1, the appropriate time to plant lotus root is March-April each year, suitable for the growth of lotus root temperature of about 20-30 ℃, China's southern and northern temperature difference is a little bit big, so the south is usually planted in February-March lotus root, and the north will be a little later, April-May before the beginning of planting.

2, selecting seeds. Planting lotus root should choose more than three sections, the top bud complete whole lotus root as lotus seed, choose thick, buds strong, no pests and diseases, no damage, and child root, grandchild root complete whole lotus root, lotus root seed the bigger the better. Planting lotus root should be dug and planted as soon as possible to avoid long time shelving or transportation damage to the lotus root seed. Suitable for shallow water cultivation of good seed root varieties are June hold, slow lotus, big Wolong, white lotus root, Thai flower Qilian, snow lotus, white lotus 3735, E lotus five, six, Hainan state lotus, Wu lotus one, Hangzhou white lotus, etc., it is recommended to choose these varieties for planting.

3, sowing. Sowing density according to the size of the pond, the general development of the lotus root faster and longer open area is also larger, so the general interval of 30-50 centimeters to plant a plant, the lotus leaves will soon be full of the entire pond.

4, late management. One month after planting, the pond lotus leaves and flowers will slowly grow out, at this time to remove some of the leaves and buds, to avoid absorbing a large number of nutrients, hindering the growth of lotus root. Grow five or six lotus leaves for a fertilization, wait until the pond is basically full of lotus leaves and then another fertilization, the last fertilization work is in the pond has no new leaves to grow, which also indicates that the lotus root in the pond is slowly growing, and need a lot of nutrients to maintain growth. The water level in the pond should not be too deep or too shallow, generally controlled at 10-15 centimeters can be.

5, harvesting. When the color of the back of the termination leaf of the lotus root with a little bit of red, it means that the lotus root has matured, this time can be harvested. Lotus root grows deeper, you can follow its termination leaf slowly to its original leaf direction to dig, so that the dug out of the lotus root is more complete.