Koi-Lo wrote:
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So I impulsively bought a water lily at Lowe's. It was encased in a
plastic container, surrounded in a granola looking clay material. I
took it home and found a deep pot that will hold water, at least 16
inches tall. I took it out of it's outer plastic container, stuck in
in the water, then filled the pot with pebbles, becuase it seemed like
the thing to do.

So, can I expect this to do anything? Will it just grow like that?
It's been there for about a week, and I'm not quite sure but I think it
may have started to grow a bit. I'm in the northeast, near Allentown
Pennsylvania. What can I expect?
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*Note: There are TWO "Koi-Lo's" on this NG*

I grow them in anything that will hold water. I do plant mine in lined
(with old T-shirts) pond-plant pots and fertilize them with Jobe's rose
spikes chopped into 3rds or 4ths. Some water lilies get huge though and
need something larger than those commonly seen wash tubs.
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Koi-Lo....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
Aquariums since 1952.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
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Cool. I just moved back home for awhile, and yearning for the garden I
had at my own place, I took over my mom's deck and started planting
stuff. She gave me this poor pitiful look when I showed her the water
lily I just bought. "But...we don't have a pond.." she said. I
assured her "it'll grow! I'll just stick it in water!" I wasn't
*positive* but I couldn't imagine why not...

I saw somebody discussing that you could easily devide huge water
lilies in two to put them in separate pots? Of course letting it grow
too much is the least of my worries. I'll just be happy if it does
something.

-DaveK