Almost Done!!!

[sissy]

The pads start out under water and grow to water ever I have some that have stems on the that have grown from one side of the pond to the other .So the pot should be all the way under the water .The pads will adjust themselves

 

[smcox1]

But I was saying for this winter if they would be long enough. So how fast do they grow?

 

[sissy]

pretty fast and they should be lowered way below frozen water level because roots could freeze .The leaves will die back and it will be safe as long as the water does not freeze to where it;s sitting .If your worried you bring it in and put it in a tub of water ,but you should think about a deicer

 

[addy1]

As sissy says, as long as the tuber does not freeze the lily will survive the winter. I put mine from 2 feet to 3 feet down, every one of them came back in the spring.

When it starts dieing back in the fall cut off the leaves and flowers so they don't rot on the bottom, then put the plant in the lowest part of your pond. Mine froze down to 8 inches so for me, technically anything below a foot would work, as long as my pond did not freeze deeper.

 

[smcox1]

Sounds good I will go ahead and over winter it in my 250 gallon pond because its about 30" deep

 

[smcox1]

Planted almost all the plants I have bought this past week Saturday I bought another Russian sage and a pink plant but I don't remember the name
Here's the new Russian sage

Also humming bird carpet

And the water lily in the pond and one of the Salvia plants

Also the cone flower bottom right and a few flowering shrubs

 

[smcox1]

I hope by next year everything fills in real nice because I have planted a ton of plants

 

[rebelangel_3733]

I got mine from the local bait shop and my bigger gold fish were only a buck each

 

[addy1]

It will fill in nicely smcox, all my plants were babies last year, now huge and blooming constantly

 

[sissy]

I like that you have those rocks in the pond sticking out .

 

[smcox1]

Sissy those are my stepping stones I need about .3 more to make it all the way across they are completely flat on the side that's up. Addy it should fill in real good by next year I just can't wait to see it

 

[sissy]

I hope you put a piece of spare liner under each stone if your going to be stepping on them .I saw something like that before and they talked about how they put a piece of extra liner under each rock so they would not hurt the original liner

 

[sissy]

Still like the waterfall the best it looks so natural and darn you really do have some nice rock .

 

[smcox1]

I hope you put a piece of spare liner under each stone if your going to be stepping on them .I saw something like that before and they talked about how they put a piece of extra liner under each rock so they would not hurt the original liner

I did I cut a piece of 45mil epdm and doubled it up and put it under each stone.

 

[smcox1]

Still like the waterfall the best it looks so natural and darn you really do have some nice rock .

Oops I hit the thank-you button but it doesn't matter because I was going to say thank-you anyways. I still have a big granite bolder to do something with but Idk where to put it?