Lotus Is A Beautiful Aquatic Plant Which People Mainly Grow For It's Beautiful Flowers. Lotus Tuber, Stems, Seeds And Flowers Are Edible. Lotus Can Be Grown From Seeds And Tubers. Growing Lotus From Tuber Is Fast And Easy Method. Growing Lotus From Seeds Takes Two Months To Five Years For It's Bloom's. Blooming Is Also Depends On Size Of The Containers And Varieties Of Seeds. Some Lotus Required Big Size Containers And Some Lotus Bloom's In Bowl Too. Many Hybrid Lotus Tubers Are Easily Available Online. You Can Choose According To Your Wish. Bowl, Medium, Large, Micro Lotus Tubers You Can Easily Buy Online.
How To Grow Lotus (Kamal In Hindi) From Tubers:-
1. Check Tubers Before Buying. Some Sale Very Small Size Tuber Which May Damage In Transit. Select Tuber Which Have Many Node And Which Is Thick And Healthy.
2. Prepare Pots Before Planting Tubers. For That Choose Pot According To Varieties Of Tuber. In Beginning Use Big Size Pots For Bowl Varities Like 15 Inch Diameter And Ten To Twelve Inch Deep Pot.
3. For Soil Use Soil From Pond Or Clay Soil Or If Both Not Available You Can Use Your Garden Soil (Soil From Your Garden). 80% Garden Soil And 20% Vermi Compost.
4. Fill Pot 1/3 With Garden Soil+Vermi Compost And Fill Remaining With Water And Keep Pot In Full Sunlight.
5. Deep Tuber In Fungicide Water Before Planting (Tea Spoon Fungicide Powder In One Liter Water) For Ten Minutes. Good Tuber Floats On Water.
6. If Tuber Have Leaves And Roots You Can Plant Tuber Directly In Soil After Ten Minutes And If Tuber Have No Leaves And No Roots Take One Bucket And Fill Bucket With Plain Water And Keep Tuber In Bucket And Keep Bucket In Full Sunlight Untill Tuber Starts Producing Roots And Leaves.
7. When You See Roots And Leaves Plant Tuber In Soil. Gently Press Tuber In Soil. Leaves Side Above And Roots Side With Tuber Inside The Soil. Do Burry Tuber Too Deep In The Soil. Just Press It In The Soil. Do Not Break Growth Tip While Planting Tuber. If Tuber Comes Up Place One Stone Over It.
8. Keep Pot In Full Sunlight.
9. Remove Algae For Good Growth Of Lotus.
10. You Can Add 1ml Neem Oil In Small Size Containers And 3ml Neem Oil In Big Size Containers (24 Inch) To Avoid Mosquitoes. Excess Of Neem Oil May Burn The Leaves. Use Neem Oil In Small Quantity Only.
11. Remove Damage Leaves And Keep Pot Always Clean. You Can Overflow Water Every Day To Keep Water Clean And Mosquito Free.
12. Do Not Cut Aerial Leaves From Below Water Level As Aerial Leaves Stems Have Hole In Its Stems. If Water Goes Into Stems Tuber May Rot.
Note:- Winter Is The Dormancy Period Of Lotus. Keep Pot In Frost Free Area. Do Not Buy Or Plant Lotus Tuber In Winter.
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Happy Gardening