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    Thread: Heating up again

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      Heating up again

      After a week of "cool" days with rain & overcast days, it is starting to heat up again with heat index at 100 degrees today & 103 degrees plus index by this Sunday.
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      We are doing the same thing here, cool last week, and hot this week!!!



      Your lilies are all wonderful!!!
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      That Tropic one is sure beautiful!

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      Hot here this week also
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      Beautiful, Kat! And your rain lilies are mesmerising!

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      Do you have to deal much with insect pests, Kat? Your pads look immaculate. I enjoy watching a number of insects roll through the pond depending on the time of year, many munching on lily pads, but few making any dent worth worrying about (though I certainly have size on my side). All your happy flowers in your heat remind me of pictures from South Africa after a rain. It all looks wonderful.

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      Thanks. Tropic Sunset might boot Albert Greenberg out of my collection if it keeps performing this well next year, too.

      The usual caterpillars & China Mark moth but I treat only as needed. Sometimes I'll let the caterpillars alone as long as there is plenty of pads left to keep the plant healthy. Sometimes aphids in the spring/fall. I should pick old pads off more often though.

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      Wonderful stuff Kat!

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      wow, look at all of those colors! must be great to view all of that right out of your window.

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      Beautiful Kat!
      Do you leave your tropicals out all winter?
      I have to put mine in the greenhouse and by the
      time spring arrives I'm wondering if they are dead.
      the first year I pulled them in I kept them well watered
      and thinking they would just think it's staying warm.
      Last year I just kept them muddy and allowed the leaves
      to die off. They looked terrible when I set them out this
      spring but now they are going nuts, growing and blooming.

      BTW, the Rain Lilies are great too.
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