Hi all,

[pond man]

My pond is already full of large coi and a few gold fish that I've had for a few years. I was able to keep my fish outside because I enlarged and deepened the pond considerably.
I have several plants in the pond now but I would like to add the cana lilies I kept indoors for the winter. Does anyone have a good method for starting them indoors?

 

[Pond Boy]

Welcome to the forum. Plenty iof sun and water is what I do to get my cannas going for a spring bling...

 

[pond man]

Thank you for the "lots of sun and water' but I need to know if you start the cannas indoors in plastic pots in a 'puddle' of water to get them used to the conditions.

 

[addy1]

I have taken land lilies day variety, pulled them out of the ground stuck them in the bog, pea gravel and water they grew great, also did that with a lot other land plants They did not seem to need a get used to time

 

[marla]

welcome to the forum....yes there are lots of land/dirt plants that will do well with wet feet in the pond.

 

[Pond Boy]

You will have to experiment with what variety of canna will do good with there feet wet. I find some will make the transition very well others not so well..Good luck!

 

[DrCase]

Welcome to the Forum !!

 

[DrDave]

Welcome to the Forum!

 

[sissy]

welcome pondman I just start my cannas in gravel as fine as I can get .I even bought some clearanced out gravel for fish tanks makes for good healthy roots and doesn't make a mess .I tried that growing stuff for pond plants but fish made a mess of it