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Dormant period for plants?
Do Lilies need a dormant period?
Now that my winter pond (indoor) is getting closer to reality, I'm wondering what plants to bring indoors? I was planning on bringing in some Water Hyacinth and Hornwort, but what about the Lilies? They aren't completely dead yet, will they get confused? TIA |
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Dormant period for plants?
"Bill Stock" wrote in message ... Do Lilies need a dormant period? ## The hardy ones do. The retain only a few small underwater leaves over the winter. Now that my winter pond (indoor) is getting closer to reality, I'm wondering what plants to bring indoors? I was planning on bringing in some Water Hyacinth and Hornwort, but what about the Lilies? They aren't completely dead yet, will they get confused? ## They need a rest period and more LIGHT than you can provide indoors. Just bring in your tropicals. They too will need a light of light to remain healthy. Hornwart will overwinter in zone 6. -- ..... frugal ponding since 1995... My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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Dormant period for plants?
"Carol-Ann" wrote in message ... "Bill Stock" wrote in message ... Do Lilies need a dormant period? ## The hardy ones do. The retain only a few small underwater leaves over the winter. OK, I'll sink them again. Now that my winter pond (indoor) is getting closer to reality, I'm wondering what plants to bring indoors? I was planning on bringing in some Water Hyacinth and Hornwort, but what about the Lilies? They aren't completely dead yet, will they get confused? ## They need a rest period and more LIGHT than you can provide indoors. Just bring in your tropicals. They too will need a light of light to remain healthy. Hornwart will overwinter in zone 6. I managed to save a few WH last year, but it was the lack of Phosphates that almost killed them. Light was not really a problem. -- .... frugal ponding since 1995... My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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Dormant period for plants?
Bill Stock wrote:
Do Lilies need a dormant period? Are you smoking weed? Carolyn Adamo Gulley 3245 North Lamar Road Mount Juliet TN 37122-7806 Phone 615-459-9345 |
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Dormant period for plants?
"Bill Stock" wrote in message ... "Carol-Ann" wrote in message ... "Bill Stock" wrote in message ... Do Lilies need a dormant period? ## The hardy ones do. The retain only a few small underwater leaves over the winter. OK, I'll sink them again. ## I leave mine where they are for the winter but we seldom get more than an inch of ice on the pond. As long as the top growth part doesn't freeze they breeze right through to spring. :-) Now that my winter pond (indoor) is getting closer to reality, I'm wondering what plants to bring indoors? I was planning on bringing in some Water Hyacinth and Hornwort, but what about the Lilies? They aren't completely dead yet, will they get confused? ## They need a rest period and more LIGHT than you can provide indoors. Just bring in your tropicals. They too will need a light of light to remain healthy. Hornwart will overwinter in zone 6. I managed to save a few WH last year, but it was the lack of Phosphates that almost killed them. Light was not really a problem. ## I find they get too spindly and often rot unless they're right near a sunny window. They also get some kind of mites/aphids and have to be sprayed a few times while indoors. I use Miracle Grow, a regular houseplant food on them. I feed just enough to keep them a nice green color. -- .... frugal ponding since 1995... My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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Dormant period for plants? - This message is a FORGERY BY ANTONIO L. SANTANA of Camden NJ.
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Camden NJ. A Jehovah's Witness from ARJ-W = Antonio L. Santana/Camden NJ forgery. NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.146.45.91 = Qwest/Jersey City NJ If Mr. Antonio L. Santana /Camden NJ tries to engage anyone in committing a crime against myself or my family they need to contact the Camden NJ Police at: 856-757-7400 or 856-757-7420 Camden Police, 1 Police Plaze, Camden NJ 856-757-7400 The perpatrator is: Antonio L Santana of 3072 Constitution Road Camden N.J. (856) 962-9003 ================================================= "Carol-Ann" wrote in message ... Bill Stock wrote: Do Lilies need a dormant period? From: Carol-Ann User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: rec.ponds,bionet.plants Subject: Dormant period for plants? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 13 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 21:24:17 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.146.45.91 X-Complaints-To: X-Trace: news.sisna.com 1131589458 65.146.45.91 (Wed, 09 Nov 2005 19:24:18 MST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 19:24:18 MST Organization: Internet News Service X-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 19:24:18 MST (news.sisna.com) Path: rouhivuori!sumatra.thomas-huehn.de!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews. com!nntp.giganews.com!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!p rodigy.net!news-feed01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net!nntp.frontiernet.net !news.sisna.com!not-for-mail |
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Dormant period for plants?
"Carol-Ann" wrote in message ... "Bill Stock" wrote in message ... "Carol-Ann" wrote in message ... "Bill Stock" wrote in message ... Do Lilies need a dormant period? ## The hardy ones do. The retain only a few small underwater leaves over the winter. OK, I'll sink them again. ## I leave mine where they are for the winter but we seldom get more than an inch of ice on the pond. As long as the top growth part doesn't freeze they breeze right through to spring. :-) Now that my winter pond (indoor) is getting closer to reality, I'm wondering what plants to bring indoors? I was planning on bringing in some Water Hyacinth and Hornwort, but what about the Lilies? They aren't completely dead yet, will they get confused? ## They need a rest period and more LIGHT than you can provide indoors. Just bring in your tropicals. They too will need a light of light to remain healthy. Hornwart will overwinter in zone 6. I managed to save a few WH last year, but it was the lack of Phosphates that almost killed them. Light was not really a problem. ## I find they get too spindly and often rot unless they're right near a sunny window. They also get some kind of mites/aphids and have to be sprayed a few times while indoors. I use Miracle Grow, a regular houseplant food on them. I feed just enough to keep them a nice green color. I had real problems with the roots rotting away, even though the leaves were nice and green. I finally tracked it down to the Phospahtes. I hope to keep them with the GF, so I won't be adding any MG. -- ... frugal ponding since 1995... My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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Dormant period for plants?
"Bill Stock" wrote in message ... "Carol-Ann" wrote in message ## I find they get too spindly and often rot unless they're right near a sunny window. They also get some kind of mites/aphids and have to be sprayed a few times while indoors. I use Miracle Grow, a regular houseplant food on them. I feed just enough to keep them a nice green color. ========== I had real problems with the roots rotting away, even though the leaves were nice and green. I finally tracked it down to the Phospahtes. # Another thing that helps keep their roots healthy is a bubbler running in the water keeping it from becoming stagnant. I hope to keep them with the GF, so I won't be adding any MG. ## With enough light and fish "poop" they should breeze through the winter without a hitch. :-) -- My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://bellsouthpwp.net/s/h/shastadaisy ~~~ }((((o ~~~ }{{{{o ~~~ }(((((o |
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