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Well not too many people posted to my last question, but thank you to
the three who did However I'm still confused, I went to look for pond
plants at Walmart and home depot as someone suggested, and I now
realize that the plants are not in "water", but soil So can I just
take these plants and shake all the soil off then put in my pond? It
seems they would die? I did find a list of plants to try. Also what can
I use as "soil", pond soil is very exspensive, 6.47 for a small bag?
I also have just a few questions about my filter, what else might a
place like home depot call a Bulkhead fitting? I just couldn't find it,
maybe this is the wrong kind of store?? The person I asked said that he
hadn't heard of it?? And I didn't see anything there like the online
picture. About the lava rock, I got a bag of this today and it's very
small like gravel, and very heavy? It's the only one they had, but I'm
not sure how this would stay out of the sediment area of the filter?
Sorry for the confusion, but I'm very new to this and have no clue when
it comes to pond plants. Ouida


I have a month head start on you and here is what I have observed...the
pond (water) plants at Home Depot are seasonal..what they may have you
will find discounted but are in bad shape...I bought a number of things
at Lowes for a buck each and most seem to be growing good/ok now. Those
and a few other plants bought at a water garden store have the soil with
pea gravel on top of the soil...In the Vegi filter bare roots I have
Cana Lily, Caladium bulbs, 2 hibiscus and a couple of sweet potato that
are thriving...I also have some Cana and 2 hibiscus in the main pond,
but just covered with pea gravel. One hibiscus died, the other looks
rough but is putting on a couple of buds and the cana is not growing as
fast as the ones in the VF but is putting out new growth.

You might check with a swimming pool store on the bulkheads. Though, I
got mine from a water garden specialty store.
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Lar

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