Lotus Water Lily Bonsai How To Grow

Watching it grow is the most precious thing you can possibly experience from growing a seed into a fully grown plant.
Lotus water lily bonsai how to grow. Each flower on the water lily lasts three to five days. Growing lotus in pots bowls planters lotus are perennial plants that shoot in spring then flower during summer autumn before going dormant in winter. Cover the soil with gravel or a thin layer of sand. Gently place tuber on the surface of the wet soil.
You can buy lotus tubers online or at a local nursery or garden center. Fill with enough water just to wet soil no standing water. Cover the rhizomes with additional clay soil but keep the tips of. Rhizomes are similar to bulbs.
Set a lotus plant s rhizomes in the container s clay soil with the rhizomes shoots facing upward. But wait just like a baby it needs your caring for and attention. They open during the day and close at night unless they are nocturnal. Once you see the roots emerge put them in a 15 to 20 liter pots filled with good garden soil take a black container for this because its absorption of heat with this the seeds temperature remains warm.
Choose a proper basin put in half basin of garden soil or soil without any chemical pollution immerse. Float the tuber in a bowl in water between 75 and 87 f 24 and 31 c. Fill container with at least 4 inches of soil. Choose a round container 3 to 4 ft 0 91 to.
A bowl that is at least 6 inches deep and at least 12 inches wide provides enough room for a lotus rhizome to be submerged so the plant s flower and leaves float on the water s surface. Lotus need 6 hours of direct sunlight to flower so when deciding on a position for your new plant make sure it has plenty of sunshine. If you waited too long and the lotus leaves started to grow keep them free of soil as you cover the root. Purchase tubers in early spring.
Now cover tuber with a small amount of soil about 4 inches with growth tips pointing upwards. With hardy water lilies plant the rhizome at a 45 degree angle with the growing tip positioned toward the middle of the pot resting slightly above the soil level. In summer immerse the seeds in water of 20 30 put seeds indoor and changed the water twice a day.