Nonsprouting Lotus Seeds

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mayarao New Delhi, India Sep 15, 2016

I filed my Lotus seeds and put them in warm water, and I am also changing the water every day. Their hard dark brown shells have come off and the inner whites are visible , but they are not sprouting. What should I do?

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GoPlantGo orangeville, Canada Sep 16, 2016

It can take a while. How long have they been in the water? If they are still fresh looking, and not rotting, they could be expected to germinate still.

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mayarao New Delhi, India Sep 19, 2016

Thankyou GoPlantGo, my Lotus seeds have been in water for about a week, and are looking healthy enough.They are not rotting or smelling bad, but are showing no signs of sprouting. Can I do anything to expedite/ encourage their sprouting?

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GoPlantGo orangeville, Canada Sep 20, 2016

Here's a great detailed article about sprouting the seeds! I imagine you have some of this information already, but it might have some more information that will help. Best wishes with your seeds. Lotus is a beautiful plant!
http://victoria-adventure.org/lotus/growing_from_seed.html

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mayarao New Delhi, India Sep 22, 2016

Thanks a lot GoPlantGo,. The article is very useful. Hopefully my seeds will sprout soon. It is also good to know that the seeds are edible. If they definitely decide not to sprout, I can cook and eat them up.

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GoPlantGo orangeville, Canada Sep 26, 2016

Ha ha! Good to have a sense of humor :-)

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Krzjaz North Babylon, NY Nov 14, 2019

I am growing bowl lotus, I follow the directions meticulously from scarification to water temperature and lighting. Out of the 5 eBay venders and 3 Amazon venders stating the seeds they were selling were “bowl lotus” in reality the seeds were lilly seeds and not bowl lotus, we found this out when the seeds that did sprout grew well over 2 feet long and refused to surface, all the leaves laid on the water surface. One only one eBay vender sold seeds that are lotus but.... out of their of 30 seeds only 3 sprouted and grew. The others went to mold mush even with 3 water changes a day. My question is two parts, how commons is this bait and switch and what should the percentage to sprout and not go to mush be?

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