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01-05-2006, 02:24 PM posted to rec.ponds
Derek Broughton
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So I impulsively bought a water lily at Lowe's. It was encased in a
plastic container, surrounded in a granola looking clay material. I
took it home and found a deep pot that will hold water, at least 16
inches tall. I took it out of it's outer plastic container, stuck in
in the water, then filled the pot with pebbles, becuase it seemed like
the thing to do.
So, can I expect this to do anything? Will it just grow like that?
Maybe. Water lilies come in a huge variety of sizes. I've had dwarf lilies
that would do well in a container a foot across. I've had monsters that
covered more than 100 sq.ft. (actually, there are some with _leaves_ almost
that size!) So if it's not a dwarf it isn't going to be happy.
Also, make sure you don't have any soil on the growing tip - if you do,
you'll get slow growth and little chance of a bloom.
Finally, you need to have 5 or 6 hours of full sun for most lilies. You
haven't mentioned whether it's indoors or out - it would be very hard to
get a bloom from most varieties if kept indoors.
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01-05-2006, 06:11 PM posted to rec.ponds
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Derek Broughton wrote:
wrote:
So I impulsively bought a water lily at Lowe's. It was encased in a
plastic container, surrounded in a granola looking clay material. I
took it home and found a deep pot that will hold water, at least 16
inches tall. I took it out of it's outer plastic container, stuck in
in the water, then filled the pot with pebbles, becuase it seemed like
the thing to do.
So, can I expect this to do anything? Will it just grow like that?
Maybe. Water lilies come in a huge variety of sizes. I've had dwarf lilies
that would do well in a container a foot across. I've had monsters that
covered more than 100 sq.ft. (actually, there are some with _leaves_ almost
that size!) So if it's not a dwarf it isn't going to be happy.
Also, make sure you don't have any soil on the growing tip - if you do,
you'll get slow growth and little chance of a bloom.
Finally, you need to have 5 or 6 hours of full sun for most lilies. You
haven't mentioned whether it's indoors or out - it would be very hard to
get a bloom from most varieties if kept indoors.
It's on a deck outside, which may not get that much full sunlight. But
we'll see.
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derek
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