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Water Hyacinth
My water hyacinths are beautiful and reproduce like crazy however, they
have never bloomed. OTOH, my lilies are blooming like mad along with my anacharis and pickerel. Everything is green, luxurious and *growing*. Any suggestions as to what I can do to get the water hyacinth to bloom? Susan shsimko[@]duke[.]edu |
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Hi Susan,
It is a rec.pond's theory that water hyacinths will not bloom until they feel threatened. Some threatening activities - being crowded together, water getting shallow, weather having a short cold snap then warming, roots having contact with dirt. My veggie filter drained over one weekend while I was away and the water hyacinths were stressed, two of them (that survived the draining) bloomed when they were rescued and put in the main pond. Of course this theory may be total bunk! ;-) kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
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Hi Susan,
It is a rec.pond's theory that water hyacinths will not bloom until they feel threatened. Some threatening activities - being crowded together, water getting shallow, weather having a short cold snap then warming, roots having contact with dirt. My veggie filter drained over one weekend while I was away and the water hyacinths were stressed, two of them (that survived the draining) bloomed when they were rescued and put in the main pond. Of course this theory may be total bunk! ;-) kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
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"Susan H. Simko" wrote in message
... My water hyacinths are beautiful and reproduce like crazy however, they have never bloomed. OTOH, my lilies are blooming like mad along with my anacharis and pickerel. Everything is green, luxurious and *growing*. Any suggestions as to what I can do to get the water hyacinth to bloom? Same here.. growing quite well, but not blooming.. yet.. -- Gareee© Homepage: http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine.../mainframe.htm Custom Figures, Wallpapers and more! |
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Let them grow lots of babies. They don't need to be crowded but do need to
be in a long string of attached plants. That is my conclusion after some experimenting. Mine are all blooming right now. Sharon "Susan H. Simko" wrote in message ... My water hyacinths are beautiful and reproduce like crazy however, they have never bloomed. OTOH, my lilies are blooming like mad along with my anacharis and pickerel. Everything is green, luxurious and *growing*. Any suggestions as to what I can do to get the water hyacinth to bloom? Susan shsimko[@]duke[.]edu |
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Let them grow lots of babies. They don't need to be crowded but do need to
be in a long string of attached plants. That is my conclusion after some experimenting. Mine are all blooming right now. Sharon "Susan H. Simko" wrote in message ... My water hyacinths are beautiful and reproduce like crazy however, they have never bloomed. OTOH, my lilies are blooming like mad along with my anacharis and pickerel. Everything is green, luxurious and *growing*. Any suggestions as to what I can do to get the water hyacinth to bloom? Susan shsimko[@]duke[.]edu |
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Kathy wrote:
It is a rec.pond's theory that water hyacinths will not bloom until they feel threatened. Some threatening activities - being crowded together, water getting shallow, weather having a short cold snap then warming, roots having contact with dirt. My veggie filter drained over one weekend while I was away and the water hyacinths were stressed, two of them (that survived the draining) bloomed when they were rescued and put in the main pond. That theory is as good as any. I would think a regular ripping out of their "babies" would be stressful but apparently not. These things reproduce like mad so they are almost always crowded with lots of babies attached in strings. If I didn't routinely cull them, I'm certain they would take over the world. *grin* Getting a cold snap in central NC in the summer is like wishing for ice water in h*ll - it's just not going to happen. The shallow water trick also won't work for me simply because that would be detrimental to my pond in general. I guess I may just have to give up on them ever blooming. Is this the price I pay for having a healthy, balanced pond? In the grand scheme of things, it could be worse. *smile* Susan shsimko[@]duke[.]edu |
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Kathy wrote:
It is a rec.pond's theory that water hyacinths will not bloom until they feel threatened. Some threatening activities - being crowded together, water getting shallow, weather having a short cold snap then warming, roots having contact with dirt. My veggie filter drained over one weekend while I was away and the water hyacinths were stressed, two of them (that survived the draining) bloomed when they were rescued and put in the main pond. That theory is as good as any. I would think a regular ripping out of their "babies" would be stressful but apparently not. These things reproduce like mad so they are almost always crowded with lots of babies attached in strings. If I didn't routinely cull them, I'm certain they would take over the world. *grin* Getting a cold snap in central NC in the summer is like wishing for ice water in h*ll - it's just not going to happen. The shallow water trick also won't work for me simply because that would be detrimental to my pond in general. I guess I may just have to give up on them ever blooming. Is this the price I pay for having a healthy, balanced pond? In the grand scheme of things, it could be worse. *smile* Susan shsimko[@]duke[.]edu |
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Non blooming water hyacinth is just another way to keep us humble ;-) kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
