Can't grow water hyacinths!

[addy1]

Everything gets messy here in a few months, start the shut down for winter.

 

[HSJami]

Two things I know for sure about my hyacinths: they definitely have enough heat ( a cool summer day here is less than 105) and they definitely get enough sun. I think I will try putting a couple in a partially submerged pot near the waterfall and see what happens there. Are water hyacinth nutrient requirements very different from cattails and taro?

 

[fishin4cars]

No, they all use the same nutrients, But cattails and taros do ok with some salt where Hyacinths don't, also the closer the hyacinths are kept tobether the more they will grow and bloom, when the get seperated they don't ususlly do good at all.

 

[addy1]

Shove them together, mine that are roped are growing like crazy and blooming the escapees are smaller and yellow. The ones on the edge of the roping are also smaller and yellowish.

The small pond they are stuffed in there and doing great



The roped ones in the large pond

 

[j.w]

Gorgeous addy, just gorgeous!

 

[addy1]

Gorgeous addy, just gorgeous!

aww thanks jw, they seem to be slowing a little as we start a minor cool down..........

Yeah rain again! woooppppeeee pouring right now

 

[taherrmann4]

Yeah we had some nice storms the last two days, about 2" of rain that we desperately needed.

 

[addy1]

Yeah we had some nice storms the last two days, about 2" of rain that we desperately needed.

darn didn't last. .01 inch

 

[HARO]

It started to rain here around 1:00pm, a hard, driving rain. Went out to check when it slowed down a little at 4:00, and couldn't believe it! Every tub with water plants was overflowing, one that I had emptied yesterday (5" deep) was overflowing, and the turtle pond (300g. Rubbermaid stock tank) was so full that the turtles could almost get over the rim! We got at the very least 5" of rain in three hours. The entire back yard is a swamp: it wouldn't surprise me to find goldfish spawning back there!!! :goldfish: :goldfish: John

 

[addy1]

I have a great weather station set up in the back yard, measures everything. So even if they say frederick got xx rain, I can look at what actually hit our land.

 

[HARO]

We have a rain guage in the front yard; it measures up to 2 1/2". John

 

[addy1]

We have a rain guage in the front yard; it measures up to 2 1/2". John

I love getting measurements at my house lol, unreal john, that is a lot of water.

 

[DrDave]

My pond makes a great rain guage.

 

[j.w]

Rain...........what's that, never heard of it, lol!

 

[DrDave]

We don't get much here that is for sure.