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I did not want to steal another member's thread so thought I would start a new one dealing with lotus runners, and tubers, but especially the runners. This is a lesson in growing lotuses from my experience, others may have different experiences. I think lotuses are easier to grow than a lot of...
The bickering & insults have become very boring to most of us that post in water gardening. Last year I sent PM's to several of you. The bickering did stop. As I mentioned, the water garden forum is meant to be a peaceful, relaxing place to come & see each others pics of our blooms & ponds and ...
I wait untill it is cold. Some people even wait until it is 40*F. I don't I just decide at the time when to do it. I rinse off the dirt and take the tubers out of the roots. I set it aside for a little bit and lay it on a baggie with the lily name on the zip lock bag. I then roll in Captan anti...
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Lotus Runners 101 http://www.koiphen.com/forums/showthread.php?120622-Lotus-Runners-101 Storing Tropical Tubers http://www.koiphen.com/forums/showthread.php?116297-Storing-tropical-lily-tubers Impatien PlantingTutorial
:yippie::yippie::yippie::yippie::yippie::yippie::yippie::yippie::yippie::yippie::yippie::yippie::yippie::yippie::yippie::yippie::yippie::yippie::yippie::yippie::yippie::yippie::yippie::yippie: Now come on, everyone must have some blooms up by now Post the ones that got your socks into eject...
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I have snails eating my lily in my tub garden, I know copper will kill them, but will it kill my plants? I do not have any fish in there, so no worries there.:D:
Hi everyone, I'm new but I want to share something that you might find useful. Gray Cat has a tutorial about planting Impatiens, without soil on the roots, right into a pond or along a waterfall. I did that by the way and they look so cool and I got the satisfaction of surprising my husband with...
i bought two lilys one went in pond, one i have in a watergarden container hoping to get it started a little better , anyway had it in a small container when i transfered it there were swimmers..ewww any way to keep them out.. i want plants in the pond as it is in full sun most of the day. have...
The lotuses are starting to grow so we gave them their first feeding yesterday. They received 5 pondtabbs each. Some are empty, waiting on the new seeds to produce plants. :yes: Also, a few bloom spikes have been spotted lurking. :D:
I quite often read about Koi tearing up lilies and destroying plants. But I have also seen many photographs of large Koi cruising between the stalks of water lilies. For several years I tried myself to keep Koi and water lilies together. I'm not going to say it has been a easy task to figure out....
I raise water hyacinths! I am fortunate that I live in a state where they are legal, and that they die out in the winter so there is no worry about them blocking public waterways, I admit that they are beautiful and yet fulfill a purpose in the pond! These hyacinths are in my ponds not in public...
here are pics of the new ponds we built, this used to be be where our above ground pool was . it was used about a dozen times last year and was a waste of space and electricity, so we decided to put something we would enjoy every day in its' place. and there is also a picture of the cool portable...
they get the job done. I am starting to plant up the tropical lilies, and repot the hardy lilies. The tropicals will be then placed outside of the greenhouse into the black tubs. The hardy lilies stay outside all winter and are in the white tubs. Occasionally a plant is put in a different color if...
I am late in planting them, but it is because we drained & cleaned the pond. We removed a very large & heavy Umbrella Palm too. Just it's roots weighted about 75 pounds.:eek1: I have had some questions on how I plant my Impatiens so I thought I would just show some pics. It is very simple to do....
I'm not sure yet if my white one from last year is going to come through for me this spring or not yet. It had died back completely in the basement with one month to go before spring and not showing signs of life yet. Bit the bullet and spent 69.99 on a new one. This time I ordered a red one. ...
a pretty water hyacinth bloom from some I bought from Frank - soooo pretty to me! And here are some of those rascally fish!
I was pulling 'Wood's Blue Goddess' for an order, when I noticed this one had a vivip growing from a flower. I can't say as I have ever seen that before. I have seen vivips in tropical nightbloomers with N. lotus parentage. It is a damnable shame this one wasn't a night....a blue night bloomer...
