Lotus from Tink

[tlc]

I haven't posted any pics of the lotus that I got from Tink b/c the weather here has been so crappy that it's just sitting there in the planter. I did take a pic a while back so I will put it up. Not alot of progress really.  We supposed to be getting some nice sunny days so it should perk up some.

[Rad Michelle]

oh i love the whiskey barrel you planted it in!! 

[Julles]

Be patient, even though it's hard.  In another month, you may even have a bloom!

[tinkster]

wooohoo!!! cant wait to see it grown.  We are having one of the most rainy coldest spring in a long time.  I barely have lily leaves which is very unusal for me.  We have no even been able to pull out the shorts and put up the sweats for more than a couple days here and there.

tink

[tlc]

I can't wait to see it grow either. Everyday I go out and look to see if it's made progress. 

As for shorts, well, you won't see them on me cause I don't want to scare the neighbors .

[tlc]

With all the lotus talk I thought I would give an update on mine.

I won't bother to post a pic as it looks the same as the one that I posted above .

I have not seen any improvement at all. Our weather here has been some on the cool side but not that bad. I really think that I did something wrong but not exactly sure what other then a couple of swear words here and there. I followed Joyce's instructions to a "T" but I have a feeling I may has screwed up on the water level part or maybe my containers aren't deep enough meaning not enough water above the soil line? The other thing is that I had/have lots of dark green water in the container and wondered if the sun wasn't getting to the tuber?? I tried floading the container a couple of times to see if that would help. I'm grasping at straws here.

I have about 4 inches of container above the soil line and kept it filled close to the top as you can see in the pic above. I also have a Momo Batan that I am killing too while I'm at it  :'( The lotus tubers that Tink gave me is in full sun with no shade at all. The Momo Batan probably gets 6 hours of sun.

So at this point I'm waiting, waiting, waiting....

[SueSTx]

   I won't be posting any pics of my lotus either.  I didn't repot it this spring because it barely survived last summer.  For every new leaf that comes out an old one bits the dust.  Oh well...

[Vickie]

I am at a loss here. I don't even follow Joyce's instructions. I put mine in dirt and some water over it. Sometimes the water is 10 inches sometimes 20 inches. Sometimes even less. I use pond tabs after I have the first few aerial leaves. So what I am saying is they are easy to grow. There must be something simple you are doing wrong. Please do not give up. Keep trying.

[Vickie]

[tlc]

Thanks Vicki
Is that a Momo? Beautiful and I'm jealous The container is a rectangle shape right?
It's probably too late to start over with a new one. I'm just not sure if the ones that I have are going to grow at all or I should just dump them out and put some LAND plants in there for this year    .