Rare Lotus Seeds for Planting – 20 Non-GMO Nelumbo Nucifera Flower Seeds for Planting - Easy-Sprout Aquatic Lotus Style Blooms for Ponds, Containers & Water Gardens

Here is what I did to get my seeds to Germinate in a glass vase Indoors in an air conditioned home. I put 4 seeds in room temperature RO purified water inside a glass vase filled about halfway. Then I boiled some RO water in my electric kettle. I poured the boiled water into the glass vase filling the vase a third of the way up. See my pictures. This created a very warm water bath for the seeds and encouraged them to Germinate in just 3 to 4 days. All 4 seeds germinated by the 4th day! I repeat the warm bath daily by draining old water and replace with fresh warm bath water so that the water can have oxygen for the plant. So happy I was able to do this Indoors because I am Not good at gardening Outdoors where all the bugs and critters thrive. I'm afraid of bugs and critters.

All I did was follow the tiny directions on the package. I was shocked to see this kind of progress in less than 5 days! I'm now scrambling to find direction on what to do with them next! These are obviously superior seeds!

I put 8 of these directly into my koi pond. 100% germination!!! I am going to try some more in a container. I could not be more thrilled!

Edit: I now have 2.5" to 3" sprouts on 15 of 20 of the seeds. Each of the sprouts has a teeny little bud at the top.I Googled the best way to transplant these seeds and discovered that these are NOT meant for transplanting into small, decorative lotus bowls. These are FULL SIZE lotus seeds for growing in in koi ponds and larger containers!!Normally lotus flowers that are cultivated to happily grow in those cute little ceramic lotus pots are referred to as 'dwarf lotus'. These seeds are Indian Lotus seeds - full size lotus.Looking at the included product photos, they seem to imply that these were meant for smaller 6 to 8-in size containers. Google recommended a 1 GALLON sized pot for EACH seed!Don't fret yet If you're like me & don't have a large pond on your estate to properly grow these seeds to their full glory.There are caveats, but you CAN grow these in normal sized containers. I have learned that you can pot bind/pot bound these seeds - basically the 'bonsai method' of planting larger plants and containing them in smaller containers than needed - plant the sprouted individual seeds (just deep enough to cover the seed part, not the sprout, too) in their own non-draining pot 12"-18"W x 8"-12"D, about half full of a clay-based soil that's free of fertilizers, peat, organic matter, etc.A 1:2 mix of unsterilized top soil (NOT potting soil/compost - organic matter will rot in water) & non-clumping, clay cat litter that's free of fragrance & deodorizers can also be used.Pot bound lotus need 6-8hrs of sunlight and a warmer environment so the water stays consistently warm. While pot bound lotus can live and grow in these smaller containers, it's very possible they may never flower due to the stress of the smaller container and lack of the amount of required nutrients needed to produce a flower.You prune as needed, but NEVER below the water line. Water is only added to the pot, not replaced (unless it gets scummy, which means you have stuff in there you shouldn't). Ornamental pebbles and stuff can be added to the top of the soil, carefully around the sprout.FYI: The seeds cannot be planted together because they will most likely kill each other fighting for nutrients. The roots tangle together as well, so transplanting one later is impossible without harming one or both plants.If you want multiple lotus plants together you would have to do individual plants in individual pots then place the pots in a larger pot. Add water to the bigger pot and decorate it or whatever to look like multiple flowers are growing together.Original review:I've never attempted to grow a lotus flowers before, so my care knowledge is admittedly zero, lol.On Friday night I followed the instructions on the back of the package and dumped the seeds in a lotus flower bowl that I ordered (gotta look like I know what I'm doing, right?) and immersed in about 100°F tap water. That's it.Sunday I had some minor seed splitting. This morning (Monday) I see green sprouts emerging, or at least thinking about emerging, from several of the seeds.All I've done so far is change out the water regularly as instructed.I'm so excited!

I have 20 sprouts, still all going strong - pic 1 & 2 is 3 days, pic 2 is a week and 1/2. I am super excited to see if I can grow them past the seedling stage (we'll see). One thing that I would say is that they seem to like it very warm. Originally, I had mine inside in cool water and nothing was happening. I then read that they like it warm and to change the water, so I put them in my screened porch, which gets sun and stays hot and immediately they started popping out. It's been kind of exciting. If you like plants, you'll probably enjoy trying this. I think it's a good value and they seem like quality seeds, especially since I had them in cold water in the shade for 2 days.100% germination rate for doing it wrong and letting them get really cold first! Another thing, it seems like it will be a long process before a flower might appear- I read 40 days to a year. My next step is to underwater plant them in a diy fountain I am working on. They seem like they are going to be pretty tall, so you probably want a deeper bowl or a pond. I'll post more pics of the next stage, which is leaves, I think.Update: So I have some leaves. I've been testing some different soils, (it's become a thing now where I am determined to grow them). The first test, uh, they hated it-which was topsoil mixed with sand and clay- they really hated that and the ones I put in that soil lost their leaves within a day, so I clipped them back & they're back in water alone- the roots are still alive. I think they did not like the organic matter part of things. Second test-untreated washed clay kitty litter, they dig this, pun intended, and these are the ones that started spreading their leaves. My next test is sand and kitty litter, so we'll see about that soon. This is not their final pot- it's far too small-, but I read not to plant them in their big final pot or totally cover the seeds in mud until they get established and have several leaves each. I'll update if and when I get to several leaves each -final home patio bowl fountain- stage!Update 2: My guys are thriving at around 3 weeks- and getting bigger every day. I now have several different pots of them and I will be putting them in their final home outside this weekend. They like clay and sand or just clay litter. 5th pic is my biggest guy (yep-that's 1 seed) with the most leaves.

I am enjoying the process of watching these grow. All but one germinated and yet I find myself refusing to give up on that last seed. They all sprouted in less than a week and they just keep going and going! Definitely great value for the money and I'm looking forward to how they'll end up looking once they fully grow. The sprouts are spread out in 6 separate 6 in tall hurricane vases but have quickly outgrown them so I've been rushing to create lotus "pond" setups in our patio and room balconies. Can't wait.