How to grow Lotus flower at your home is quite simple and affordable to all. Lotus flower colour includes white, red, pink, yellow,lavender and Blue. Blooming from early to late summer, they are one of the majestic aquatic plants you can grow. You can start lotus from the seeds. Next using a standard metal file scrap the hard seed casing to reveal the light coloured core. Do not file any core away or else your lotus seeds will not generate. Filing away the outer casing allows water to reach the core.
You can also use the hammer method to break the outer shell of the seeds. Hammer the seeds gently, just enough to break the outer coat. Take the transparent container when you can see when they start to sprout. Fill the container with 2-3 inch of tops soil/clay soil. Now add 3-4 inch of normal water in it. Put the seeds into the container after a day of soaking, the seed will swell to nearly twice their original size. Seeds will start to germinate after 3-4 days. Make sure to change water after 2-3 days.
When you remove the seedlings to change the water. treat the sprouts with care as they are very delicate. After 20-22 days transplant the seeds in a tub filled with clay soil and water. Take a medium size tub or container, 15-25 inch diameter tubs with 8-15 inch depth are good for planting lotus. Any watertight rounded container with no holes is acceptable for growing lotus. Put the 3-4 inches of cattle manure or compost into the tub. The best time to plant from tubers is the summer season such as March to August.
Now add 4-6 inches of topsoil and clay soil. Do not use potting soil, it’s too light and float and foam when water is added and the lotus tubers tend to loat when planted in it. Buy a healthy tuber, a healthy tuber is usually firm to the touch with one or more growing tips for leaves and flowers. Dig a shallow trench across the top of the soil mixture. Place the lotus tuber in the trench, being careful not to break or damage the growth tips. Embed your tube slightly in the sand, then carefully weigh it down with rocks so that it won’t float up to the surface of the water before it takes root.
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