Country Escape's 2nd pond - Goldfish only

[sissy]

they are really a pretty color and lots of buds and the other pic is last nights funny weird storm .My lotus and water lettuce are really growing

 

[CountryEscape]

I suppose some irises are repeat bloomers, those are gorgeous, Sissy!!! Love that deep purple. My day lilies are blooming again ... or still. Happy Returns I just got a month or two ago are all blooming and multiplying nicely already!
What is that odd plant in your tub with water lettuce, Sissy?

 

[sissy]

the one is a lotus up front and the one in back is called a wax leaf elephant ear I just got from a neighbor and that is in the back corner of the tub .She gave me 3 stems but that is a bigger one of them

 

[CountryEscape]

Oh, I see the elephant ear one in the back corner now, too. That lotus looks really good! I'm going to wait until about February to start my seeds. I got 6 different color of flowers to try to start and see if they bloom next year. Figured by time I got the seeds (July) it was too late to try get them going and put them outside. Don't need any more plants to bring inside for the winter either!

 

[CometKeith]

Sissy, CE, re being a problem kid, my childhood still hasn't ended so I wouldn't know! CE do you think they are blooming not because they are crowded but because there is less food for them because they are so many?

 

[sissy]

feel sorry for the people around you CK .They could be in harms way :razz: I gave away 10 lotus plants and then grew a bunch for a nursery nearby .So far he said all the ones i gave him are growing great .The guy at the nursery never grew them before so he ask me for some help so started all the packets of seeds he gave me and all grew great .I just gave him the last packet of plants from the seeds I grew last week .

 

[CountryEscape]

That was very nice of you, Sissy! CK, I think someone said that if they are deprived (probably with space AND food, you're right) they will bloom, thinking they have to multiply before they die. I only know that they are very happy in my pots now, and were dying in my ponds, both in rings and not in rings, goldfish and/or koi. One lady told me that they like dirty water, and my pond water was too clean, since I have the bogs. I don't agree with that, though, as my lilies are doing great, although they do get fertilizer. Not sure, I'm just happy to get them to grow and bloom!

 

[sissy]

My pond is clean but they grow .But for the first couple of years they would die and this is the first year they are growing this good and they love the filter tanks .Not sure what I did to make them grow this year ,except add the grasses that colleen told me about .I wonder what it could have been all the time but seems they just love it this year ,especially the water lettuce .I do take some out every couple of weeks and throw them in the tub with the miracle grow in it and after a week they have tripled in size .If I see yellow edges on the they go in the fertilizer and then after a week or 2 they go back to the pond .So thinking that helps a lot .

 

[sissy]

I think that really helps them grow,Maybe next year you will have to try it .I just think they need more nutrients .I even take my lilies out now and have been trying it with them and it seems to help ,but started that to late and will try it earlier next year .

 

[CountryEscape]

My water hyacinths were doing really well for about 2-3 weeks, then started going downhill. That was when it got really hot and dry, too, so I wonder if that had something to do with it, they maybe don't like the extremely hot weather. I think someone said WH does not like full sun, but others say they love it! Maybe they do, but not when it's 95-105 degrees. It's cooler now, and they have been thriving for over a month in the water pots. I'm going to try to start them in there next year. Come to think of it, when I took out a few that were doing better, I put them in a 5 gallon bucket, and they did better pretty quickly. It was the same water as in the ponds. Maybe they don't like the water movement, but Sissy has them in her filters, water moving all the time, I would guess. Mine are in still water pots. I'm confused totally, but glad they are growing. Noticed several more blooms coming up today. Sad they only bloom for a day, but if you have quite a few, that can be quite a few blooms in a day, too!
My lilies are slowing down with blooming. Lady I got the tropicals from said the tropicals bloom longer in the season than the hardies, which start slowing down much sooner. I've not had the tropicals to bloom yet, but thinking the koi are nipping off the buds before they get to the surface. Will have to move them into the goldfish pond, I have a feeling.
Turtles have been gone for a week now. Hoping they have moved out to the farm pond with the cooler nights, getting ready to hibernate in there!

 

[addy1]

My tropicals from the same person, have been blooming wonderfully, it did take them a few weeks to settle down ce. After that they sent up a bunch of flowers. I have them somewhat shallow, actually in a floating ring, about 1 foot down in depth, full sun.

 

[sissy]

Thats why I wanted the stock tank ,I throw in some miracle grow and put the plants in and when they look healthy I toss them back in the pond .They love miracle grow and so do the lotus .

 

[CountryEscape]

Addy, the leaves are really nice, King of Siam are green, the Red Flame night bloomer has burgandy leaves. I've seen buds coming up, but then notice they are gone before they get to the surface, so I'm thinking they must be yummy! The leaves are not being messed with, though, so will leave them for now. The leaves were on the surface right away, probably just a little deeper than your 12" you have yours in.
Sissy, I pour some fertilized water in my water pots every now and then, did just this morning. The one lotus that survived is just barely surviving. It's a small version, had some blooms, but they were not very pretty. I have seeds, going to try to grow some in the late winter next year and see how they do. Have all colors, so we shall see if any of them grow and if they bloom true to color as well! I think I have 5 seeds of 6 different colors, so it should be fun and interesting.

 

[addy1]

yep if you are seeing buds and no blooms, your children are having a snack.

 

[CountryEscape]

Yep, Addy, I figured that. When I first got the plants, they each had at least one bloom, the Red Flame had I think. It didn't surprise me when none of them opened, but then I noticed them missing. I've not seen any new buds develop for about a week, so hoping soon they will. She said the tropicals bloom longer than the hardies, which seems backwards, but will be neat if they bloom after the hardies are done. BTW, my hardies are not suffering in the evenings down to 50 yet, although now the temps only are getting down to 60. Pond temp is 69 this morning.