Water Hyacinth

[Susan H. Simko]

My water hyacinths are beautiful and reproduce like crazy however, they
have never bloomed. OTOH, my lilies are blooming like mad along with my
anacharis and pickerel. Everything is green, luxurious and *growing*.
Any suggestions as to what I can do to get the water hyacinth to bloom?

Susan
shsimko[@]duke[.]edu

[Ka30P]

Hi Susan,

It is a rec.pond's theory that water hyacinths will not bloom until they feel
threatened.

Some threatening activities -
being crowded together, water getting shallow, weather having a short cold snap
then warming, roots having contact with dirt.

My veggie filter drained over one weekend while I was away and the water
hyacinths were stressed, two of them (that survived the draining) bloomed when
they were rescued and put in the main pond.

Of course this theory may be total bunk! ;-)




kathy :-)
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"Susan H. Simko" > wrote in message
...
> My water hyacinths are beautiful and reproduce like crazy however, they
> have never bloomed. OTOH, my lilies are blooming like mad along with my
> anacharis and pickerel. Everything is green, luxurious and *growing*.
> Any suggestions as to what I can do to get the water hyacinth to bloom?

Same here.. growing quite well, but not blooming.. yet.. ;)

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[sparklingblue]

Let them grow lots of babies. They don't need to be crowded but do need to
be in a long string of attached plants. That is my conclusion after some
experimenting. ;) Mine are all blooming right now.

Sharon

"Susan H. Simko" > wrote in message
...
> My water hyacinths are beautiful and reproduce like crazy however, they
> have never bloomed. OTOH, my lilies are blooming like mad along with my
> anacharis and pickerel. Everything is green, luxurious and *growing*.
> Any suggestions as to what I can do to get the water hyacinth to bloom?
>
> Susan
> shsimko[@]duke[.]edu

[Susan H. Simko]

Kathy wrote:

> It is a rec.pond's theory that water hyacinths will not bloom until they feel
> threatened.
>
> Some threatening activities -
> being crowded together, water getting shallow, weather having a short cold snap
> then warming, roots having contact with dirt.
>
> My veggie filter drained over one weekend while I was away and the water
> hyacinths were stressed, two of them (that survived the draining) bloomed when
> they were rescued and put in the main pond.

That theory is as good as any. I would think a regular ripping out of
their "babies" would be stressful but apparently not. These things
reproduce like mad so they are almost always crowded with lots of babies
attached in strings. If I didn't routinely cull them, I'm certain they
would take over the world. *grin*

Getting a cold snap in central NC in the summer is like wishing for ice
water in h*ll - it's just not going to happen. The shallow water trick
also won't work for me simply because that would be detrimental to my
pond in general. I guess I may just have to give up on them ever
blooming. Is this the price I pay for having a healthy, balanced pond?
In the grand scheme of things, it could be worse. *smile*

Susan
shsimko[@]duke[.]edu

[Ka30P]

Non blooming water hyacinth is just another way
to keep us humble ;-)


kathy :-)
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[BryanB]

I have three little crappy water hyacinth plants in a (pretty much)
brand new 70-ish gallon set-up. About 3 weeks after I plopped 'em in
(and re-arranged 'em over and over) one of the buggers bloomed. The
bloom was gone the next day.

I kinda think that might throw the "crowd 'em in!" theory if not out the
window at least toward it.

--Bryan


On 8/10/2004 7:17 AM sparklingblue let loose a lemur across the keyboard
and it typed:

> Let them grow lots of babies. They don't need to be crowded but do need to
> be in a long string of attached plants. That is my conclusion after some
> experimenting. ;) Mine are all blooming right now.
>
> Sharon
>
> "Susan H. Simko" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>My water hyacinths are beautiful and reproduce like crazy however, they
>>have never bloomed. OTOH, my lilies are blooming like mad along with my
>>anacharis and pickerel. Everything is green, luxurious and *growing*.
>>Any suggestions as to what I can do to get the water hyacinth to bloom?
>>
>>Susan
>>shsimko[@]duke[.]edu
>
>
>

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[Ka30P]

But it does support the threaten theory -
they didn't know what was happening when they
were removed from their retail or donation pond to be moved to your pond. Ack!
no water, better offer up a bloom to keep the new generation going! Wonder
where water hyacinths keep their brains? Remember the Harry Potter warning,
'never trust anything if you don't know where they keep their brains?'
Okay, I'm rambling here.... ;-)


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[Pinkpggy]

>
>Non blooming water hyacinth is just another way
>to keep us humble ;-)
>
>

LOL LOL I must be very humble then.
Jan
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[~ jan JJsPond.us]

That re-arranging can stress them. Let's not forget the actual "throwing
them" theory. Take them out of one pond and toss to another, makes them
bloom (sometimes). ;o) ~ jan

>I have three little crappy water hyacinth plants in a (pretty much)
>brand new 70-ish gallon set-up. About 3 weeks after I plopped 'em in
>(and re-arranged 'em over and over) one of the buggers bloomed. The
>bloom was gone the next day.
>
>I kinda think that might throw the "crowd 'em in!" theory if not out the
>window at least toward it.
>
>--Bryan
>
>
>On 8/10/2004 7:17 AM sparklingblue let loose a lemur across the keyboard
>and it typed:
>
>> Let them grow lots of babies. They don't need to be crowded but do need to
>> be in a long string of attached plants. That is my conclusion after some
>> experimenting. ;) Mine are all blooming right now.
>>
>> Sharon
>>
>> "Susan H. Simko" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>>My water hyacinths are beautiful and reproduce like crazy however, they
>>>have never bloomed. OTOH, my lilies are blooming like mad along with my
>>>anacharis and pickerel. Everything is green, luxurious and *growing*.
>>>Any suggestions as to what I can do to get the water hyacinth to bloom?
>>>
>>>Susan
>>>shsimko[@]duke[.]edu
>>
>>
>>

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[Karen]

In article >, ~ jan JJsPond.us
> writes:

>
>That re-arranging can stress them. Let's not forget the actual "throwing
>them" theory. Take them out of one pond and toss to another, makes them
>bloom (sometimes). ;o) ~ jan
>

Oh goody, then mine should bloom anytime now. I just tossed a whle bunch from
the filter to the main pond, in strings and we're getting a cold snap to boot
(supposed to go down to the 40s - yuck!)

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