In another thread we talked bout Lotus care. One thing I did not know was that you cannot cut off the lotus stems below the water line as the lotus could drown.
As a little background, My Lotus was VERY healthy and was Very happy. We had been going through a drought period and things were getting pretty dried out. The lotus was 4-6 inches below the water line in my pond so it was not effected by the lack of water. One sunny afternoon we received a surprise storm, it brought a torrential monsoon style down pour and it lasted the better part of 4 hours, high wind heavy rain an 100 degree heat and blaring sun right after. The plants started looking bad within days some of the floaters were turning yellow and the tall leaves were becoming dry around the edges and dying off (much as you can still see in the picture) there is also some evidence of some sort of bug problem not sure what that is.
So all that to tell you that I cut off the bad leaves and did so below the water line, Not so happy any more!
