On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:35:13 CST, Hal wrote:

Try my recipe! I use 20 gallon half barrel size pots and fill about
6 to 8 inches with dirt and add 4 Aquatic Spikes. Fill with water,
lay a tuber on the dirt at least 4 inches away from the spikes and
place a rock/weight on top. My unknown variety had 9 blooms this
season and the Mrs Perry D Slocum had three.

I'm done until I turn the pots over next February. I think it was a
good season. Hal

Similar here, only pots I'm using, I believe, are half that size, about
18-20" across, as this is a smaller lotus. I have 2 same variety, and I
divide 1 pot every year, alternating. This year the divided plant had 8-9
buds/blooms on it at one time, more have come up since, the undivided one
has the best & biggest foliage, but only a few buds/blooms so far, and I
have fed it. Both have taller foliage then in years past, I think it is all
the heat waves we've been having this year, they like it hot
apparently. ~ jan
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