Keeping lilypads over winter??

[Pepperqueen]

Hello!

I have a preformed pond (220gals) I will in Southern, Ontario, Canada. I'd
like to know, if I should take my lilypad out of my pond, bring it inside
over the winter months? Or will it grow new pads in the spring?
I do have to take out all of my goldfish and put into an aquarium, as the
whole pond will freeze over.
I look forward to some feedback.

Thank you!

Deb.
http://hotcuisine.esmartweb.com/

[Bill Stock]

"Pepperqueen" > wrote in message
...
> Hello!
>
> I have a preformed pond (220gals) I will in Southern, Ontario, Canada. I'd
> like to know, if I should take my lilypad out of my pond, bring it inside
> over the winter months? Or will it grow new pads in the spring?
> I do have to take out all of my goldfish and put into an aquarium, as the
> whole pond will freeze over.
> I look forward to some feedback.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Deb.
> http://hotcuisine.esmartweb.com/
>

I'm in S.O. too. Last year I just dropped my Iris and Lillies to the bottom
of the pond and they were fine this year. My pond is only about 30+ inches
deep.

[Janet]

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"Pepperqueen" > wrote in message
...
> Hello!
>
> I have a preformed pond (220gals) I will in Southern, Ontario, Canada. I'd
> like to know, if I should take my lilypad out of my pond, bring it inside
> over the winter months? Or will it grow new pads in the spring?
> I do have to take out all of my goldfish and put into an aquarium, as the
> whole pond will freeze over.
> I look forward to some feedback.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Deb.
> http://hotcuisine.esmartweb.com/
>
>
Deb, what kind of lilly is it? Hardy or tropical? If it's a hardy lilly just
drop it down to the deepest area of the pond. I keep my comets out all
winter with a deicer in the pond. :o)
Janet in sunny Niagara Falls

[Crashj]

"Janet" > wrote in message >...
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> "Pepperqueen" > wrote in message
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> > I have a preformed pond (220gals) I will in Southern, Ontario, Canada.
> > Deb.

> Deb, what kind of lilly is it? Hardy or tropical? If it's a hardy lilly just
> drop it down to the deepest area of the pond.
Peperqueen didn't answer yet, but I think she meant she lives in
Southern, Ontario, Canada. Is Southern actually the name of a town in
Ontario?
At any rate I can't imagine a 220 gallon preformed is more than 18"
deep, [limitation of the forming process] so shouldn't it pretty much
freeze solid?
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Crashj

[Janet]

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"Crashj" > wrote in message
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> "Janet" > wrote in message
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>> "Pepperqueen" > wrote in message
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>> > I have a preformed pond (220gals) I will in Southern, Ontario, Canada.
>> > Deb.
>
>> Deb, what kind of lilly is it? Hardy or tropical? If it's a hardy lilly
>> just
>> drop it down to the deepest area of the pond.

> Peperqueen didn't answer yet, but I think she meant she lives in
> Southern, Ontario, Canada. Is Southern actually the name of a town in
> Ontario?
> At any rate I can't imagine a 220 gallon preformed is more than 18"
> deep, [limitation of the forming process] so shouldn't it pretty much
> freeze solid?
> --
> Crashj

LOL Crashj... Ontario is a province in Canada and Southern Ontario actually
refers to the area of the province. We typically refer to Northern Ont,
Southern Ont, Eastern Ont and Northwestern Ont, etc. It's a big province.
:o) I am in extreme Southern Ontario in Niagara Falls, zone 6b. And yes,
preforms do come deeper than 18 inches and they don't necessarily freeze
solid up here.I had one as my top feeder pond for the stream that was almost
4 feet deep, it has never frozen solid.
Janet in beautiful Niagara Falls

[Derek Broughton]

Janet wrote:

> :o) I am in extreme Southern Ontario in Niagara Falls, zone 6b. And yes,
> preforms do come deeper than 18 inches

Yes, but it's hard to imagine a 220gallon pre-form is any deeper. My 200
gallon aquarium was about 20" deep, and a pond is going to have a larger
surface area.

> and they don't necessarily freeze
> solid up here.I had one as my top feeder pond for the stream that was

Absolutely. In St. Thomas, I never had more than a foot of ice on my pond.

> almost 4 feet deep, it has never frozen solid.
> Janet*in*beautiful*Niagara*Falls

Ah - _that_ Niagara Falls, as opposed to the ugly one with Casinos, way too
many lights, and all sorts of really, really, tacky businesses.
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derek

[Derek Broughton]

Janet wrote:

> "Derek Broughton" > wrote in message
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>> Janet wrote:
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>>> Janet in beautiful Niagara Falls
>>
>> Ah - that Niagara Falls, as opposed to the ugly one with Casinos, way
>> too
>> many lights, and all sorts of really, really, tacky businesses.
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>> derek
>
> LOL @ derek! Ahh... but those casinos are providing a booming economy,
> increased property values, non-existent unemployment and a ton of
> community improvements. Just one such example is the new multi-million
> dollar community center complete with a library branch, Heart Niagara
> (cardiac aftercare and support), a senior's center, pools,a skateboard
> park, etc. Our Boys and Girls Club is also building a new center. We have
> had 2 new elementary schools built in the last 6 years and now a brand new
> state of the art highschool.**And*yes.*some*of*the*tourist*traps*ar e
> tacky,*but*no more so that any other major tourist city. We saw far worse
> in Seattle last year. But some of those "tacky" businesses are far from
> it.... We are getting a Ripley's Aquarium and a Wild Country Resort that
> boasts an indoor waterpark. Existing far from tacky businesses include*
> the*likes*of*The Butterfly Conservatory and The new bird aviary that
> opened this year (the name escapes me at the moment)....

LOL. I'm convinced :-) I really have nothing against casinos as
businesses - people who want to lose money in them are welcome, imo (I _do_
oppose the proliferation of video lottery terminals in every bar in most
provinces of the country), but every casino I've ever seen has been
UGLYYYYY. Here (Halifax) people complained that a new sewage plant, on the
edge of downtown, was going to be an eyesore. I said just make it tall
enough to hide the hideous casino and it would have to be an improvement!

To be completely fair, too, the last time I was in the American NF (at least
5 years back) it looked like a slum.
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derek

[Derek Broughton]

I wrote:

> Here*(Halifax)*people*complained*that*a*new*sewage *plant,*on*the
> edge of downtown, was going to be an eyesore.**I*said*just*make*it*tall
> enough to hide the hideous casino and it would have to be an improvement!

And to bring it back on-topic, I'm still bitter that they wouldn't even
consider solar-aquatic sewage treatment. Imagine hundreds of acres of
water gardens spread around the city instead of two or three eyesores.
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derek