Midwest Aquatics and Exotics

I have been busy working on some projects since the last entry. One which is perfecting the germination of lotus seeds. I had tried this one before with a couple ofseedlings that had already been germinated. This time I have preformed the whole process myself. The seeds (2) germinated in just five days, which is rather quick according to all of the research I have done on the subject. I was growing the in deep pots that I had purchased some waterlily in, but the were growing so rapidly that I transplanted them into four inch net pots and placed them into a fifteen gallon aquarium. As I continued to do research I learned the the four inch net pots would not be large enough once the rhizome began to develope and grow. If the rhizome is crowded then you will discover that the lotus plant will not develope properly. On Saturday Nov. 28th I transplanted both seedlings into net pots that are about 6" in dia.