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24-03-2006, 08:37 PM posted to rec.ponds

Altum wrote:

Derek Broughton wrote:
wrote:

use plastic water pots with no holes, use loam, top with gravel.
pea gravel doesnt usually work, of course bare root will work in a
veggie filter tho.

water lilies dont do well in pea gravel, dont do all that well in veggie
filters
either. Ingrid

otoh, I've had success with lilies in pea gravel (and bare root). I'd
agree on the veggie filter though - there's usually too much flow for
them to be happy.

How do you fertilize them bare root? That sounds like a good way to go
for my little barrels.

You don't. I probably wouldn't do that in a little barrel either.
Bare-root planting is for ponds with healthy fish populations. The fish
produce the fertilizer, and the plants get it more easily if they're not in
soil.
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derek