Went to the Master Gardeners plant sale today. Loaded up on plants. I bought a pink lotus that is about 5 feet long. Can I divide this and how do I do it?
dividing lotus
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Oh boy, that looks like a nice one! I would not divide it if I were you. But if you do make sure that you have at least one, preferably two, healthy growing tips per divided piece. I can't tell by looking at the picture how big the tubers are or if each section/seam has a growing tip.
You cut them at the tuber portions in between where the growing tips are. I would not cut the big banana tubers, only the smaller runner sections.
Here's a link that might help, I will post a another site later, it's temporarily down and I can't access it to get the link.
http://www.bonniesplants.com/lotus/dividing_tubers/planting_lotus_tubers.htm
Here's that link that I couldn't post earlier, I think that this one is better than the one listed above, it's much more complete.
http://web.archive.org/web/20000408044926/www.theplantplace.com/lotusdiv.htm
Thank you very much. After reading both of those links, I decided to wait to divide it. I planted it just the way it was.
Rylaff, you won't be dissapointed!