On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 02:13:47 -0400, "k conover"
wrote:

If I use fertilizer, will my lilies finally flower?
Kirsten

"Prometheus Xex" wrote in message
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Is it ok to put liquid Laguina fertilizer in the pond or will this start a
problem with algae.

Any help would be appreciated.

I put my lilies in pots with garden soil and stones on top to keep
the fish from pumping out the soil and eating the roots. I fertilize
with 10-15-10 stakes found in the garden shop. I tell myself the
soil helps to contain the nutrients and minimize their presence in the
pond water, but I'm sure some escapes. I do not count on lilies to
help with the filtering, or removal of nutrients from the water, but
they do make a bit of shade and look good when they bloom.

Lilies have to grow enough root to have energy to bloom and if it is
feeding on plenty of nitrates it may grow lots of leaves and few
blooms.

I don't know about liquid Laguina fertilizer. A Google search didn't
turn up any information either. I would be very careful about adding
liquid fertilizer to the pond. The ingredients to most common
fertilizers are N, P and K, or nitrogen, phosphates and potash, that
is what the numbers on the lable stand for, the percentages of each.
A high Nitrogen, first number is for grass or green growth, flowering
plants like a higher second number, phosphates and everything needs a
bit of the third number, or potash to use the other two. A high
nitrogen fertilizer may overwhelm your filter, and very high nitrogen
in the water is ideal for a form of algae that can turn your pond
water very dark, like black. (I did that once, trust me, you don't
want to do it.)

Regards,

Hal