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Is it ok to put liquid Laguina fertilizer in the pond or will this start a
problem with algae. Any help would be appreciated. |
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![]() Never heard of that product b4. If it says anything about NH4 or urea then don't use it. You'll get a bad case of green water, and green slimy toes too ![]() -- **So long, and thanks for all the fish!** "Prometheus Xex" wrote in message ers.com... Is it ok to put liquid Laguina fertilizer in the pond or will this start a problem with algae. Any help would be appreciated. |
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"Prometheus Xex" wrote in message
Is it ok to put liquid Laguina fertilizer in the pond or will this start a problem with algae. Any help would be appreciated. If this is intended for pond use, most liquid pond fertilizers are simply liquid potash concentrate, so it can be used as directed. ~ jan (Do you know where your water quality is?) |
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Is it ok to put liquid Laguina fertilizer in the pond or will this start a
problem with algae. Any help would be appreciated. I have never used Laguna liquid fertilizer, but I have used Pond Care Liquid fertilizer before along with tablets. Never had any problems with causing alage. It says right on the bottle, contains no phoshate so it won't cause excess alage. Jan "Our Pond" Page http://hometown.aol.com/pinkpggy/index.html |
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Just for the record, excess phosphates do not cause Algae outbreaks, period.
This is another aquaria myth, hogwash! -- **So long, and thanks for all the fish!** "Pinkpggy" wrote in message ... Is it ok to put liquid Laguina fertilizer in the pond or will this start a problem with algae. Any help would be appreciated. I have never used Laguna liquid fertilizer, but I have used Pond Care Liquid fertilizer before along with tablets. Never had any problems with causing alage. It says right on the bottle, contains no phoshate so it won't cause excess alage. Jan "Our Pond" Page http://hometown.aol.com/pinkpggy/index.html |
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Thanks, Hal, I'll look for the spikes...
Kirsten "Hal" wrote in message ... On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 02:13:47 -0400, "k conover" wrote: If I use fertilizer, will my lilies finally flower? Kirsten "Prometheus Xex" wrote in message gers.com... Is it ok to put liquid Laguina fertilizer in the pond or will this start a problem with algae. Any help would be appreciated. I put my lilies in pots with garden soil and stones on top to keep the fish from pumping out the soil and eating the roots. I fertilize with 10-15-10 stakes found in the garden shop. I tell myself the soil helps to contain the nutrients and minimize their presence in the pond water, but I'm sure some escapes. I do not count on lilies to help with the filtering, or removal of nutrients from the water, but they do make a bit of shade and look good when they bloom. Lilies have to grow enough root to have energy to bloom and if it is feeding on plenty of nitrates it may grow lots of leaves and few blooms. I don't know about liquid Laguina fertilizer. A Google search didn't turn up any information either. I would be very careful about adding liquid fertilizer to the pond. The ingredients to most common fertilizers are N, P and K, or nitrogen, phosphates and potash, that is what the numbers on the lable stand for, the percentages of each. A high Nitrogen, first number is for grass or green growth, flowering plants like a higher second number, phosphates and everything needs a bit of the third number, or potash to use the other two. A high nitrogen fertilizer may overwhelm your filter, and very high nitrogen in the water is ideal for a form of algae that can turn your pond water very dark, like black. (I did that once, trust me, you don't want to do it.) Regards, Hal |
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spikes, not liquid, and they need sun. also need to add that some lilies are more
"floriferous" than others. Texas Dawn blooms its head off. INgrid "k conover" wrote: If I use fertilizer, will my lilies finally flower? Kirsten "Prometheus Xex" wrote in message gers.com... Is it ok to put liquid Laguina fertilizer in the pond or will this start a problem with algae. Any help would be appreciated. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List http://puregold.aquaria.net/ www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unfortunately, I receive no money, gifts, discounts or other compensation for all the damn work I do, nor for any of the endorsements or recommendations I make. |
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If I use fertilizer, will my lilies finally flower?
Kirsten "Prometheus Xex" wrote in message ers.com... Is it ok to put liquid Laguina fertilizer in the pond or will this start a problem with algae. Any help would be appreciated. |
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