Hi again Denis, (I'm following you around! haha)

If you don't get any replies, you might start another post titled "need help with growing lotus from seed".
I just did a search on this forum and there are several threads about growing lotus from seed. At the bottom of the page is a "Search" option. Just type in "growing lotus from seed" in there, and you'll see previous discussions about it.
I don't know anything about growing them from seed, but I have the feeling you're supposed to grow it larger in a container until it develops a good sized tuber, and then you can transplant it in mud........but that's just a guess.
Good luck!

I have grown a lotus from seed, but I used clay soil and held the tuber down with some sand. I'm not an expert, mind you, I just had some success with growing them as an experiment to see if I coudl do it. I gave all of them away afterward.

I'm thinking the mud you used might have contained some sort of fungus or bacteria that caused the tuber to rot.

Also, I have my lotus pots just below the surface of the water. 1.5 meters sounds pretty deep.

Hopefully, someone more knowledgable about lotus can give you better advice.

im new to lotus but have been successful so far heres all my info on what i did

Here is a link that might be useful: hope it helps

nancym,
Denis doesn't even have a tuber. He has just sprouted a single stem from his various seeds. He is wondering if he just transplants this into mud in a pond. I'm thinking he has to grow these little seedlings quite awhile, to form a tuber, before he can even think about transplanting it into a pond. Is this true?

Catherinet, I would agree with that. I misunderstood -- I assumed that the previous lotuses that rotted were from tubers. Anyway, I think it should be grown out awhile before being placed in any kind of pond setting. They're pretty delicate when they're that small.

Hi again Denis,
The pictures of where you live are beautiful. The pond is beautiful, and I love all those trees! Your dog is cute too!
Here are a couple links to some articles about growing lotus from seed.
I really think you need to keep them in containers until they can form tubers under the soil. Then you could put them in your pond. The tubers are their "food" for growing.
I have to caution you though....if you put lotus in your pond, they will quickly take over the entire pond. Just be sure that's what you want!

These articles don't talk about transplanting them into a pond, but I'm sure you need to wait a year, for it to form tubers first.

Here are the links.
http://www.faculty.sbc.edu/simpson/Lotus/index.htm

http://www.victoria-adventure.org/lotus/lotus_babs_growing_guidelines.html

The links again.

Here is a link that might be useful: growing lotus from seed

Sorry....I can't seem to turn these into clickable links.....so just try to copy and paste.

Chubbypoptart,
I just saw your post. Your instructions are great!
When do you think your lotus would be ready to plant in a pond, if you were going to do that? Do you think the second season would have developed enough tubers?
I'm trying to help Denis out, even though I've never done this personally.

Hi to all!

Thanks for your helping. I'll put them into the containers. I was thinking about it too, maybe some kind of hungry insect or some organism who lives there, will harm it.
Thanks! I'll hang my pictures of them up, too. In five minutes.

Denis

Ohh, our Internet is so, so slow!! I couldn't hang all my photos up.. Only those: https://picasaweb.google.com/103418695393090704946/MyCountrysideJune4?authkey=Gv1sRgCOOY5JvpztyWcA#
You can see more from my blog: www.tammelill.blogspot.com. Some posts are in English, another are in Estonian (I forgot to say, I'm from Estonia). Last posts are in Estonian because I have had so few time to translate them into English.

Catherinet - I got your link, awesome! You may email me, you can find my email from /My page/.

thanks im new to lotus too but as far as how mine are growing i definitely think they would do fine in a pond. but only if thats the ONLY thing you want in the pond since they get huge and will take over. they grow at ridiculous speed! lol. im not sure about that deep of water since mine only have a few inches over them. as far as what i've read they are more likely to be close to shore in the shallows, but ive seen lotus ponds before so it must work. sorry i cant help more.

I uploaded some pictures.

My Nelumbo nucifera:
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My Lotuses:
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My Komarovii Lotuses:
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Komarovii Lotuses:
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And my sweet fishes:
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Hi!

You can look my Lotuses from here: http://tammelill.blogspot.com/2011/06/minu-lootused-vol2-my-lotuses-vol2.html

I'll update my post every awesome moment, when my Lotuses do something

Denis