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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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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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"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 grown nice and big. What do you do to get them to flower? if they are full size water lillies they will not work in such a small pond yopu need on of the pygmaea forms, lots of food and lots of light. pk |
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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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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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PK wrote:
"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 grown nice and big. What do you do to get them to flower? if they are full size water lillies they will not work in such a small pond yopu need on of the pygmaea forms, lots of food and lots of light. They are smaller, two have leaves the size of a match box and the other the size of a wine coaster. When I was a child we had pukka waterlillies - they were in the corners of the pond, now that I think of it, and in full sunlight at least half the day. |
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"Oxymel of Squill" wrote in message ... 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 Whereas my lilies are the envy of my neighbour who can see them from her bedroom window. I have 5. I also have several large fish and a pump and the ducks occasionally manage to jump in and splash about, and they flower profusely every year. |
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actually, I have a huge lily less than 3 feet away from my waterfall and the leaves
get splashed. I also have a foot long air stone at the same distance with a big air pump pushing the air in. I wouldnt set a pump outlet aimed right at the lily tho. I and a few other people found that feeding high protein, high quality food seems to keep koi from attacking the lilies. altho I do have large flat river rocks on top of the potting mud and gravel filling in around the rocks to keep koi from rooting around. my lily is a heavy feeder. it wont bloom without being fed every two weeks or so. I dont have ideal all day full sun for my lily, but it does get sun several hours each day. there are lilies that will bloom in lower light conditions. not all lilies are as bloomiferous. mine is texas dawn and really cranks out the blossoms. INgrid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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"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 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. Are you serious? 1m square? You can buy new liner for that for next to nothing , resealing (a) probably wouldnt work, and (b) a tin of resealer would cost more than a bit of liner! especially as you might be able to get an offcut for free. Anyway, a 'pond' that size is too small for anything but a dwarf lily, a standard or even medium size lily would fill it up within 2 or 3 months. -- Tumbleweed Remove my socks for email address |
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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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Tumbleweed wrote:
"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. Could be, it is in shade, but it gets pretty hot in summer. I did say that it was a small pond - not a lake! There isn't the space for a bigger one where it is, so I'll have to stick with what is there |
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Peter H.M. Brooks wrote:
Tumbleweed wrote: "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. Could be, it is in shade, but it gets pretty hot in summer. I did say that it was a small pond - not a lake! There isn't the space for a bigger one where it is, so I'll have to stick with what is there Ah, I don't think you mentioned the shade. That's yer problem, squire. As far as I know all water-lilies absolutely must get about half a day's real sunlight, at least. Unless somebody knows better, I don't think they're likely to do well in that position. On the question of moving water, isn't it the case that they don't mind the movement itself, but that the circulation may lower the water-temperature? Mike. |
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