I grew a lotus from seed last year, from a pod I bought at a craft store
(Michaels) with the dried flowers. It grew amazingly fast and began to
spread by underground runners while it was just a few weeks old. I had it
in a rubbery plastic flower pot with no drainage hole, and a few minnows in
the water to keep the mosquitoes out. Alas, I thought they were hardy, but
I let a hard freeze kill the leaves before I brought it inside for the
winter (the water in the pot did not freeze) and it didn't come back. I'll
plant another one this winter indoors so I can set a good sized plant out
and maybe have it bloom.

Bob


wrote:

get scuba gear. take along an underwater chain saw. I dont know if you
have every tried to pull up a water lily, but a lotus is much harder.
you will tip the boat over and not budge it an millimeter. this is not
the best time of the year for trying to grow lotus anyway. Ingrid

(astronomer) wrote:


Tomorrow I am going to a lake in Florida to get some wild lotus but I
don`t know what special cares to have... Basically I am going to shove
my hand through the muddy waters (below a withered lotus flower) and
to the bottom (will I touch roots?? or soil??). Then I am going to
grab whatever is there and pull it up carefully. I expect to bring up
several intertwinned potato-looking tubers which I will have to break
somewhere in order to seperate and make transportable. I really wanted
to be successfull in bringing back possible lotus tubers but what
cares do I need? If I do what will I kill it? I would really
appreciate some help, some guidance.

Bruno PhD student University of Florida