Sacred Lotus (Nelumbo Nucifera) | 10+ seeds | Ponds

Please find for sale 10+ Sacred Lotus seeds (Nelumbo Nucifera) also known as Laxmi Lotus, Indian Lotus or simply, Lotus.

Easy to germinate if a few easy instructions followed - see picture of some of my own - half of them are sprouting after just a week

Sacred Lotus is a superb perennial for any pond. Unlike other water lilies, both the flowers and leaves are able to grow upwards above the water greatly enhancing their visual appeal. The plant also plays a value role in keeping the water in your pond clean and algae free.

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Seed Germination

Sacred Lotus seeds are large and have hard coat - but are actually straightforward to germinate and can remain viable for hundreds of years!

• I have tried lots of methods to scarify the hard seed coat (rough it up to allow water to penetrate) most of which risk cutting my fingers! By far the best way is to take a sheet of sandpaper and place on a smooth surface. Take the seed and locate th end with the hole/indentation - the other end has a small spike. Rough up the end of the seed on the sandpaper.
  
• Be careful not to dame the seed kernel
• Soak in room temperature water for 3 days, changing water daily
• Seeds should swell to almost double their original size.
• For any seeds not swollen, file the seed a bit more and repeat soaking process
• Plant seeds 2cm deep in a pot of damp compost that is standing in a plant saucer of about 1cm water
• Ideally use rain water of distilled water 
• Keep at 20-30c in a bright spot - if night time temperatures drop below this, use a heat mat
• Pot on as required, keeping the pots in saucers of water
• Plant out as you with any other water lily in late spring