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Water lillies and liners
I've had some water lillies in my fishpond for a couple of years now.
They had flowers on them when bought, but haven't flowered since - even though they have grown nice and big. What do you do to get them to flower? The pond started to leak so I've taken everything out to see if I can re-seal it. It had a liner before, well bits of liner were still left, and I'm not sure if the bituminous sealer will be the ideal solution. Any suggestions as to what to look for in a pond liner? It is a pretty small pond around a metre square and thirty centimetres deep. |
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Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
I've had some water lillies in my fishpond for a couple of years now. They had flowers on them when bought, but haven't flowered since - even though they have grown nice and big. What do you do to get them to flower? The pond started to leak so I've taken everything out to see if I can re-seal it. It had a liner before, well bits of liner were still left, and I'm not sure if the bituminous sealer will be the ideal solution. Any suggestions as to what to look for in a pond liner? It is a pretty small pond around a metre square and thirty centimetres deep. What species and variety are they? Your pond may not be deep enough for them, as I think you need at least a foot above the rootstock even for the smallest. I also wonder if there are too many -- you say "water lilies", plural. Mike. |
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Mike Lyle wrote:
Peter H.M. Brooks wrote: I've had some water lillies in my fishpond for a couple of years now. They had flowers on them when bought, but haven't flowered since - even though they have grown nice and big. What do you do to get them to flower? The pond started to leak so I've taken everything out to see if I can re-seal it. It had a liner before, well bits of liner were still left, and I'm not sure if the bituminous sealer will be the ideal solution. Any suggestions as to what to look for in a pond liner? It is a pretty small pond around a metre square and thirty centimetres deep. What species and variety are they? Your pond may not be deep enough for them, as I think you need at least a foot above the rootstock even for the smallest. I also wonder if there are too many -- you say "water lilies", plural. I have three in the pond of different species - I don't know the names. There is plenty of space between them. Thank you for that point though - I will have the pool quite a bit deeper after mending the leak and that might do the trick, just. |
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Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
Mike Lyle wrote: Peter H.M. Brooks wrote: I've had some water lillies in my fishpond for a couple of years now. They had flowers on them when bought, but haven't flowered since - even though they have grown nice and big. What do you do to get them to flower? The pond started to leak so I've taken everything out to see if I can re-seal it. It had a liner before, well bits of liner were still left, and I'm not sure if the bituminous sealer will be the ideal solution. Any suggestions as to what to look for in a pond liner? It is a pretty small pond around a metre square and thirty centimetres deep. What species and variety are they? Your pond may not be deep enough for them, as I think you need at least a foot above the rootstock even for the smallest. I also wonder if there are too many -- you say "water lilies", plural. I have three in the pond of different species - I don't know the names. There is plenty of space between them. Thank you for that point though - I will have the pool quite a bit deeper after mending the leak and that might do the trick, just. My books are still in boxes, but I've done a cursory Gg, and I wonder if either of these sites might be useful. This BBC one's about water-lilies in particular: http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plant...nymphaea.shtml I see that there actually are species which want water shallower than I mentioned -- sorry! But of course we still don't know what you've got. This one's a very chatty (though mercifully free of exclamation marks) and informative one about small ponds in general, with a bit about water-lilies: http://www.johnrogers.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pond1.htm HTH, Mike. |
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Mike Lyle wrote:
Peter H.M. Brooks wrote: Mike Lyle wrote: Peter H.M. Brooks wrote: I've had some water lillies in my fishpond for a couple of years now. They had flowers on them when bought, but haven't flowered since - even though they have grown nice and big. What do you do to get them to flower? The pond started to leak so I've taken everything out to see if I can re-seal it. It had a liner before, well bits of liner were still left, and I'm not sure if the bituminous sealer will be the ideal solution. Any suggestions as to what to look for in a pond liner? It is a pretty small pond around a metre square and thirty centimetres deep. What species and variety are they? Your pond may not be deep enough for them, as I think you need at least a foot above the rootstock even for the smallest. I also wonder if there are too many -- you say "water lilies", plural. I have three in the pond of different species - I don't know the names. There is plenty of space between them. Thank you for that point though - I will have the pool quite a bit deeper after mending the leak and that might do the trick, just. My books are still in boxes, but I've done a cursory Gg, and I wonder if either of these sites might be useful. This BBC one's about water-lilies in particular: http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plant...nymphaea.shtml I see that there actually are species which want water shallower than I mentioned -- sorry! But of course we still don't know what you've got. This one's a very chatty (though mercifully free of exclamation marks) and informative one about small ponds in general, with a bit about water-lilies: http://www.johnrogers.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pond1.htm Thank you very much - I'll go hunting there... |
