Where do the seeds come from

Before planting, you need seeds! As for flowerpots and soil, they are necessary, so they are no longer wordy. There are two ways to get seeds. One is to buy them directly from the flower seed shop. You can buy some of different varieties and colors, so that they will be more beautiful. Also, go to your friends and pick them by yourself. If your friends have peony flowers at home, you can collect seeds after the flowers fade around July to August every year, and you can pick them when the fruits turn yellow. Seeds can be sown immediately after picking

Sowing time

If the seeds are harvested in the current year, they need to be sown in time. They are usually sown in late August or late September, and can not be more than September at the latest, otherwise it is difficult to take root. If sowing is late, the germination rate of the next spring will be greatly reduced and seedlings will appear in time, because the seedling root system is not developed, it is difficult to resist the spring drought and easy to die

Sowing method

Treatment of seeds: seeds should be treated before sowing. Soak the seeds in water in advance and screen out some incomplete seeds. Although the seed coat of Paeonia lactiflora is thin, it is easy to absorb water, so it is soaked in warm water at 50 ℃ for 24 hours before sowing. After treatment, the germination rate of seeds will be greatly improved, more than 80%

Sowing: fill the container with soil and sow the seeds with an interval of 3 cm between the seeds. Do not plant too dense, so as not to affect the germination rate. The sowing cover is covered with wet soil with a thickness of about 2 cm. The rest is the process of waiting slowly, moisturizing and waiting for it to germinate

It should be noted that the germination cycle of Paeonia lactiflora seeds is relatively long. Generally, when sown in spring, young roots will sprout in autumn, germinate in the next spring and slowly grow seedlings. The seedling development of Paeonia lactiflora pall is also relatively slow, and the fast-growing ones will bloom in 4 ~ 5 years. Therefore, peony sowing is a very patient job