"~ jan" wrote in message
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On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:01:39 EDT, "D Kat" wrote:

If you don't know or you tend to forget as I do - water lilies are heavy
feeders and if you want flowers you need to remember to feed them. I feed
my water lilies when the blooming drops off (and it is still growing
season). I only feed my lotus at the beginning of the season. I'm not
sure
about this and wonder if I should be feeding it more often... Any lotus
growers around? Donna

Lotus are even more heavy feeders than lilies. To keep them blooming one
needs to feed them every 2 weeks. Once they start they rarely do not have
a
bloom open.... at least that is how the Momo Botan are in my pond.

Btw, planted the WH with the end roots in mud today. We'll see how it
does.
I left a couple babies in the stock tank. Finally cleaned up my patio
putting away the potting table and all the flotsam that goes with it. Just
a nice clean patio to enjoy now. ~ jan

Thanks Jan - rather naive of me to think that a lotus only bloomed once and
only needed spring feeding.

You do realize that cleaning up the patio will bring the chaos gods down
upon you.... I spent the weekend doing tidying chores, came home tonight
and found a hail/wind storm had undone all my work.
Donna