Sowing months
Mar–Apr
Sunlight
Full sun
Water
Deep water over deep mud
Mature size
Leaves 1 m above water
First harvest
Rhizome at 6 months
Family
Nelumbonaceae
Where it grows
Garden / ground
Good for
Grow food
Sow in
Summer
Care
Needs a metre of soft mud; a shallow tub gives thin stems.
The same lotus, grown in deep mud for the crisp rhizome of the Kashmiri kitchen.
Growing it
Needs a metre of soft mud; a shallow tub gives thin stems.
What it is for
Nadru and kamal kakdi; a traditional lake crop of Dal and Wular.