Algae Killing my Lillies?

I'm losing at
least one pad everyday. They turn yellow, then brown, and then to mush.
I have been clipping them and pulling them out of the pond when they
die. On all the dead ones I notice a greanish blackish film on the
underside of the lilly pads.

Perfectly normal. Don't let the pads get to the yellow to mush state. I
pinch off my pads as soon as they start to yellow. Yellowing attracts
aphids. I have 12 lilies, if I were to only pinch off pads an blooms
once/week I'd have a huge stack of discarded pads. As is, I prune at least
every other day and remove 6-12 pads each time. This invigorates the lily
to produce more. Not to mention make the whole pond look healthier. ~ jan


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Well that's a big relief. Thank you for replying. I wonder why some
pads have algae on the underside and some don't though?

Rich W

Well that's a big relief. Thank you for replying. I wonder why some
pads have algae on the underside and some don't though?
Rich W

They've been there long enough for the algae to grow on them. ~ jan


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I've had the same problem so I am glad I read this thread.
~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:
Well that's a big relief. Thank you for replying. I wonder why some
pads have algae on the underside and some don't though?
Rich W

They've been there long enough for the algae to grow on them. ~ jan


~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~

On 30 Jul 2005 17:49:05 -0700, "moe" wrote:

I've had the same problem so I am glad I read this thread.

I don't know if the OP used Algaefix, would be a good question to ask. Even
though most of those products claim they won't hurt plants and fish, I find
it highly unlikely that something that can kill algae isn't bothersome in
some way to higher plant forms. Kind of like 2nd hand smoke, kills slow
with exposer. ;o) ~ jan


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