6 Mixed Lotus Seeds -Hydroponic Mix Aquatic Plant Flower seeds--Pot Water Lily Seeds-----B043
These Seeds need to be scarified as it cannot reproduce without being scarified. Hold the lotus seed with a pair of pliers and use a metal file to scratch off the hard, brown coating. Once you have filed away the hard, brown coat, you will notice a cream colored coating. It is important not to file away the cream colored coating as you will damage the pulp underneath. Should you file down to the pulp, the seed will not germinate, it will rot. The next step to growing lotus from seed is to drop the seed in a bowl of water. If the water should get cloudy, gently pour out the old water and add fresh water. DO NOT fertilize your lotus seed. Your lotus is being nourished from the pulp inside the seed. If you fertilize the seed, it will rot. Once germination begins, the seed will send out a long shoot, this shoot will form a coin leaf. At this point you can gently move the seed with the shoot to your growing pot with a few inches of part loam/part clay soil, (NOT POTTING SOIL) and a few inches of water above the soil. You can allow the seed to float as it will eventually drop down and form roots in the soil OR you can gently tuck the seed in the soil taking care not to break the shoot with the coin leaf/leaves attached.
