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Lotus question, newbie to lotus
I bought a "Rosea" lotus, nelumbo nucifera, is what the tag says, I put it
in a 6 inch deep pot about 16 inches across, set it on a milkcrate so it's about 4 inches below water surface, it was in what looked to be potting soil or top soil in a 1 gallon container, left it in that stuff because they told me the roots we very tender and easily damaged, surrounded it with yard clay/soil and then covered the soil, not the growing parts, with pea gravel. Fresh transplant so do I fertilize yet, it has four leaves, floaters, and one new stem coming up after 3 days. How did I do with this, anything I should change or do extra...Claude |
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Lotus question, newbie to lotus
Lotus are heavy feeders. I inserted a bunch of pond plant fertilizer tabs
down in to the soil around my tubers just as soon as I planted them. They are now sending up aerial leaves. D.S. "claude rogers" wrote in message ... I bought a "Rosea" lotus, nelumbo nucifera, is what the tag says, I put it in a 6 inch deep pot about 16 inches across, set it on a milkcrate so it's about 4 inches below water surface, it was in what looked to be potting soil or top soil in a 1 gallon container, left it in that stuff because they told me the roots we very tender and easily damaged, surrounded it with yard clay/soil and then covered the soil, not the growing parts, with pea gravel. Fresh transplant so do I fertilize yet, it has four leaves, floaters, and one new stem coming up after 3 days. How did I do with this, anything I should change or do extra...Claude |
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