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first year trying this one and i really like it. it almost looks like it's ready to be divided as well. when we got it in early may it was about 2ft tall, and i think now it's closer to 5ft. today was the first day i saw it flower. the water level is just over the top of the container it came with and we have several koi in the pond.
we are zone7 so i will be brining it indoors. in the past i was able to bring papyrus into the basement under grow lights and it would come right back the following summer in the pond. we don't have any decent sun-facing windows in the winter. unfortunately, last fall my hard liner got a hole in the bottom of my hard liner and nearly wiped out all my fish. i bought a 100 gallon cattle trough and was able to keep the fish over the winter (minus one) but i lost all the plants i had been maintaining, including my several year old hardy water lilies. this year i dug a better pattern and used liner instead of another hard tub
my guess is in my ~60* basement it won't flower and i can cut that part down to the leaves. how long should i leave the grow lights on? should i time them with the winter daylight hours? can i keep it in a tub of water or should i just keep the existing soil moist and out of water?