In the frozen tundra you need to put these into a solid pot with a hanger, a
cord and a bobber attacked to the hanger.
Fill with loam or clay.
Submerge the pot of soil in warm water and let it sit for an hour or more
until the soil is soft.
take the cutting and clean off anything looks rotten. find the growing
point, that will point towards the center of the pond. fan the roots out
and grasp the whole from the top and gently push the entire cutting down
into the soft mud near one side with the growing tip pointed towards the
center. now pull the growing point and tuber itself up above the level of
the mud. the roots should be under the mud, the tuber and growing point
should stand "proud" above.
push 2 fertilizer tabs down into the mud somewhat away from the roots.
for GF, cover the top with good sized pea gravel. For koi get river rocks.
place these on the mud and infill with pea gravel.
koi that are fed high protein/high fat quality type koi food wont ravage the
water lily pot.
lift the pot out of the now dirty water. refill the tub with warm water and
gently lower the pot letting the water gently rinse the worst of the mud off
the top.
lower the pot gently into your pond in a spot that is no than 18 inches
deep. in cold northern climates the sun warms the top layer and lilies like
it warm so keep it as close to the surface as possible. My pots are 12
inches below the surface.
in winter the pots must be lowered below the level of the ice, so cord and
bobber makes it easy to find them and haul them up in spring.
Ingrid


"©anadian Ponder" " wrote in message
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I have two hardy lily tubers with leaves coming to me.

What is the best way to plant these ?
I have had no luck with tubers. Also can I put them in the pond even
though the water is still in Canadian spring mode