mrsclem
mrsclem
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- Jul 21, 2008
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- st. mary's county, md.
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I'm in the process of repotting most of my waterlilies. I had some planted in kitty litter and some with just pea gravel or pond stone covering the tuber. I'm using Oil-Dri which is kiln dried clay and also using Pond Tab fertilizer pellets. I have come to several conclusions. The lilies that were potted with the kitty litter ( some were fertilized last year, some not) did much better than the ones planted with gravel or stone. The lilies planted without litter had no tubers, just a root mat with very small roots. The lilies in litter had good tubers, massive roots and multiple growing points. When I pulled the pots, they smelled horrible. They were put in an inflatable pool for almost 2 weeks and now there is no odor to them. I have 3 adult koi in this pond and over a dozen 1-2 year olds. The other pond has 7 adult koi, 18-30", no bog or plants other than 5 hanging baskets with lilies. They were planted late last spring and did ok but very few blooms. I am not dividing these now as the baskets look great, lots of leaves and new growth.
I will post updates on how the newly potted lilies do with the new media vs the ones that were not repotted.
I will post updates on how the newly potted lilies do with the new media vs the ones that were not repotted.