Heya! In addition to terrestrial plants, I keep a pond. And you know what looks amazing? Lotus.
So I have myself some lotus seeds. They have quite hard shells that need to be exposed to water & light without hurting the delicate endosperm inside. To open the shell it seems most of the lotus growing guides have you:
- Dremeling
- Filing or Sanding
- Sawing
- Drilling
And it looks like a LOT of work. With room for finger injury.
So anyway, there’s this one guy online that’s like “I just lightly hit them with a hammer” and I’m 100%, SOUNDS LIKE VERIFIED FOLK WISDOM.
So here we are, a week later, with lightly smacked lotus seeds, and by golly they are all sprouting.
how do they sprout in the nature?
Nature has a hammer
thor’s hammer?
I mean hitting your finger with the hammer is also a possibility.
How is this supposed to happen in nature? Does the water current ablate it enough? Get eaten and dissolved by a fish?
See, it’s a good question! I looked it up, but didn’t find a firm answer. As far as I could figure, they:
- eventually freeze, crack open, and thaw
- get stepped on by a heavy animal (they are eaten by ducks & beavers)
- clunking around the bottom of a river/pond, letting the sand wear it down.
All conjecture, but I don’t know!
