Lotus root seedlings are usually purchased from large lotus root seedling growing bases.

It can also be purchased from local farmers who grow lotus root. It is recommended to buy from lotus root seedling planting bases because lotus root seedling planting bases have more complete varieties in them. If you don't know where there are planting bases, you can look for relevant information on professional agricultural websites such as Vegetable.com and Huinong.com. Lotus root is native to India, was introduced to China very early, in the era of the North and South Dynasties planting has been quite common, in China's main place of origin is distributed in Hubei and Hunan region.

Often planted varieties are E lotus 5, E lotus 9, big purple red lotus root, flower lotus root, Yugoslavia snow lotus root, Thai flower Qilian, white lotus root, lotus root, FengHuo 1, etc., which deep water planting can choose the Yugoslavia snow lotus root, white lotus root, etc., and shallow water planting can choose the E lotus series, the Yugoslavia snow lotus root, the Thai flower Qilian, the flower lotus root, etc..

Lotus root planting maintenance

Lotus root planting at home, we need to adjust the amount of water according to the different growing period. In general, home planting of lotus root is mainly based on the principle of shallow before, deep in the middle and shallow after. Lotus root in the first planting and to the growth of standing leaves, are to maintain shallow water, the general water layer to maintain in about 3 ~ 5cm. With the emergence of standing leaves, slowly grow more leaves floating on the surface of the water, we need to deepen the water layer, the water layer will be raised to about 10cm.

Lotus root in the flower Xiejie rosette will slowly knot lotus out, so this time we in order to promote the growth of the knot lotus, reduce the water layer to the initial 3 ~ 5cm. home planting lotus root fertilization should be avoided in the middle of the day, it is best not to apply liquid fertilizer, you can appropriate application of some composite fertilizers or egg shells crushed and sprinkled in.