PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for cultivating lotus root capable of increasing yield while lightening workload.SOLUTION: A method for cultivating a lotus root of the present invention comprises: a planting step of arranging a cultivation tube 10, in which a seed lotus root 1 is charged in a growth chamber 15 surrounded by a tube body 11 together with cultivation soil 5, into a cultivation tank 30 in a vertical position and a harvesting step of pulling up cultivation tube 10 from cultivation tank 30 in harvesting time when the seed lotus root 1 has grown to a lotus root 3. It is preferable to provide a filter 20 which suppresses unlimited leakage of the cultivation soil 5 filled in the growth chamber 15 from a lower opening 12 to the outside.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】より作業負担を軽減しつつ、収穫量を増やすことのできる蓮根の栽培方法を提供する。【解決手段】本発明の蓮根の栽培方法は、管本体11に取り囲まれる生育室15に種蓮根1が栽培土5とともに仕込まれた栽培管10を栽培槽30の中に縦置きにして配置する作付ステップと、種蓮根1が蓮根3に成長した収穫時に、栽培管10を栽培槽30から引き上げる収穫ステップと、を備えることを特徴とする。生育室15に仕込まれている栽培土5が下部開口12から外部に無制限に漏れ出るのを抑制するフィルタ20を設けるのが好ましい。【選択図】図1