NAME	Red Lotus
OTHER COMMON NAMES	Sacred Water Lily / Lily Pad / Asian Water Lotus
SCIENTIFIC NAME	Nymphaea
COLOR	Red 9 - 12" flowers
PLANT SEEDS	Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost
BLOOM TIME	Late Spring - Early Summer
HARDINESS ZONE	4 - 11
PLANT HEIGHT	48 - 72"
PLANT SPACING	24 - 36"
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS	Sun - Part Shade
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES	Pond / Aquatic
QUANTITY	10 Seeds

Planting mothed

①Sowing
    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.

②Seeds 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.

③Soaking 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.

④Bud seedling transplanting
   Choose diameter of 18 cm ~ 30 cm 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