These are my first Lotus from rhizomes. Hope to see them bloom this year. :D: :rolleyes: [/URL] (http://s583.photobucket.com/user/kreos123/media/Lotus%202013/CAM00315_zps7548e9ea.jpg.html)
Did everyone get their seeds? Is there someone left who has not?
here was other years
It is "springing" here! :D: Spring arrived while I have been out of town working. :yahoo::yahoo:
Now where was I going with this?
we built five new 6x6 lily ponds over the last couple of weeks and the lilys are starting to really grow and bloom, here are some pics hope you like them
This thread might hop, from this and that in no particular order or rhyme or reason. Regards, andy http://www.flickr.com/photos/21940871@N06/ http://swglist.wordpress.com/
I replanted the Amorphophallus titanum in what I remember to be a 30+" pot and I hope it will put some serious growth on this year and maybe bloom next....that will be its tenth year and blooms can be expected then. It has finally begun to emerge from the soil; nourished with a healthy dose of...
What would I need to do if I am going to dip new plants into a PP solution? I would be mainly using it for water hyacinths to clean the roots of any parasites/bugs.
I went to buy a cubic yard of top soil today from a local garden center. I told the man at the desk that I wanted plain top soil with no additives, as it was for pond pots. Wanted it just out of the ground and sifted. I paid and then drove to where their soils are. I gave the guy the receipt with...
Sorry corrections are no longer allowed . Please start your own thread if you feel you need to do that. here are some from past years
Ostara volunteered a seed pod this summer. The seedlings have begun to bloom in large numbers. The first one is N.'Ostara', which is pink and white. The seedlings are all some shade of purple or lavender. It,s going to be hard to pick which ones to save. Some of the pics show the same bloom on...
Blue spider's seedlings have been mostly boring, but not this one. It's first bloom was small and plain, but the last one has many more petals only 6 days later.
I was curious as to what happened with water temperature in zip lock bags in an aquarium, I start my Vic bagged in an aquarium and had always assumed the water in the bag was the same as the water in the tank....but wanted to be sure, so.... I placed a bag of water in the sun, on a piece of...
Just a few shots of the years first blooms
I have this pink lily blooming in the pond, don't remember buying it , as it is light colored and I prefer the deeper colors, here are pics of the bloom and top and bottom of the pads thanks for any help in naming it.
I am so hooked on these. I will be sprouting my tubers soon.
Between Summer heat over 100°f, typical Winter freezes in the teens and colder, toss in the occasional hurricane or drought, it can be something of a riddle to figure out what waterlilies to tinker with next On a mud pond, where water levels can fluctuate a foot a week at times, hardy waterlily...
yet to grow, and still to plant! :D: Can't wait for the blooms! Oh yes, many will be in someone else's ponds! :yahoo: Look out, blooms ahead!
After being gone for several weeks working out of town, I was happy to see that things for the most part were looking well in the greenhouse. Here are a few of the things that welcomed me home. There were a few hardy lilies blooming outside, but I did not have time to take their pictures. Mangkola...
I know that this is probably a water gardening 101 question, but i looked through the stickies and did not see the answer. I purchased a water lilly today ( i have had a pond for 10 years with no plants except a thrush one year) and the stems are about a foot long. My pond is 2 feet deep where i...
Here is some of my tacky ones with my banana trees
There may be some water gardeners that don't go to the Main Forum very often.:no: I thought I would post a notice here as well. :yes: Southern Starr posted the below notice in Main today: ...
This may not be directly pond related, but in as much as it involves Kit Knotts I felt it would be more relevant to people reading the water garden section than the main.....many, many know her from the exceptional sites she runs, www.victoria-adventure.org and www.watergardenersinternational.org....
Not sure where to post this but figured here was a good place to start :) We have been mulling this over and thought it was time we sought an answer... We have a lot of plants in our Koi pond - most are planted in pots with just the roots submerged. Things like water parsley, blue rush,...
I'm wondering about building a huge pond. Let's say it's 1/3, maybe even 1/2?? acre total 4 ft deep average. sprayed with concrete. At this size is it possible to build a self sustaining eco-system if it's not heavily stocked? I want to have a soil bottom with carpeting plants that can absorb...
