December 14, 2011AQUATIC TROPICAL GIANT LOTUS FROM ...
SO EASY TO GROW YOUR OWN!
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After pricing American Water Lotus at local nurseries,
we were shocked to discover how expensive they were!
After a bit of trial and error, we've learned all the tricks to growing them ourselves
and gladly provide these tips so you can also enjoy Water Lotus for just a few dollars!
Plunk a few in a glass of hot water. In about a week or maybe less you will see sprouts.
Seriously. All they need is time, water and a bit of something to sit in.
We've done the hard part for you, all you need to do is order seeds and follow the directions.
Your seeds will arrive pre-scarified in a very neat and clean file.
Sure, we're willing to send them without the stratification, but you'll be sitting there
with a nail file for a quite while. We'll save you that time.
Instructions for growing these Lotus are included with every order.
Simple, easy, fun. Just a matter of waiting for them to mature and bloom,
and a little common sense with regard to freezing temperatures.
When I scarify seeds, I often find one that doesn't file quite right
or look exactly perfect. Years ago, thinking these may possibly be bad, I
tossed the lot of them into our little aquarium. Just a few weeks
later they all had multiple sprouts which had grown to the surface of
the 10-gallon aquarium and the leaves had opened on top of the water.
Thus began my intense love of the Lotus.
Perhaps you grow Lotus not only for the beautiful bloom, but to eat as well.
Lotus root is often battered and fried, referred to as Lotus Root Pakoras.
Karen wearing hubby's waders while gathering seed pods we'd missed last summer.
Afraid to venture forward for fear of falling in the muck!
Who knows how deep the pond could be, or how slurpy!
Below you will see images of Lotus tubers which are several years old now.
