Richard Sexton wrote:

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Derek Broughton wrote:
Richard Sexton wrote:

Enjoy your Bonsai.

To an extent, all gardening is bonsai - you're growing things in
restricted spaces.

In a pond with 225 sq.ft. of surface, I would get _one_ lily covering over
100 sq.ft. of it. It's all the success I can handle.

Then you have no need or optimal plant growth. But there are people that
are. Your advice is good for you, but people who have problems growing
plants, or growing plants well enough for them may benefit from knowing
how to achieve that.

And I've always said that. I still strongly encourage anybody to try
planting lilies bare-root. Sooner or later, in this hobby, you're going to
have to toss a plant in the compost, or at least give it away - so you have
nothing to lose at that point.
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derek