Wanvisa
I found this bloom on the 4th of July several years ago. I was thrilled it is Rhonda Kay and the next bloom was normal.
is a pond! :D: No matter how we define a pond, someone else may define one differently. I have been working in Port Arthur, TX this week and pulling to the side of a building I saw this sight and had to take this picture. The rain the day before had filled this driveway sink hole and these ducks...
Here is my seedling water hawthorn which has red leaves and pink blooms. I grew this from seeds someone gave me. *I am hoping it grows bigger
Yup! :yes:My husband opened the mail and asked,"Why did someone send you 3 chocolates?". I hurriedly said not to eat my Lotus seeds! By the way, they were not coloured so are they all the same? Do you know what kind? Thank you so much, Cindy! You're the best!:yahoo: Now to go and nick...
With all the talk of lotus of late, this has to be one of my favorites and possibly the strongest yellow available. The name is a little cumbersome but, out of respect to Walter, I'll try to get it right. < g >
Here is the first night and was a few years ago
I love watching lotus grow from seed. I had some seeds left from some I bought a few years ago. Will be watching the glass with great interest to see them sprout. Going to clean out all the pots I want to grow lotus in this year tomorrow and have them ready for the seedlings to go into once...
This is from several years ago. I love my sphere
Cindy, thank you for sending me the lotus seeds--I appreciate it. What do I do with them now? I know I have to file them down on one side, do I just put them in a glass of water then? After that, how long before they have to be planted in dirt?
I have 7 Lotus i started under three 75 watt light bulbs with "bonnets" one month ago in my basement. My "Flowing Cloud" is surprisingly sending a bud up. Started 2 Lotus last year like this but they didn't shoot up buds indoors. I have 2 of them in 9 inch pots and 5 of them in approx. 13 inch...
Good Morning everyone, I've found a new breed of snail in one of my ponds this year. I've always had the black one that has the swirl pattern and it never bothers my lilies, content to eat the rotting pads after they fall. But, this year there is a newcomer and in the droves! It is a speckled...
I want to purchase more plants for my pond and was thinking about Water Poppy’s for a couple of reasons one being that there doesn’t seem to be a Calif restriction on them like almost all the other plants I like. 15 Years ago I had Water Hyacinth and Water Lettuce, but now I see they are illegal in...
So far I have found 4 dead female toads. The males drown them. I have tried to save some females by putting them in another place in the yard when I find a male trying to drown her. Do any of you have this problem?
Pardon me if I have shown any of these before but it's been so long since I've posted and I can't remember what I've posted before. My slow dial-up won't let me see pictures so I can't check. Anyway here's some of what I have been seeing. The first series is what I believe is the first...
Since back surgery last Feb 2012 my ponds have not had good care. We hope this year to get caught up on the cleaning. We have repotted the lotus. We are now dredging ponds. I hate this part. Yesterday we were cleaning a pond and I must have saved 100s of tadpoles. Most were bullfrog. I just do not...
One of several new multy colored hardy X tropical ISG lilies.
The lady at the plant store told me to pull up some spearmint plants and I pulled up some where she pointed and it smells like Eucalyptus. I did pull up some spearmint too. Now I have chocolate, spearmint, lemon, pineapple, orange and whatever this is. The bees love it. The chocolate is...
Just saw this on eBay. Looks like the fabric is fake "sheep skin" fur like you can buy at a fabric store, 2 baskets, pump, & PVC pipe. Cheap way to make a filter. I wonder if a brick or something has to be added to help hold it down under water.
I plan on posting a pic of a different hardy lily and a different tropical lily each day as we start the countdown toward summer. Enjoy the variety! Today's pics- Tropical- Afterglow Hardy- Alba
:yahoo: Just received the latest report from the Dept. of Agriculture via email. I did not know they were coming, but I am happy with their report. No bad insects found, including aphids, and plants were in "overall good condition!" :yahoo: If you want to see a copy, contact me. It is in adobe...
