See Lotus regarding my quirky lilypond pH/Buffer Problems.

I have 5 different iris varieties, 4 in the Lily pond and 5 in my koi ponds
and this spring only the black gamecock bloomed. All I can figure is the
iris didn't like the high pH in the lily pond. The one's in the koi pond
were held in a kiddy pool with only a couple of small goldfish for
fertilizer and water that got quite warm last summer. They were moved to
the koi ponds to replace the tropicals during winter and spring. Not a one
bloomed. The black gamecock was in the lilypond. Any ideas, guesses? ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
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~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:
See Lotus regarding my quirky lilypond pH/Buffer Problems.

I have 5 different iris varieties, 4 in the Lily pond and 5 in my koi ponds
and this spring only the black gamecock bloomed. All I can figure is the
iris didn't like the high pH in the lily pond. The one's in the koi pond
were held in a kiddy pool with only a couple of small goldfish for
fertilizer and water that got quite warm last summer. They were moved to
the koi ponds to replace the tropicals during winter and spring. Not a one
bloomed. The black gamecock was in the lilypond. Any ideas, guesses? ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website


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Jan
if i remembwer the weather reports right
I think your spring was kinda like mine hot for a day or three then
cool and rainy then cool windy ect. the water celery and some of the
early growing iris got freeze burn a couple times too
one batch of my louisians bloomed the othe two didnt the yellow iris
only had two blooms from about 50 plants I think they just got comfused




John Rutz
Z5 New Mexico

good judgement comes from bad experience, and that comes from bad
judgement

see my pond at:

http://www.fuerjefe.com

Mine didn't do much blooming this year either. I think John is right. Cold
wet cloudy spring didn't tell them what or when to do the blooming thing.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html


"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
...
See Lotus regarding my quirky lilypond pH/Buffer Problems.

I have 5 different iris varieties, 4 in the Lily pond and 5 in my koi
ponds
and this spring only the black gamecock bloomed. All I can figure is the
iris didn't like the high pH in the lily pond. The one's in the koi pond
were held in a kiddy pool with only a couple of small goldfish for
fertilizer and water that got quite warm last summer. They were moved to
the koi ponds to replace the tropicals during winter and spring. Not a one
bloomed. The black gamecock was in the lilypond. Any ideas, guesses? ~
jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

RichToyBox wrote:
Mine didn't do much blooming this year either. I think John is right. Cold
wet cloudy spring didn't tell them what or when to do the blooming thing.

Mine that were near the house did well, the others were
only so-so.

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Bonnie
NJ
http://home.earthlink.net/~maebe43/