Panago Seeds, 20 Water Lotus Seeds for Planting, Already Opened Bowl Lotus Seeds for DIY Home Planting (Mixed Colors)

I am so excited! These seeds really sprouted. I have a mosquito trap of swampy water with Bacillus thuringiensis (Mosquito Bits) in it, to lure mosquitoes to lay their eggs (which will hatch only to have the larvae meet an all-organic death from Bt infection). It works great to keep the mosquito population down, but it gets stinky as methanogenic bacteria build up and emit swamp gas. I though lotus might help. I dumped one package of these seeds in, and now I have 3 lily pads and about 8 total sprouts! It was so great to see the green stem rise up above the muddy water and then open into a green pad! So easy. I just dumped them in and they sprouted like a charm. Update: less than a week after taking that picture, I now have over 15 sprouts and 4 lily pads! I think there will end up being ~100% sprouting of these seeds.

Out of the 20 seeds, 4 were floaters, and after a week these have not sprouted any growth. The other 16 have stems, some of which are 2 inches long (@ 8 days). This earlier photo shows them pushing out their stems. After one weeks about 12 of the 15 all have long stems with many of them starting to form a second stem at the base. 3 are late bloomers with stems just starting to push out. At 11-days, the stems are easily 3-4 inches long with tips beginning to form leaves with these leaves reaching out to the top of the water. I changed the water several times a day to keep the seeds in warm water. May be a bad decision on my part, but will keep them in the water until I see some leaf start to form on the end. Then I will put into soil. Just saw a heating pad that was very cheap, so I will use that to keep the water warm, and the container with soil when I plant them. I am hoping this will accelerate their growth or keep them growing during the coming winter month. I will update this review with my progress with this technique.

I waited until I could actually observe the seeds produce results before giving my review. I noticed that lots of people do so prematurely. 🤷🏻‍♂️ They are very good seeds. One of the three I experimented with was a dud, but that’s to be expected with seeds. It was very neat to see them sprout. If you follow the easy directions, you’ll enjoy watching your plants grow. A bad thing that happened to the two that made it after their leaves opened up: I put them in a pot (according to the experienced) and into my turtle pond. Aquatic turtles eat aquatic plants and their roots, so they disappeared just after two days, lol. I’m going to germinate the remaining seeds and maybe wait until they’re a bit bigger than the previous ones before I transplant them and place them in the pond, just in case it was actually my fault and not the turtle’s. 😆 Although I do expect one or two to be eaten up soon after. Turtles need their salad as well. I’ll definitely be buying more seeds in the future! And take pictures to share this time around. 😁

The package stated "90% gemination" how about more like "-100%" germination. Not even one seed sprouted and they were bad. They all floated up when I put them in water which means they are no good. Seller please send product that is what the consumer is paying and expecting!!!

11 out of 20 have spouted. I followed the instructions with water changes and water temp. I started seperating them when they spouted in to talk vases so they could get light while they continued to grown. I had 1 open but did not grow and 4 turn squishy and puss. 2 shells decayed off but aren't doing much. Seeds seemed prone to fungus infection. 2 I transplanted I had an outbreak of a fuzzy white fungus. I had to keep coming to the this page for instructions. None of the ones I grew inside lived. I tried heated and unheated environment. Outside I had about 5 thrive. They worked well for small backyard pond

2022 update. Ok they grew. 9-10 grew. However they die quickly and are not hard. I’m no beginner either. Will try again. I received seed already opened (cutting away of hard exterior shell) and placed into a small glass vase with a large opening. Change water 3-4 times a day with warm water and place on a sunny window ledge. Make sure the seeds do not get fuzzy if they do just gently wash it off. 80% of seeds sprouted in 2-3 days. I did have 2-3 that sprouted about 2-3 days later. I have about 3 that didn’t sprout yet we are on day 7. Make sure as soon as the sprout is about 1/2 inch place into squishy mud/soil. Keep moist at all times. Do NOT place into too much water the sprout will rot before it establishes the root system. Keep them into mud until your first leaf or two has unfolded. Then gently add more water to about 1 inch. Wait until the leaf is above the water line to add all the water you want. I placed gravel on the surface so it didn’t get muddy every time I added water. Don’t place any over the sprouted leaves. I’ll send more pics when they bloom. Putting them into a tiny pot adding some gravel and placing into a large 2 gallon round glass bowl with a beta fish. That’s the plan. Update: The seeds sprouted. But the plants didn’t establish. Ive done this for many of the seeds. 90% sprouted. Even after one year. However the plant does t grow beyond sprouting. Even in aquatic media. I’ll keep trying though.

I diligently did as instructed. Changed water and used warm water. Only one sprouted. So now am wondering what I should do with the large lotus pot/basin I bought. Most probably, I would return and get a smaller pot. Truly dissapointed! UPDATE: I initially tried with 6 seeds out of which 1 sprouted. However, for the next batch of 6, I decreased the water temperature. Now I use mildly warm water and change water twice a day as instructed. To my relief, 5 of the seeds sprouted and am absolutely elated. Thanks to the seller!