maybe we should make this the grow lotus grow thread. ;0) I often wonder about the tubers I send out and what they do .. so keep me posted especially as they start to grown arials.
I definately think landley needs a thread.. He tried so hard last year with lotus that hes just gotta get one this year! GP LANDLEY GO.....
Tootsie... I know what ya mean, my first year someone gave them to me, they came from a warmer zone and the tips were leaving out. I did not leave my floating in the buckets very long cause I couldnd keep the tips covered. I would sink them down with a rock but I ended up going ahead and potting mine up in the cold. Maybe your weather will break soon!
Dkoinut... I am not sure there is a wrong way. MAybe some of the lotus experts will chime in but My theory has always been since they are very hardy, the quickest i can get them in their home and out in nature the better. The only lotus I have ever lost were ones that were in a basement waiting to go outside. I guess it was warm enuff to let them turn to mush but then they were also planted in dirt. Not the same as floating in a bucket of water. If your gonna leave them floating. be sure to change the water often.