Feature:
The Lotus is surprisingly easy to grow! If you do not have a pond,
you can grow them in tubs or barrels filled with half soil and half water.
Lotus flowers are edible and are used as a garnish or for tea & wine.
The Lotus also has medicinal & herbal uses.

 

Description:

NAMERed Lotus
OTHER COMMON NAMESSacred Water Lily / Lily Pad / Asian Water Lotus
SCIENTIFIC NAMENymphaea
COLORRed 9 - 12" flowers
PLANT SEEDSOutdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost
BLOOM TIMELate Spring - Early Summer
HARDINESS ZONE4 - 11
PLANT HEIGHT48 - 72"
PLANT SPACING24 - 36"
LIGHT REQUIREMENTSSun - Part Shade
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCESPond / Aquatic
QUANTITY10 Seeds


Planting mothed

Sowing
    Lotus seeds have no resting period,as long as the water temperature can maintain at 16  above,
    it can be sow all the four seasons.
    Under the condition of appropriate temperature and illumination,
    it would take 50 to 60 days from sowing to flowering in spring,in autumn need 60-80 days.

Seeds treatment
    Lotus seeds' shell are hard and dense,seeds must be manually break before soaking of seeds,
    on the one side of lotus seed has the small acuminate,on the other side has a small pit.
    We need to break a small mouth of the small pit side use vice,
   must be careful,not to cut of embryo and don't rid of the shell.

Soaking of seeds
   20  to 30 water temperature is perfect for lotus seed
   germination in summer,depending on how much seeds with a bowl or a pot
   fill with water to soaking seeds.Put indoor,replace water twice a day,it
   can sprout within 1 week.After sprout put it on somewhre exposed to the sun,
   strengthen the light,not lack of water.It would grow fine roots after 2 weeks and 2 ~ 3 young leaves,
   when root formation can be partial load.

Bud seedling transplanting
   Choose diameter of 18 c m ~ 30 c m without bottom hole pot with half
   of the river pond silt soil,add water soak two weeks in advance,
   not to fertilization.When transplanting seedlings you need to duck the fine roots in the mud,
  1 plant each pot,add right amount water will not drown the leaves.

Package include

10 x Red Lotus seeds