I live in Central Minnesota 45 miles west of Minneapolis/St.Paul. The pond
is 100% above ground and would freeze solid during the winter so I drain it
and move the fish indoors to the basement. That is the reason I moved my
Lilies to the garage for overwintering last year. Any suggestions for
fertilizer? My lilies are planted in the 12 x 12 mesh baskets and I used
Shultz Aquatic plant soil ( Aka baked clay). It does not make a mess. I have
not seen round planters here I might have to use a round laundry basket and
some screen.
"Nedra" wrote in message
nk.net...
Hi Mickey,
A word of clarification here. I did not plant lotus in my veggie
filter. I have a lotus pond where all the lotuses reside. If you
want to see it just click on the second website under my name..
Okay, if I were to plant a lotus in the veggie filter I think I
would use one of the large curve-ish mesh planters. I would also
fertilize the seedlings while planting them. Then I would let the
veggie filter water take over the fertilization efforts.
For wintering over, just put the lotus in the bottom of your pond.
It should do fine there. Btw, where are you located- geographically
speaking? Lotus are hardy plants. I really don't know of any
that would require moving to the garage.... especially since you
have the bottom of a pond to put it in ;-)
Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118
"Mickey" wrote in message
...
What size basket did you use for your Lotus? I am going to be putting my
seeds in a glass in jar in the window this week. I have my lilies in
mesh
baskets that I overwintered in the garage in a cooler. Will a Lotus over
Winter the same way? I was also going to try and putting a few in my
Jiffy
Filter and see how they do. One of the reasons I am getting the Lotus is
economy I can buy the seeds fairly cheap and they are supposed to be
hardy.
.
"Nedra" wrote in message
ink.net...
Oh Boy - do I ever remember this episode. It took me literally
weeks to lift all the gravel out of the veggie filter. Ugh! Bonnie
is absolutely right. If you plant anything in the veggie filter,
please
do yourself a favor. Incorporate the mesh planters in your
plans. If you do intend to plant lotus - put the gravel in a
mesh planting basket, then the seeds. That way you can
rather easily lift the baskets out in the fall or spring for division.
Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118
"Bonnie" wrote in message
...
Mickey wrote:
The link should take you to pictures of my soon to be Veggie
Filter.
The
pond is a work in progress, so it is still rough around the edges.
The
water
is still a little cool 40 -50 deg F. I am thinking of putting pea
gravel in
the bottom of the veggie filter this year and planting lotus seed
and
see
how they do. From what I have read they should grow well in an
area
that
size. I would like to put a plant in that will grow easily and not
require a
lot of maintenance. I figure that will also help the small stuff
settle
out
and hopefully cut down on algae. Being that the pond is above
ground
it
is
emptied in the fall and the fish moved indoors for the winter. So
it
will be
cleaned yearly. Remembering I would have to overwinter indoors any
plants I
get are their any other suggestions? Anybody bought the Lotus seed
on
EBay?
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mic...=/dab1&.src=ph
Hi Mickey,
When I put in my first veggie filter I added 2" of pea
gravel. When I cleaned it the end of the first year, I
hated the pea gravel but thought it was necessary and put
it back into the filter. The next year when I was cleaning
the filter I thought this is nuts and got rid of the gravel.
My advice is not add any type of gravel in a veggie filter.
It's horrible to clean (ask Nedra) and completely
unnecessary. If you have a strong back and love to lift all
the gravel and rinse it thoroughly once a year - go ahead.
--
Bonnie
NJ
http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/