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I've read how waterlilies dislike flowing water. Can I install a small
water fountain in a tub with a Chromatella? another one with a James Brydon. Or does it have to be absolutely still? thanks |
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Flowing water pulls on the leaves. They like to be still enough not
to be pulled by current. A fountain sprikling the leaves would probably not be very helpful to them. If not landing on them, I don't think they would be affected. Othere may have educated opinions...mine is anecdotal. Jim |
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Phyllis and Jim wrote:
Flowing water pulls on the leaves. They like to be still enough not to be pulled by current. I had very vigourous lilies at the very base of a waterfall. You can't keep them in a stream, but a typical stream flows at a far faster rate than the 5000gph that is about the most you'll ever seen in a pond. -- derek |
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On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 23:56:49 EDT, wrote:
I've read how waterlilies dislike flowing water. Can I install a small water fountain in a tub with a Chromatella? another one with a James Brydon. Or does it have to be absolutely still? thanks The more the top of the water is disturbed, the more the pads try to float away. I have a yellow lily in a 200 gallon tank with a 1050gph flow and a red in a 275 gallon tank with a 1050gph flow, they are pushed somewhat by the flow, but grow well. -- Hal Middle Georgia, Zone 8 http://tinyurl.com/2fxzcb |
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Modifying my own remark, we do have a lily in a splashing pond area.
It is in the u-shaped falls and does not flower as much as the others. Otherwise, it does not seem to mind the sprinkles. It has a mild flow around it as well...does not care. Jim |
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Waterlilies cope fine with a bit of splashing, flowing water.
Where they get into difficulty is when the foliage builds up some coverage, the constant splashing weakens the waxy waterproof coating off the top of the lilypad, the normal ageing process of the lilypad is accelerated, the superficial erosion allows the 'usual' decay by fungus which normally munch on the older lilypads to speed up The creates a fertile brew for the more aggressive fungus such as Ramularia to establish, which can progress to damaging new foliage Planting under the drip line of trees, fountains, very cool wet Summers, excessive lilypad coverage can get waterlilies sulking with fungus that cause superficial damage to lilypad foliage The 'usual' fungus of decay won't kill the plant but can make a nasty looking mess of plants struggling to grow in adverse conditions Regards, andy http://www.members.aol.com/abdavisnc/swglist.html http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l42/adavisus/
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