Water Gardening: darlindeb..... and also others... I'm starting lotus seed..., 0 by beautifulchaos

beautifulchaos wrote:
Well, I didn't read the whole thread, but skimmed and enjoyed looking at the pictures! I will have to go back when time allows and read more of this great info posted. Unfortunately, I lost my lovely lotuses last year. I started them all from seed, but failed to put them below the soil line soon enough and the big beautiful tubers froze. :-( They were mystery seeds from a friend and I ignorantly started every last one of them. (I waited for 8yrs. to start them)...dangit. Hard lesson learned.

Anyway, before their demise after season 1 in pots...this is how I started 12 of them. (Btw, every single one of them sprouted.) I scratched the surface of the seed on my concrete porch until I could see the whitish-yellow part of the seed, plopped them in a tall vase of water and wallah! After that, I placed them in large round pots filled with aquatic soil (charcoal added as well) in western sun exposure. I just periodically flushed out the water with the hose to keep it clear.

They are one of the fastest growing, most amazing plants that I've ever seen. I'm still really heartbroken over the loss.

Anyway, here is a pic of a couple of the sprouting seed.

This message was edited Mar 24, 2009 11:02 AM