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Water Hyacinths
"Jerrispond" wrote in message
... Theoretically, a bucket of pond water with some Hyacinths in willoverwinter in the greenhouse/garage/shed as long as it doesn't gettoo hot/cold. They can then be returned to the pond after the last frost of the spring. Glad to see you wrote the word theoretically....because in all my ponding years I have never known anyone in zone 7 or colder to sucessfully winter any over. Even with grow lights and the whole bit Jerri I live near Denver (zone 5A?) and the winter before last I was able to keep Water Hyacinths in our porch/green house area. I kept them in a very large plastic tub in the window. The temperature in the porch varied between about 45F and 70F. I added fertilizer about every two or three weeks. They grew very well and I had to throw some out during the winter because they grew during the late winter and spring. This past winter, that plastic tub was used for something else and I put them in a smaller tub. I also put some anarchis (sp?) in there and they overwhelmed the water hyacinths. I also didn't remember to fertilize them as often. This time they did not survive. So it isn't quite as easy as just putting them in a bucket of pond water. It does take some effort. Hopefully I will repeat the first year results this next year. Jerry |
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