Good Morning everyone, I was wondering if anyone else has noticed if the cost of lilies is going up on the websites that they order from? I visited a couple of the sites I occasionally buy lilies from that may not be available from members here or in plant trades and noticed that one of the...
There appears to be a reasonable possibility that, in the near future, there may be a market for lotus farmed as a crop in the US. I was contacted by someone looking for a US lotus source. They have a client with a 'new food product' that incorporates lotus and they are trying to avoid using...
For the last several years I've been coldframing my tropical water lilies & I have less loss of tropicals. My smallest covered pond didn't have any water lilies in it (I used it to keep my potted rain lilies protected over the winter) and after removing the rain lilies I filled it back up with...
The ponds continue to produce a few blooms a day from the few mature plants in there. Here are 2 from today. The colder weather this past week or so has caused some blooms not to open entirely, or in the case of this Islamorada bloom, to be small.
I've posted this yellow hardy a couple of times. It is my absolute favorite yellow, it outperforms every other yellow aside from Perry's Double Yellow. It has a golden hue unlike most other hardy yellows and gets a bit of a twist to the petals that is very enchanting. Even non-lily people note...
This is so neat
The first tropical water lily to bloom for me in 2013 is Pink Leopardess. A beautiful pink bloom with great marbled pads. The new pad is just uncurling. :yahoo: As an extra bonus, that is a Euryale Ferox (Gargon) baby pad in the top right hand corner.:D:
Does anyone know how long those black pond or lotus tubs that you get from Home Depot last for? I am asking b/c yesterday I was trying to pick up some of my plastic containers that I get from Walmart and they practically disintegrated in my hands when I lifted them out of the pond or moved the...
jannike had caladiums she adapted to water and planted in the pond :yes: Post # 154 http://www.koiphen.com/forums/showthread.php?125670-Cheap-and-Beautiful-Anoxic-Trickle-Wall-Memorial-Pond/page8 I think she tells how she adapted the caladiums to water somewhere in this thread. She...
Over the past weeks I started adapting some caladiums to water, and a few days ago, planted them in the pond: I got three Miss Muffets from Easy to Grow Bulbs, and three from Home Depot, and an anxious to see how they like aquatic life. Has anyone tried this???
For years I have suggested using Caladium to add color to the water garden; they like both a fair amount of sun, moist soils and they are closely related to, if not in the same clade as, Alocasia,Colocasia and Xanthosoma the elephant ears and taro already well known in the hobby. Now there are...
I am always amazed by this Garet Uemura hybrid, it is by far the first to start for me and last to finish every year. Still a little pink on the petals as we are still experiencing cool nights. In a couple more weeks the true colors of lavender petals and white sepals will be displayed. This is the...
Hi, everyone. I've potted up all my lillies this month here in Zone 6A. My Red Pygmy, Laydekeri Alba and Chromatella are growing fastest (as usual), the once again James Brydon (this is my 2nd year) seems stunted and stalled. I grow all my lilies from overwintered tubers in peat moss and fish bags,...
I've always wanted to get some runner ducks (they're so goofy!), and I was wondering if they could be allowed in the lily pond. We get the occasional pair that lands on the pond during the summer, but they never stick around long enough for me to really observe their habits.
New and wondering what I should decontaminate my new water plants with before introducing them to my 1500 gal. pond? Thanks for any help. I searched the different threads and saw some info but no precise formulas or time needed in the solution.
I am asking if anyone else has noticed that their ponds that have mulm or silt on the bottom of the pond does not get algae except on the sides of the pond which is the good algae? I have noticed that on my ponds. I have 11 different sizes of ponds plus cow tanks. The ones without much silt on the...
:yahoo: keeps the gloom away! :yahoo: Time for planting is getting closer. :yahoo: Today's lotus is Apricot Blossom.
It's a shame that they only bloom once a year, but they are spectacular.
for just a few night bloomers. I don't even want them to be near blooming... i could stand a day bloomer or two.... I only want two colors. Red and White. Seems that when I looked at them a while back Red flare was THE red. I don't know if something better has come along....as for a white, What...