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Mike Lyle wrote:
Peter H.M. Brooks wrote: Mike Lyle wrote: Peter H.M. Brooks wrote: I've had some water lillies in my fishpond for a couple of years now. They had flowers on them when bought, but haven't flowered since - even though they have grown nice and big. What do you do to get them to flower? The pond started to leak so I've taken everything out to see if I can re-seal it. It had a liner before, well bits of liner were still left, and I'm not sure if the bituminous sealer will be the ideal solution. Any suggestions as to what to look for in a pond liner? It is a pretty small pond around a metre square and thirty centimetres deep. What species and variety are they? Your pond may not be deep enough for them, as I think you need at least a foot above the rootstock even for the smallest. I also wonder if there are too many -- you say "water lilies", plural. I have three in the pond of different species - I don't know the names. There is plenty of space between them. Thank you for that point though - I will have the pool quite a bit deeper after mending the leak and that might do the trick, just. My books are still in boxes, but I've done a cursory Gg, and I wonder if either of these sites might be useful. This BBC one's about water-lilies in particular: http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plant...nymphaea.shtml I see that there actually are species which want water shallower than I mentioned -- sorry! But of course we still don't know what you've got. This one's a very chatty (though mercifully free of exclamation marks) and informative one about small ponds in general, with a bit about water-lilies: http://www.johnrogers.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pond1.htm Thank you very much - I'll go hunting there... |
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"Peter H.M. Brooks" wrote in message ... Thank you for that point though - I will have the pool quite a bit deeper after mending the leak and that might do the trick, just. =================== Also remember they like still water. They don't do well in currents. -- Carol.... the frugal ponder... "A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone." ~~~~~~{@ Pricelesswa FREE software. http://www.pricelessware.org http://www.pricelesswarehome.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
Mike Lyle wrote: Peter H.M. Brooks wrote: I've had some water lillies in my fishpond for a couple of years now. They had flowers on them when bought, but haven't flowered since - even though they have grown nice and big. What do you do to get them to flower? The pond started to leak so I've taken everything out to see if I can re-seal it. It had a liner before, well bits of liner were still left, and I'm not sure if the bituminous sealer will be the ideal solution. Any suggestions as to what to look for in a pond liner? It is a pretty small pond around a metre square and thirty centimetres deep. What species and variety are they? Your pond may not be deep enough for them, as I think you need at least a foot above the rootstock even for the smallest. I also wonder if there are too many -- you say "water lilies", plural. I have three in the pond of different species - I don't know the names. There is plenty of space between them. Thank you for that point though - I will have the pool quite a bit deeper after mending the leak and that might do the trick, just. My books are still in boxes, but I've done a cursory Gg, and I wonder if either of these sites might be useful. This BBC one's about water-lilies in particular: http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plant...nymphaea.shtml I see that there actually are species which want water shallower than I mentioned -- sorry! But of course we still don't know what you've got. This one's a very chatty (though mercifully free of exclamation marks) and informative one about small ponds in general, with a bit about water-lilies: http://www.johnrogers.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pond1.htm HTH, Mike. |
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"Peter H.M. Brooks" wrote in message ... Thank you for that point though - I will have the pool quite a bit deeper after mending the leak and that might do the trick, just. =================== Also remember they like still water. They don't do well in currents. -- Carol.... the frugal ponder... "A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone." ~~~~~~{@ Pricelesswa FREE software. http://www.pricelessware.org http://www.pricelesswarehome.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