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I have three little crappy water hyacinth plants in a (pretty much)
brand new 70-ish gallon set-up. About 3 weeks after I plopped 'em in (and re-arranged 'em over and over) one of the buggers bloomed. The bloom was gone the next day. I kinda think that might throw the "crowd 'em in!" theory if not out the window at least toward it. --Bryan On 8/10/2004 7:17 AM sparklingblue let loose a lemur across the keyboard and it typed: Let them grow lots of babies. They don't need to be crowded but do need to be in a long string of attached plants. That is my conclusion after some experimenting. Mine are all blooming right now. Sharon "Susan H. Simko" wrote in message ... My water hyacinths are beautiful and reproduce like crazy however, they have never bloomed. OTOH, my lilies are blooming like mad along with my anacharis and pickerel. Everything is green, luxurious and *growing*. Any suggestions as to what I can do to get the water hyacinth to bloom? Susan shsimko[@]duke[.]edu -- ************************************************** ********** * Can't see the Forest | Bryan B. * * Through the Trees? | "Ho, Ho, Ho!" Santa * * Take it out! | accused as he went * * (Damn Viruses!) | through his list. * ************************************************** ********** |
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I have three little crappy water hyacinth plants in a (pretty much)
brand new 70-ish gallon set-up. About 3 weeks after I plopped 'em in (and re-arranged 'em over and over) one of the buggers bloomed. The bloom was gone the next day. I kinda think that might throw the "crowd 'em in!" theory if not out the window at least toward it. --Bryan On 8/10/2004 7:17 AM sparklingblue let loose a lemur across the keyboard and it typed: Let them grow lots of babies. They don't need to be crowded but do need to be in a long string of attached plants. That is my conclusion after some experimenting. Mine are all blooming right now. Sharon "Susan H. Simko" wrote in message ... My water hyacinths are beautiful and reproduce like crazy however, they have never bloomed. OTOH, my lilies are blooming like mad along with my anacharis and pickerel. Everything is green, luxurious and *growing*. Any suggestions as to what I can do to get the water hyacinth to bloom? Susan shsimko[@]duke[.]edu -- ************************************************** ********** * Can't see the Forest | Bryan B. * * Through the Trees? | "Ho, Ho, Ho!" Santa * * Take it out! | accused as he went * * (Damn Viruses!) | through his list. * ************************************************** ********** |
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But it does support the threaten theory - they didn't know what was happening when they were removed from their retail or donation pond to be moved to your pond. Ack! no water, better offer up a bloom to keep the new generation going! Wonder where water hyacinths keep their brains? Remember the Harry Potter warning, 'never trust anything if you don't know where they keep their brains?' Okay, I'm rambling here.... ;-) kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
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Non blooming water hyacinth is just another way to keep us humble ;-) LOL LOL I must be very humble then. Jan "Our Pond" Page http://hometown.aol.com/pinkpggy/index.html |
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That re-arranging can stress them. Let's not forget the actual "throwing
them" theory. Take them out of one pond and toss to another, makes them bloom (sometimes). ;o) ~ jan I have three little crappy water hyacinth plants in a (pretty much) brand new 70-ish gallon set-up. About 3 weeks after I plopped 'em in (and re-arranged 'em over and over) one of the buggers bloomed. The bloom was gone the next day. I kinda think that might throw the "crowd 'em in!" theory if not out the window at least toward it. --Bryan On 8/10/2004 7:17 AM sparklingblue let loose a lemur across the keyboard and it typed: Let them grow lots of babies. They don't need to be crowded but do need to be in a long string of attached plants. That is my conclusion after some experimenting. Mine are all blooming right now. Sharon "Susan H. Simko" wrote in message ... My water hyacinths are beautiful and reproduce like crazy however, they have never bloomed. OTOH, my lilies are blooming like mad along with my anacharis and pickerel. Everything is green, luxurious and *growing*. Any suggestions as to what I can do to get the water hyacinth to bloom? Susan shsimko[@]duke[.]edu ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
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That re-arranging can stress them. Let's not forget the actual "throwing
them" theory. Take them out of one pond and toss to another, makes them bloom (sometimes). ;o) ~ jan I have three little crappy water hyacinth plants in a (pretty much) brand new 70-ish gallon set-up. About 3 weeks after I plopped 'em in (and re-arranged 'em over and over) one of the buggers bloomed. The bloom was gone the next day. I kinda think that might throw the "crowd 'em in!" theory if not out the window at least toward it. --Bryan On 8/10/2004 7:17 AM sparklingblue let loose a lemur across the keyboard and it typed: Let them grow lots of babies. They don't need to be crowded but do need to be in a long string of attached plants. That is my conclusion after some experimenting. Mine are all blooming right now. Sharon "Susan H. Simko" wrote in message ... My water hyacinths are beautiful and reproduce like crazy however, they have never bloomed. OTOH, my lilies are blooming like mad along with my anacharis and pickerel. Everything is green, luxurious and *growing*. Any suggestions as to what I can do to get the water hyacinth to bloom? Susan shsimko[@]duke[.]edu ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
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