The invention discloses a method for planting lotus roots. The method comprises the steps of firstly, conducting ploughing after a lotus root field is selected, and then, conducting fertilization and watering for planting usage after ploughing; selecting whole lotus robots with lateral rhizomes as seed lotus roots, wherein the whole lotus roots are disease-resistant, high in quality and yield and easy to harvest; conducting culture after the temperature rises in spring, and adjusting the water level in the lotus root field, the planting spacing, depth and row spacing and the distance from the most external row to filed ridges; after the lotus roots are planted, controlling parameters in the process of water level adjustment, fertilization, weeding, lotus root ends turning, leaf picking, stalk breaking, treatment of pests and diseases and the like; harvesting the lotus roots from early September to mid-October every year. According to the method for planting the lotus roots, not only can the yield of the lotus roots is increased, but also the quality of the produced lotus roots is higher.