SamH Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 Does anyone know if we can get Tiger Lotus seeds here? Starting an aquatic plant from seed interests me and I was wondering what the availablity of them here is? Also, any tips for starting them IF I can find them? Cheers crew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 My tiger lotus (regular and variety rubra) have flowered several times but I haven't bothered to keep the seeds. I did have a standard tiger lotus drop all its seeds in the tank and they germinated easily enough. From memory there is least one post on here about growing them from seed. They haven't flowered in a while but I can keep a seed head if they do it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamH Posted May 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 From memory there is least one post on here about growing them from seed. They haven't flowered in a while but I can keep a seed head if they do it again. I had a quick read through those, quite useful! That'd be great if you could spare one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted May 15, 2013 Report Share Posted May 15, 2013 No worries. I'll let you know if they flower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 Kp and I have posted on this in the past. Mine took yonks to germinate but did in a very nutrient rich tank (plain daltons at the base, nothing covering it up). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted May 19, 2013 Report Share Posted May 19, 2013 I had one seed pod open in the tank and ended up with a carpet of small plants. They were choking each other and I had plenty of pups so I gravel vacced them out. They shouldn't be to hard to germinate but they might take a while to grow to full size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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