potted water lilies like fertilizer, but are also afraid of fertilizer, so when fertilizing them, you must use the right amount of fertilizer and not apply too much fertilizer, otherwise too much fertilizer will affect the growth of the plant and may even lead to death. In addition, do not apply fertilizer when the plant has just grown new leaves.