Liquid fertilizer
 

Is it ok to put liquid Laguina fertilizer in the pond or will this start a
problem with algae.

Any help would be appreciated.

Liquid fertilizer
 

"Prometheus Xex" wrote in message
Is it ok to put liquid Laguina fertilizer in the pond or will this start a
problem with algae.

Any help would be appreciated.

If this is intended for pond use, most liquid pond fertilizers are simply
liquid potash concentrate, so it can be used as directed. ~ jan


(Do you know where your water quality is?)

Liquid fertilizer
 

Thanks, Hal, I'll look for the spikes...
Kirsten
"Hal" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 02:13:47 -0400, "k conover"
wrote:

If I use fertilizer, will my lilies finally flower?
Kirsten

"Prometheus Xex" wrote in message
gers.com...
Is it ok to put liquid Laguina fertilizer in the pond or will this
start a
problem with algae.

Any help would be appreciated.

I put my lilies in pots with garden soil and stones on top to keep
the fish from pumping out the soil and eating the roots. I fertilize
with 10-15-10 stakes found in the garden shop. I tell myself the
soil helps to contain the nutrients and minimize their presence in the
pond water, but I'm sure some escapes. I do not count on lilies to
help with the filtering, or removal of nutrients from the water, but
they do make a bit of shade and look good when they bloom.

Lilies have to grow enough root to have energy to bloom and if it is
feeding on plenty of nitrates it may grow lots of leaves and few
blooms.

I don't know about liquid Laguina fertilizer. A Google search didn't
turn up any information either. I would be very careful about adding
liquid fertilizer to the pond. The ingredients to most common
fertilizers are N, P and K, or nitrogen, phosphates and potash, that
is what the numbers on the lable stand for, the percentages of each.
A high Nitrogen, first number is for grass or green growth, flowering
plants like a higher second number, phosphates and everything needs a
bit of the third number, or potash to use the other two. A high
nitrogen fertilizer may overwhelm your filter, and very high nitrogen
in the water is ideal for a form of algae that can turn your pond
water very dark, like black. (I did that once, trust me, you don't
want to do it.)

Regards,

Hal

Liquid fertilizer
 

spikes, not liquid, and they need sun. also need to add that some lilies are more
"floriferous" than others. Texas Dawn blooms its head off.
INgrid

"k conover" wrote:

If I use fertilizer, will my lilies finally flower?
Kirsten

"Prometheus Xex" wrote in message
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Is it ok to put liquid Laguina fertilizer in the pond or will this start a
problem with algae.

Any help would be appreciated.






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Never heard of that product b4. If it says anything about NH4 or urea then
don't use it. You'll get a bad case of green water, and green slimy toes too
:)
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"Prometheus Xex" wrote in message
ers.com...
Is it ok to put liquid Laguina fertilizer in the pond or will this start a
problem with algae.

Any help would be appreciated.

Liquid fertilizer
 

On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 02:13:47 -0400, "k conover"
wrote:

If I use fertilizer, will my lilies finally flower?
Kirsten

"Prometheus Xex" wrote in message
gers.com...
Is it ok to put liquid Laguina fertilizer in the pond or will this start a
problem with algae.

Any help would be appreciated.

I put my lilies in pots with garden soil and stones on top to keep
the fish from pumping out the soil and eating the roots. I fertilize
with 10-15-10 stakes found in the garden shop. I tell myself the
soil helps to contain the nutrients and minimize their presence in the
pond water, but I'm sure some escapes. I do not count on lilies to
help with the filtering, or removal of nutrients from the water, but
they do make a bit of shade and look good when they bloom.

Lilies have to grow enough root to have energy to bloom and if it is
feeding on plenty of nitrates it may grow lots of leaves and few
blooms.

I don't know about liquid Laguina fertilizer. A Google search didn't
turn up any information either. I would be very careful about adding
liquid fertilizer to the pond. The ingredients to most common
fertilizers are N, P and K, or nitrogen, phosphates and potash, that
is what the numbers on the lable stand for, the percentages of each.
A high Nitrogen, first number is for grass or green growth, flowering
plants like a higher second number, phosphates and everything needs a
bit of the third number, or potash to use the other two. A high
nitrogen fertilizer may overwhelm your filter, and very high nitrogen
in the water is ideal for a form of algae that can turn your pond
water very dark, like black. (I did that once, trust me, you don't
want to do it.)

Regards,

Hal

Liquid fertilizer
 

Just for the record, excess phosphates do not cause Algae outbreaks, period.
This is another aquaria myth, hogwash!
--
**So long, and thanks for all the fish!**

"Pinkpggy" wrote in message
...
Is it ok to put liquid Laguina fertilizer in the pond or will this start
a
problem with algae.

Any help would be appreciated.


I have never used Laguna liquid fertilizer, but I have used Pond Care
Liquid
fertilizer before along with tablets. Never had any problems with causing
alage. It says right on the bottle, contains no phoshate so it won't
cause
excess alage.
Jan
"Our Pond" Page
http://hometown.aol.com/pinkpggy/index.html