h0ppinlowrider said:

My mom wanted to build a small pond garden and well I can take full advantage and grow some fine lotus. I am gonna order 2oz of seeds from IAS.

After reading a little info online this is what I have so far. To germinate the seeds I will fill a few small pots with loam add the seeds and cover with a little more loam. Then get a tupperware container and fill with water and sink the pots to the bottom. I am gonna put the container on my window sill for the time it take to germinate. To airate the water I am gonna take a turkey syinge and spray air into the water a few times a day. This method can even be used on the larger pond garden.

After the seeds have germinated and a few leaves are on the surface. I will sperate the seedlings and plant them in their own seperate bigger pots. and sink into their final pond.

I will had some generic fertilizer to cause flowering after the plants are well developed.

Has anyone here grown blue lotus and can give me some tips?

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which of these is the one you're trying to grow, the first is called blue lotus
but is a Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea 9a water lily the second is a lotus
that happens to be blueish




the seedcoat generaly refers to the true lotus which has large seeds, the
Nym,Car usualy has very small seeds and are quite difficult to germinate

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...can anyone tell me if they will die out in the winter....I would imagine so.

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