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Water lily problem - brown leaves
"Gabriel" wrote:
I wonder if anyone on this group can provide some advice. I have a newish pond - it's been filled for about two months. The water lilies I have bought have suffered from major discolouration of the leaves within a week or so of putting them into the pond. Basically the leaves start going brown in patches until they are completely brown. I can't see anything obvious like larvae. Also, and maybe connected, the leaves are getting rather ragged at the edges. I'd like to understand why this is happening so that I can sort it out before buying any more plants - they ain't cheap! Also, the pond suffered a couple of weeks ago from very green water but this is now starting to clear - I suspect the lousy summer weather here in the UK has helped suppress the algae. Could this be a contributory factor to the water lily problem? Any ideas? Are they hardy or tropical? Often, if the leaves dry a bit when planting this will be a result - especially for the tropicals. There is also some transplant and shipping shock involved. I wouldn't worry about it. You should be seeing new grown soon. San Diego Joe 4,000 - 5,000 Gallons. Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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Water lily problem - brown leaves
Ours are doing the same thing.. but aren't they supposed to get flowers?
-- Gareee© We have one lily plant that produces pads like crazy but no buds or flowers. Why who knows, its been fertilized just like the others. Jan "Our Pond" Page http://hometown.aol.com/pinkpggy/index.html |
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Water lily problem - brown leaves
That was my thought also, that the pads are the ones that came with the
plant and were air dried too long. Why I try to divide my lilies before they have very many pads up at all. ~ jan On Fri, 16 Jul 2004 11:08:09 -0700, San Diego Joe wrote: Are they hardy or tropical? Often, if the leaves dry a bit when planting this will be a result - especially for the tropicals. There is also some transplant and shipping shock involved. I wouldn't worry about it. You should be seeing new grown soon. San Diego Joe 4,000 - 5,000 Gallons. Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar. (Do you know where your water quality is?) |
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Water lily problem - brown leaves
It sounds like it may be a fungus (ovularia, ramularia, cercospora)
affecting the lilypads, pinching off all affected leaves usually clears it up Regards, andy http://www.members.aol.com/abdavisnc/swglist.html I have a newish pond - it's been filled for about two months. The water lilies I have bought have suffered from major discolouration of the leaves within a week or so of putting them into the pond. Basically the leaves start going brown in patches until they are completely brown. I can't see anything obvious like larvae. Also, and maybe connected, the leaves are getting rather ragged at the edges. Any ideas? |
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