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| A few days ago I bought a lotus tuber locally in Hawaii. the sign said pink bali lotus i think its a tropical variety.
anyways, it already had three stems coming out and beginning to open. two of them opened except both are tiny and a little broken, but what i have never seen before is the full purple color of the leaves. Im not too concerned because i can see the tuber growing and white roots are just beginning to come out. I am curious though, as to what could cause purple leaves? --sometimes on my other lotus, the veins are very purple too. Also, when using fertilizer tabs, how deep should these go down? should i shove a couple to the way bottom now, when the tuber is still sitting at the top? Thanks |
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- Posted by nancym1956 (My Page) on Sun, Mar 15, 09 at 21:27
| I've only grown lotus once, and I'm pretty sure that the first leaves that came up had a purplish tint to them. Are they still purple, or have they greened up? I push the fertilizer tabs about halfway down in all my plants, lotus and lilies included. |
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| Yes, it is not unusual. They will turn green as they get bigger. I also push my tabs halfway down. The Bali variety is a good idea. I ordered mine from the mainland and it took a lot of effort to get them to bloom. Lots of leaves but few blooms. The momobotan variety had purplish tinges on the leaves also. |
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