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Tropical Lily
Hi all - Bill is Austin here. Last August I was given a little baby Panama
Blue? Tropical Lily. I was told it may not bloom as they usually look at Sept 1 for last blooms. I planted it in a nice size pot with a couple of fertilizer tabs and it has been prolific ever since. We had a couple of very cold snaps here but all in all a very mild winter. It has continued to grow throughout even sending up occasional flowers up until about a month ago. Right now it has about twelve leaves with 4 more emerging. I am wondering if I should repot it or just leave it as is. I believe it has ample growing room, but was wondering if it wouldnt welcome a little transplant shock as a brief hibernation period. Thanxx Bill |
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My experience with tropicals is that the main bulb like growth, from which
the roots go out, and the leaves come from the top, continues to grow upward, out of the pot, unlike the spread of the hardy lilies. It will grow to such a height that it will float free of the pot, or get bowled over by the koi, and the plant will float across the pond with the koi eating all the roots off. A few years ago, I asked about the care, and was told to cut that large bulb like growth an inch or two below the leaves and replant. That worked the first year, but I have not been able to make it work since. Many of the tropicals, if you remove them from the soil, you will find one or more babies residing in close proximity in the pot, and these can be planted in new pots to replace the old lilies. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "humBill" wrote in message om... Hi all - Bill is Austin here. Last August I was given a little baby Panama Blue? Tropical Lily. I was told it may not bloom as they usually look at Sept 1 for last blooms. I planted it in a nice size pot with a couple of fertilizer tabs and it has been prolific ever since. We had a couple of very cold snaps here but all in all a very mild winter. It has continued to grow throughout even sending up occasional flowers up until about a month ago. Right now it has about twelve leaves with 4 more emerging. I am wondering if I should repot it or just leave it as is. I believe it has ample growing room, but was wondering if it wouldnt welcome a little transplant shock as a brief hibernation period. Thanxx Bill |
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My experience with tropicals is that the main bulb like growth, from which
the roots go out, and the leaves come from the top, continues to grow upward, out of the pot, unlike the spread of the hardy lilies. It will grow to such a height that it will float free of the pot, or get bowled over by the koi, and the plant will float across the pond with the koi eating all the roots off. A few years ago, I asked about the care, and was told to cut that large bulb like growth an inch or two below the leaves and replant. That worked the first year, but I have not been able to make it work since. Many of the tropicals, if you remove them from the soil, you will find one or more babies residing in close proximity in the pot, and these can be planted in new pots to replace the old lilies. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html "humBill" wrote in message om... Hi all - Bill is Austin here. Last August I was given a little baby Panama Blue? Tropical Lily. I was told it may not bloom as they usually look at Sept 1 for last blooms. I planted it in a nice size pot with a couple of fertilizer tabs and it has been prolific ever since. We had a couple of very cold snaps here but all in all a very mild winter. It has continued to grow throughout even sending up occasional flowers up until about a month ago. Right now it has about twelve leaves with 4 more emerging. I am wondering if I should repot it or just leave it as is. I believe it has ample growing room, but was wondering if it wouldnt welcome a little transplant shock as a brief hibernation period. Thanxx Bill |
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On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 20:33:35 -0500, "RichToyBox"
wrote: Many of the tropicals, if you remove them from the soil, you will find one or more babies residing in close proximity in the pot, and these can be planted in new pots to replace the old lilies. Thanks, I didn't ask the question, but I've been watching a Baghdad (lavender color tropical) put out small leaves all winter and was expecting it to die. Since it still seems to be showing signs of growth I was going to pop in a couple fertilizer sticks and watch. Now I think it might be better to get wet and nasty and take a close look to see what I can find, when the water warms a bit more. Regards, Hal |
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