Got some of the variegated water celery sitting here waiting to be planted and I've been trying to figure the hardiness of this plant. Reason I ask is that I've searched google high and low, and it seems as if every website that sells this plants has it listed as different hardiness zones. I've...
My Lilly's have out grown there pots again. They are just starting to get leaves. What is the proper method to divide them. My usual method seems a little harsh. Usually I take a saw and saw the pot and Lilly in half. Them put it in a new pot with some dirt. I cover the dirt with some pebbles. Put...
Members need to know what names of Taro that you have and what have you grown in water. I know RCPING grows most of her stuff in water but what varieties? These are all of the varieties that I grow and all are grown in soil not standing in water and some get quite dry. I know I have a few that...
May well smell as sweet, but this is a primitive, leafed cactus, a water cactus collected growing amidst Echinodorus in the flood plain of a South American river. If it is allowed to dry out, it drops its leaves. The leaves also drop if the cactus is allowed to get down to 40 F ( 4 C ). The...
Got seeds for this one today ( and yes it is a species, a selection of lutea) from a friend in Homestead and wonder if anyone here has bloomed it. The name is a mouthful: 'Pagel's Lake Okeechobee Blue Leaf Sunburst' and I wonder just how yellow it is. It was collected from Lake Okeechobee by...
The downy mildew that is threatening Impatiens can ONLY live on the familiar common Impatiens. You need not worry about any other plants with this disease. :no: It may be that aerial spores are overwintering on plants in warmer climates like Florida and working their way north during the season....
Look again. Not a frog, but five models painted to appear together as a frog. I found this interesting. Thought others might also. Was in the Huffington Post.
:yahoo: I, and I think many others, would like to see the before and after pics of as many members' ponds that will post their pics on this thread. :D: Please post pics of your pond now, before it is warm weather, and then lets post pics again in July when the ponds are in their full glory. Can we...
...Or at least alot more work than I was expecting to have to do. *Never* forget that you left your Vic seed out of storage. Dam! Longwood Hybrid anyone.<g>
I have been growing the Cyperus known as Dwarf Egyptian Papyrus for a decade now....when it was first around it was known as Cyperus papyrus 'Percamenthus', but that is a patented plant and as I grow from seed, obviously it is not what I grow. Anyway, today for the first time I saw a culm with...
Variety being the spice of life goes hand in hand with necessity being the mother of substitution, so don't get in a rut....explore what other plants are available. Want something around the pond other than Acorus or Liriope? Try Pandanus amaryllifolius, it gets about 3 feet tall and is edible....
I have been in contact with an organization that has a program for small farmers that grow organically, but can't justify the expense of USDA certification. This progran is 'Certified Naturally Grown' and I'm working on my application now. They have separate programs for veggies and I forget what...
The title seems confusing so let me clear things up a little. I want the water in my koi ponds to be crystal clear and have as few DOC's, and nutrients as possible. The water in the koi pond would not be very conducive to gardening due to the low nutrient levels. However the waste that I remove...
Now I have lots of different hardies but Mayla just cathces me for some reason.
I need too clean out all 4 of the stock tanks. They are covered with slime and dead WH's now that it has warmed up the dead ones are sinking its going to be a mess and I really dont have time to get it all done. I did not think anything wintered over but my wild Taro is coming up and Black Prince...
I Can't find info on Wanvisa on WGI or Victoria's site, can anyone direct me to a site that will give me info on the specs and how and where to grow this water lily? Thanks.
Neat to see it in video form.
I need some.... I don't need pretty I don't need anything in particular. Well I do want variety, but that's my only want. I got a swampy area in the yard that gets flooded twice a day to a depth of 6-10 inches and the rest of the day is only an inch or four deep and in some spots just damp. I...
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Got 9 of my ponds cleaned of muck & only the 2 with coldframes over them will need to be cleaned in a month or so. Wet/dry shop vac has certainly come in handy to suck all the yuck up & saves me from having to lift cinder blocks out of the stock tanks. All my extra goldfish from the cleaned ponds...
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