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??? about growing water lilies in lake garden
Hi,
I have a slip in a marina in the Atlanta, GA area. Recently I've started experimenting a little bit, having submerged a wooden platform about 40" deep, about 8'x12' in size. The idea was to see if it would attract some small fish, since there are always some of them hanging out in the shallow water at the end of the dock (the water where my slip is is about 30'-40' deep). The guy at Pike Nurseries gave me the false information that elephant ears would do well in that environment. Now they are about dead. In the spring I'd like to try growing water lilies, and am now trying to find any advice or suggestions I can in order to plan things out. How deep can they be placed below the surface? Where to get them? If they start out as just a root or small plant, do they need to be near the surface and then moved down as they grow? How much blooming will they do, and when? I'm interested in plants I don't have to take out of the water every year since this lake doesn't freeze, so the hardy type is probably the way to go and not the tropical. How do blooms compare between hardy and tropical? Also, since this is in a big lake instead of an isolated artificial pond, can they survive on just the nutrients in the lake without the need of adding fertilizer? Someone told me they grow so well that there can end up being too many of them. How to deal with that? Should they be trimmed, and if so where and how? Thanks! David |
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??? about growing water lilies in lake garden
In rec.aquaria.freshwater.plants dh@. wrote:
I strongly suggest using native species. This is a lake and not an isolated backyard pond, so there may be environmental regulations that only allow native species as well. In my state, one is prohibited against planting any non-native water lillies in water that is part of a water shed. Native species will be much likely to grow well since the area has already proven able to support that species. |
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