8 seeds. Lotus seed. Water lily seeds(Pink)

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▶️Germination temperature : 75-85F Planting season:Late spring/summer ➡️Soak the seeds in warm water. Change the water daily . Keep the water between 75-85F The seeds will swell and then sprout, usually within a week if the water gets cloudy, change it with warm water. When the seeds sprout and the leaf stems get about 4″ long put them in a dishpan with about 3″ of sand or a thin layer of clay soil covered with sand. Remember that lotus like warmth and light. Change the water when cloudy. If aphids attack the new  growth, overflow the pan to wash them off or squish by hand. (Repeat as often as necessary.) When the developing plant has several standing (aerial) leaves, sStart a feeding schedule for every 2-3 weeks during the growing season or follow the recommended aquatic plant fertilizer instructions. Plant the new seedling by making a slight depression in the soil and putting a little bit of sand/dirt around it to hold the roots. If you plant it in a container for the pond, it should be round. Unless the lotus is a very small variety, the container should be at least 10” across, but 16″ or bigger is better.  With the next several leaves the lotus will start to produce runners and grow rapidly. (Sometimes during the first year, the plant enters a temporary resting period. Growth will cease, leaves turn yellow, and the plant will appear to be dying. During this normal 3-week dormant phase, the rhizomes thicken to form tubers. Then growth starts again with renewed vigor.) Usually only leaves are formed during the first season and no blooms until the second year, but you could get lucky with lots of TLC Thank you Nelumbo is a genus of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers. Members are commonly called lotus, though “lotus” is a name also applied to various other plants and plant groups, including the unrelated genus Lotus. Members outwardly resemble those in the family Nymphaeaceae (“water lilies”), but Nelumbo is actually very distant to Nymphaeaceae. “Nelumbo” is derived from the Sinhalese word: (Sinhala is the name of the language) Sinhala: නෙළුම් neḷum, the name for the lotus Nelumbo nucifera.