How to Grow a Lotus Plant Indoors from a Seed
Taking everything i learned from last year:
American Lotus
Sprouting Lotus Seeds
Lotus in the Sun
Final Lotus of the Year
I'm trying to grow some lotus plants inside again this winter. But rather than a big pot with mud i figured i could try placing them in clear plastic cups inside of a fish tank. That way i could see how the tubers or roots are growing too.
The 3 keys to growing them:
Heat - underwater heater, stays right around 88 degrees
Sun - by the window and grow light
Humidity - Saran wrap over tank
Here's the setup. There are 2 Asian Lotus seeds and 2 American Lotus seeds.
I think it took about 5 days for them to break through the seed shell, and 4 days to grow to this point. The Asian Lotus seeds sprouted first.
The roots starting to form.
A week and a half later they had grown quite a bit bigger.
Several leaves.
The first tuber and more roots.
Second tuber a week later, so it appears to still be growing.
We'll see if they continue to grow or die like the many others that i tried growing indoors.
American Lotus
Sprouting Lotus Seeds
Lotus in the Sun
Final Lotus of the Year
I'm trying to grow some lotus plants inside again this winter. But rather than a big pot with mud i figured i could try placing them in clear plastic cups inside of a fish tank. That way i could see how the tubers or roots are growing too.
The 3 keys to growing them:
Heat - underwater heater, stays right around 88 degrees
Sun - by the window and grow light
Humidity - Saran wrap over tank
Here's the setup. There are 2 Asian Lotus seeds and 2 American Lotus seeds.
I think it took about 5 days for them to break through the seed shell, and 4 days to grow to this point. The Asian Lotus seeds sprouted first.
The roots starting to form.
A week and a half later they had grown quite a bit bigger.
Several leaves.
The first tuber and more roots.
Second tuber a week later, so it appears to still be growing.
We'll see if they continue to grow or die like the many others that i tried growing indoors.
2 comments:
What happened to your fish, man?
About a year ago, all within 1 week, they started swimming weird then died. I'm thinking they must have gotten some disease.
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