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Ping Jan Umbrella plants UK
In or out for the winter ?
Ponds are only 2' - 2.5' feet deep. As I have no conservatory or greenhouse, if I take them in, can they be treated as a houseplant with no immersion ? Peter |
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2pods wrote:
In or out for the winter ? Ponds are only 2' - 2.5' feet deep. As I have no conservatory or greenhouse, if I take them in, can they be treated as a houseplant with no immersion ? A pond post! Out, definitely. I doubt an umbrella would survive even a southern UK winter. Treat as a houseplant, keep in a warm sunny window, and keep it wet. I used to keep them in the veggie filter I built for my large (299gallon) aquarium (so completely submersed) but they don't have to be that wet. They make good houseplants, though, because watering is so easy :-) Most of my houseplants suffer from inadequate watering, so all I keep are cactuses and pond plants. -- derek |
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"Derek Broughton" wrote in message ... 2pods wrote: In or out for the winter ? Ponds are only 2' - 2.5' feet deep. As I have no conservatory or greenhouse, if I take them in, can they be treated as a houseplant with no immersion ? A pond post! Out, definitely. I doubt an umbrella would survive even a southern UK winter. Treat as a houseplant, keep in a warm sunny window, and keep it wet. I used to keep them in the veggie filter I built for my large (299gallon) aquarium (so completely submersed) but they don't have to be that wet. They make good houseplants, though, because watering is so easy :-) Most of my houseplants suffer from inadequate watering, so all I keep are cactuses and pond plants. -- derek Thanks Derek I'll have to look about the house as all sunny windows are yaken up with Parrot's Feather, Water Lettuce, and Water Hyacinth in small tanks and disused bottle gardens :-) Peter |
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On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 14:14:10 +0100, "2pods" wrote:
I'll have to look about the house as all sunny windows are yaken up with Parrot's Feather, Water Lettuce, and Water Hyacinth in small tanks and disused bottle gardens :-) Peter I've found they make due with any window. Mine have survived well in front of an eastern exposure window.... and you might make it easier on yourself and space, as you don't need to bring the whole plant in if huge. I only bring in a bit of mine and it is huge again by August. The year I brought the whole plant in, the next season it was so big I was picking it up with every bit of breeze. ~ jan |
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2pods wrote:
"Derek Broughton" wrote in message ... 2pods wrote: In or out for the winter ? A pond post! Out, definitely. I doubt an umbrella would survive even a southern UK winter. Treat as a houseplant, keep in a warm sunny window, and keep it wet. I used to keep them in the veggie filter I built for my large (299gallon) aquarium (so completely submersed) but they don't have oops. Finger slip there - it was only 200gal! (not that it really matters). to be that wet. They make good houseplants, though, because watering is so easy :-) Most of my houseplants suffer from inadequate watering, so all I keep are cactuses and pond plants. I'll have to look about the house as all sunny windows are yaken up with Parrot's Feather, Water Lettuce, and Water Hyacinth in small tanks and disused bottle gardens :-) It doesn't need as much light as the Lettuce & Hyacinth. So don't worry too much. I never could keep Water Hyacinth over the winter. -- derek |
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"2pods" wrote in message ... In or out for the winter ? Ponds are only 2' - 2.5' feet deep. ## Freezing will kill them. As I have no conservatory or greenhouse, if I take them in, can they be treated as a houseplant with no immersion ? ## I keep mine in a large sunny window sitting in a pan of water. I fertilize it monthly. -- McKoi.... frugal ponding since 1995... My Pond Page http://tinyurl.com/cuq5b ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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"2pods" wrote in message ... I'll have to look about the house as all sunny windows are yaken up with Parrot's Feather, Water Lettuce, and Water Hyacinth in small tanks and disused bottle gardens :-) ========================== Parrot's feather survives the cold, but brief winters we have here in TN (zone 6). It goes under the water surface and ice if any, then pops back up in the spring. I never bring it in. -- McKoi.... frugal ponding since 1995... My Pond Page http://tinyurl.com/cuq5b ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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~ jan jjspond wrote:
I've found they make due with any window. Mine have survived well in front of an eastern exposure window.... and you might make it easier on yourself and space, as you don't need to bring the whole plant in if huge. I only bring in a bit of mine and it is huge again by August. The year I brought the whole plant in, the next season it was so big I was picking it up with every bit of breeze. ~ jan Oh yeah! I forgot that little detail. I compost most of mine :-) -- derek |
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