"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
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Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
Tumbleweed wrote:
"Peter H.M. Brooks" wrote in message
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Oxymel of Squill wrote:

lilies don't like moving water, so most set ups with fish are
unsuitable, unless you can arrange a quiet cornere out of any
currents

I had 2 lilies in the fish pond and neither flowered, the koi
attacked one, fatally! I moved the survivor into a stagnant
pool
and it has flowered prolifically this year and last


That makes sense - I could put them in the corner away from the
fountain . I'll try that - thank you.


A fountain in it? Thats probably it. In such a small pond you
probably need a fountain to avoid the water getting stagnant. But
its only a M sq, so you arent going to be able to move the lily
very
far away are you :-)
I suggest you dig a bigger pond.

One other thought, in a hot summer the water is going to warm up
very fast, much more so that in a bigger (especially deeper) pond.
It may also be too warm for them at the height of the summer.

Could be, it is in shade, but it gets pretty hot in summer. I did
say
that it was a small pond - not a lake! There isn't the space for a
bigger one where it is, so I'll have to stick with what is there

Ah, I don't think you mentioned the shade. That's yer problem,
squire. As far as I know all water-lilies absolutely must get about
half a day's real sunlight, at least. Unless somebody knows better, I
don't think they're likely to do well in that position.


Sounds like a catch 22 then. Put a small container (thast what it is really)
in full sunlight, and it will heat up significantly (if he has got fish,
then they may be in trouble, you only need one really hot day). Keep it in
shade, probably no flowers, put it in sunlight, might get too hot for
flowers

On the question of moving water, isn't it the case that they don't
mind the movement itself, but that the circulation may lower the
water-temperature?

Mike.


Unsure but I doubt it, because there must be a pretty wide range of temps in
ponds or rivers anyway, all of which would have flowering lilies in them.
BTW, I think the effect is exaggerated because there are several slowly
flowing rivers near me that have (huge patches of) lilies in them. Fast
flowing water you can see what the issue will be, slowly flowing, might not
be a problem.

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