Lotus

[ashirley]

My lotus leaves are floating on the surface of the pond even though the plants have enough stem for the leaves to be above the surface. What could be causing this? I fed them today and moved some to more shallow water to see if that will help.

 

[addy1]

Some will always float, others will grow up and out of the water.

 

[ashirley]

Thanks Addy! This is my first season overwintering them. When I put them in last year, they already had significant growth.

 

[addy1]

This is my second year with them, looks all coming back except maybe one. My are hardies, I leave them in the tub outside. My leaves are just now growing above the water level.

 

[DrCase]

I planted 3 bare root plants this year , 2 of them have leaves above the water already the 3rd just has floaters like yours

 

[taherrmann4]

I have a lotus I planted from a seed and it just now got it's second leaf but they are both floating and the largest is only about the size of a half dollar.

 

[ashirley]

I also have 6 that I started from seed this year. They only have a few floating leaves too and are about the same size as yours. I have 5 in tubs and 1 in the pond.