Aurelius Venport
April 2nd 07, 12:28 PM
yet another MIMI post. How low did Carol had to grovel and squirm to het
posted on RPM
Pathetic.
Reel McKoi wrote:
>
> "Phyllis and Jim" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>> Will the rose spike jack up the total nutrients and increase the
>> algae? My lilies might like some fertilizer.
>
> I don't believe it's those Jobe's spikes because I use them in all the
> pots of lilies. There has to be some logical answer for the glop in
> this one pond. Actually I'm not even sure it's the soil in the lily
> pots. We thought it might be runoff from the lawn but we fixed the berm
> with reinforced concrete last spring, and the problem immediately
> returned. That pond's filter matting is constantly clogging with this
> dark green algae. The blocks themselves under the filter matting are
> also loaded with this stuff.
>
>> Most of my lilies, however, are loose on the cement floor of the
>> pond.
> Any good thoughts about fertilizing them? Or do I just assume
>> they will grab nutrients from the water?
>
> Derek has no problem growing his lilies that way, but they didn't do
> well for me at all unless potted and fertilized. If I want nice leaves
> and flowers I have to grow them in pots with fertalizer. I'm going to
> see how they do in the sandy gravel mix with fertilizer. I don't use a
> whole spike per pot. I break them up and use a little more than half
> the spike. These are the large size black plastic pond plant pots.
>
> My water is hard and alkaline. I add Potassium to the water itself, and
> nothing else.
posted on RPM
Pathetic.
Reel McKoi wrote:
>
> "Phyllis and Jim" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>> Will the rose spike jack up the total nutrients and increase the
>> algae? My lilies might like some fertilizer.
>
> I don't believe it's those Jobe's spikes because I use them in all the
> pots of lilies. There has to be some logical answer for the glop in
> this one pond. Actually I'm not even sure it's the soil in the lily
> pots. We thought it might be runoff from the lawn but we fixed the berm
> with reinforced concrete last spring, and the problem immediately
> returned. That pond's filter matting is constantly clogging with this
> dark green algae. The blocks themselves under the filter matting are
> also loaded with this stuff.
>
>> Most of my lilies, however, are loose on the cement floor of the
>> pond.
> Any good thoughts about fertilizing them? Or do I just assume
>> they will grab nutrients from the water?
>
> Derek has no problem growing his lilies that way, but they didn't do
> well for me at all unless potted and fertilized. If I want nice leaves
> and flowers I have to grow them in pots with fertalizer. I'm going to
> see how they do in the sandy gravel mix with fertilizer. I don't use a
> whole spike per pot. I break them up and use a little more than half
> the spike. These are the large size black plastic pond plant pots.
>
> My water is hard and alkaline. I add Potassium to the water itself, and
> nothing else.