Lotus rhizome

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Lotus rhizome

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I had a lotus, grown from seed, but I failed to overwinter them.
Now I decided again, so I'm purchasing rhizomes.

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Most are hardy here (zone 3 or 4) as long as they are in deep enough water. Im trying them from seed myself...

Good luck!
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[quote="kreos123"]I had a lotus, grown from seed, but I failed to overwinter them.

Kreos

The species N. nucifera can get hammered if they freeze. Have you tried the super hardy form that does well even in cool summer climates - Nelumbo komarovii? It was collected near Vladivostok a few years back and the Goteborg Botanic Garden offered them a few years later. Russian Red may be the same thing.

BTW are you aware you are never supposed to plant them in square pots?
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Is that because you kink the rhizomes?
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I got and Nelumbo komarovii, gut hi is in very bad condition. He started to rot and smells bad.
Lotus are planted in pots with no right angles, just rounded.

Lotus in the botanical garden (Zagreb)

Stays out all winter.

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kreos - You obviously have the climate to flower Nelumbo well.

Sorry you lost that komarovii, will you try to get it again?

cp - apparently the rhizomes snap when they hit a 90 degree turn.

Here is one at a friend's a few blocks away. This photo from September, his plant does not look as vigorous as yours. Our cool summers are not to its liking.
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Seller no longer have komarowii rhizomes, and he is currently on the trip in the southern U.S... I'll try to get seeds.
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Wow I forgot how big those guys get....... Are both those pics N nucifera? Im going to over winter mine in my grandmas pond. Its 6 feet deep in the middle with different water levels. She also mulches her pond with straw and tarps.
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In botanical garden they have Nelumbo nucifera
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First flower bud.

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Very nice!

Do you guys plant in peat or sand? Im wondering because most of my seeds germinated
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canadianplant wrote:Very nice!

Do you guys plant in peat or sand? Im wondering because most of my seeds germinated
1/3 clay 1/3 sand, 1/3 garden soil. That's my potting mix.
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