Lotus

let me know if you manage to find any here in the uk wayne... ive tried everywhere but nobody seems to sell them ...i guess our summers arnt warm enough

What is done w/ the Lotus when winter comes calling?

One of two things you can do. Either bring it in for the winter by putting the potted lotus submerged in water in the garage or somewhere where the roots won't freeze. If the lotus roots freeze it's a gonner. Or, if you have hardy type lotus it can be kept in your pond at a depth (2 feet minimum), that will not allow the roots to freeze.

I'm still new to this and haven't grown any lotus of my own yet, but I have been doing quite a bit of reading about the many different types of lotus and how to care for them.

Happy ponding,

Rich

Thanks Rich and good luck with your venture into the lovely lotus plants. I may have to give them a try

J.W.,

I have to admit, it is easier than I thought it would be. Just takes some patients. From what I have read about lotus seeds, they can survive for a long time even centuries because of the hard containment of skin on the seed itself.

Happy ponding,

Rich

Where does one start looking for seeds? I imagine seeds are much cheaper than the full grown plant.

You can google 'lotus seeds for sale', and you will come up with quite a few retailers to chosse from. I haven't been able to find any sources localy here in the Tacoma area, but I found some dried lotus seed pods at a local craft store and decided to give it a try. I have those potted as starts as I type this. The only problem with the craft store lotus seeds is that I have no idea what kind of lotus they are. Most of that craft store junk is from China. Bone up on your Chinese, we are paying them millions to make inferior products for us.

Good luck with your search, and happy ponding.

Rich

Ok I'll have to check out online and see what I can come up with. It will be interesting to see what your lotus looks like when it blooms. Be sure to post pictures.
I agree w/ you on products from China............all crap. We need to get right here in the U.S and make decent products for our people.
Do you enjoy discussing political and religious and various other topics Rich. If so.....do you remember Bullfrog from AP? Well he started a little forum called http://bullfrogs-pad.forumotion.com/forum.htm and we talk about all kinds of stuff in there. You are welcome to visit if you like.

JW,

As you well know took you up on your invite to Bullfrog, and I found it to be another good source of ponding information. Thanks.

So far, All of my lotus seeds have sprouted, five are late bloomers. They just started to sprout, and the rest have been in a twenty gallon aquarium for about a week. The thirteen that are in the aquarium have sent up shoots about eight or nine inches long. I think I'm at a point where I need to think about putting them in the recomended sized pots and placed in the 55 gallon drum halves out side next to the driveway. I'm leaning toward the idea of potting them in composted manure, and that other stuff you mentioned that worked so well.

Happy ponding,

Rich

It will be fun to see how they all turn out. You're not putting them out now are you. I see it is freezing out there now so winter is not done yet. Freddie and I got our instructions on AP so I can send it to ya or you can look it up on AP under planting lilies or something like that. It's called ? Recipe. If you can't find it or would rather have me just send it to you in a pm I can do that. Happy planting