Water Gardening: Breeding lotus have you done it?, 1 by darlindeb

darlindeb wrote:
How deep was the pond that you moved your lotus into C4B?

I have divided lotus in the spring usually about the middle of March to the first of April if I remember right. You wanna get them before the leaves start openning. Now I have kept them floating til mid May to take to a swap. I'm about zone 7 so April 15th is usually the last freeze where I am. If I let the lotus float loose in a pot I would bring them in the garage at night if cold weather was coming. When I'd plant them in a pot I'd usually fill it with top soil. (Make sure it's not potting soil with those little white perlite pieces that will clog your pump.) I put the tuber on top of the soil and place a rock on across the tuber and gently put it in the pond. Yes, I've had them float loose and had to rerock some.

In the photo of the lotus turned upside down, I was didividing them in late October after all the stems had turned brown and died. I stored them for the winter in the garage. I cleaned them and hit them with a fungicide and stored them in damp peat moss in the garage inside bags that were inside big coolers. The garage stays cool, but doesn't freeze. ****Please note that some fungicides are toxic to fish. If you are gonna try this method, you need to take that into consideration.

I think I found this lotus pot at Lowe's in their water garden section.