Lily Pad and mud
"Peter Smith" wrote in message
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I picked up a lily, put it in my 60 gal. pond.
I woke up this morning to find the water all milky. I did a water
change, but the water was a gray milky color again.
Today when I got home from work I took the plant out, washed all the mud
out and left only the round bark and roots.
I took pea gravel, put the plant in a terra cotta flower pot, then put
it back in.
Do lily's have soil?
If so.
What kind of soil?
How deep?
Plants I buy from a local pond store are
potted in soil. I get the gray milky color but
it settles in time. A 60 gal pond is very small
and might take a bit longer to settle.
If you're really concerned, you might call
or revisit your supplier and ask what the lily
was planted in.
Gail
near San Antonio TX USA
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