Mike Lyle wrote: Peter H.M. Brooks wrote: I've had some water lillies in my fishpond for a couple of years now. They had flowers on them when bought, but haven't flowered since - even though they have grown nice and big. What do you do to get them to flower? The pond started to leak so I've taken everything out to see if I can re-seal it. It had a liner before, well bits of liner were still left, and I'm not sure if the bituminous sealer will be the ideal solution. Any suggestions as to what to look for in a pond liner? It is a pretty small pond around a metre square and thirty centimetres deep. What species and variety are they? Your pond may not be deep enough for them, as I think you need at least a foot above the rootstock even for the smallest. I also wonder if there are too many -- you say "water lilies", plural. I have three in the pond of different species - I don't know the names. There is plenty of space between them. Thank you for that point though - I will have the pool quite a bit deeper after mending the leak and that might do the trick, just. My books are still in boxes, but I've done a cursory Gg, and I wonder if either of these sites might be useful. This BBC one's about water-lilies in particular: http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plant...nymphaea.shtml I see that there actually are species which want water shallower than I mentioned -- sorry! But of course we still don't know what you've got. This one's a very chatty (though mercifully free of exclamation marks) and informative one about small ponds in general, with a bit about water-lilies: http://www.johnrogers.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pond1.htm HTH, Mike. |
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Mike Lyle wrote:
Peter H.M. Brooks wrote: I've had some water lillies in my fishpond for a couple of years now. They had flowers on them when bought, but haven't flowered since - even though they have grown nice and big. What do you do to get them to flower? The pond started to leak so I've taken everything out to see if I can re-seal it. It had a liner before, well bits of liner were still left, and I'm not sure if the bituminous sealer will be the ideal solution. Any suggestions as to what to look for in a pond liner? It is a pretty small pond around a metre square and thirty centimetres deep. What species and variety are they? Your pond may not be deep enough for them, as I think you need at least a foot above the rootstock even for the smallest. I also wonder if there are too many -- you say "water lilies", plural. I have three in the pond of different species - I don't know the names. There is plenty of space between them. Thank you for that point though - I will have the pool quite a bit deeper after mending the leak and that might do the trick, just. |
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Mike Lyle wrote:
Peter H.M. Brooks wrote: I've had some water lillies in my fishpond for a couple of years now. They had flowers on them when bought, but haven't flowered since - even though they have grown nice and big. What do you do to get them to flower? The pond started to leak so I've taken everything out to see if I can re-seal it. It had a liner before, well bits of liner were still left, and I'm not sure if the bituminous sealer will be the ideal solution. Any suggestions as to what to look for in a pond liner? It is a pretty small pond around a metre square and thirty centimetres deep. What species and variety are they? Your pond may not be deep enough for them, as I think you need at least a foot above the rootstock even for the smallest. I also wonder if there are too many -- you say "water lilies", plural. I have three in the pond of different species - I don't know the names. There is plenty of space between them. Thank you for that point though - I will have the pool quite a bit deeper after mending the leak and that might do the trick, just. |
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lilies don't like moving water, so most set ups with fish are unsuitable,
unless you can arrange a quiet cornere out of any currents I had 2 lilies in the fish pond and neither flowered, the koi attacked one, fatally! I moved the survivor into a stagnant pool and it has flowered prolifically this year and last Jon "Peter H.M. Brooks" wrote in message ... I've had some water lillies in my fishpond for a couple of years now. They had flowers on them when bought, but haven't flowered since - even though they have g |
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Oxymel of Squill wrote:
lilies don't like moving water, so most set ups with fish are unsuitable, unless you can arrange a quiet cornere out of any currents I had 2 lilies in the fish pond and neither flowered, the koi attacked one, fatally! I moved the survivor into a stagnant pool and it has flowered prolifically this year and last That makes sense - I could put them in the corner away from the fountain .. I'll try that - thank you. |
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"Peter H.M. Brooks" wrote in message ... Oxymel of Squill wrote: lilies don't like moving water, so most set ups with fish are unsuitable, unless you can arrange a quiet cornere out of any currents I had 2 lilies in the fish pond and neither flowered, the koi attacked one, fatally! I moved the survivor into a stagnant pool and it has flowered prolifically this year and last That makes sense - I could put them in the corner away from the fountain . I'll try that - thank you. A fountain in it? Thats probably it. In such a small pond you probably need a fountain to avoid the water getting stagnant. But its only a M sq, so you arent going to be able to move the lily very far away are you :-) I suggest you dig a bigger pond. One other thought, in a hot summer the water is going to warm up very fast, much more so that in a bigger (especially deeper) pond. It may also be too warm for them at the height of the summer. -- Tumbleweed Remove my socks for email address |
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