Water Lily Problem
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Any suggestions appreciated.
One of my Water lily’s has gone on its holidays. I planted it the winter before last, it was a tiny piece if root but has grown into a big and beautiful plant. It has however moved to the opposite side of the pond. I had assumed the buoyancy of the pads had floated the pot. Wrong, the Lily has floated out of the pot. It has a mass of heavy roots. What action do I need to take please?
I’m assuming you used an aquatic pot with mesh sides? Did you put stones on top of the potting medium before you submerged the pot?
Indeed yes BM, further inspection reveals the pot is still there but has been completely taken over, overwhelmed.
I have now repotted it and tied it into a much bigger and heavier non mesh container but it is looking sad. The leaves and flowers are facing different directions as they are not at their original depth.
It sounds like it is a vigorous variety. It probably need a bigger pot and regular dividing to keep it under control. In the the UK we had to literally chop chunks off of ours every other year to keep it within the pond. It did it no harm and the leaves and flowers will sort themselves out very quickly.
It seems to have recovered quite well, the pads are the right way up and it is flowering.
I am guessing the best time to divide is when it is dormant but I don’t know?
Bonjour don’t know if you have a watercourse nearby. If so, watch out for ragondin, they absolutely love water lilies. I had a very large plant easily five meters in diameter. One night ragondin dug it up from the clay bed (to get at the rhizomes I guess) and I found it the next morning floating across the other side of the pond. I was so upset.
Thanks Twinkle, luckily there aren’t any nearby, the area is very rocky, the watercourses here are shallow and fast flowing. Did your Lilly survive?
No, it was the last straw, so to speak. I had planted at least six lilies during the previous couple of years and it was an endless battle with the coypu. Sadly, I had to give up. I don’t know how many coypu I trapped and dispatched. A very sad and upsetting task.
The Lilly is actually better than ever now, bigger with more flowers.
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