How to weigh down lily pads

[texmaster]

So we've got a jumping bean lily pad. It will not stay in its pot. I've put heavy rocks around the top and it still finds a way to escape. I'm using our local clay soil. Any tips would be appreciated.

 

[sissy]

lilies really don't have to be in a pot .Mine just float in the lily pond .

 

[j.w]

I tied mine to a rock w/fishing line and just tossed onto the pond shelf w/no soil.

 

[addy1]

I have a few that just want to float, tuber ends up on the surface. Mine don't grow well without being planted. I take some fishing line, cross tie them into the oil pan.

 

[mgmine]

I put mine in an oil pan and surround the tubers with kitty litter.

 

[addy1]

I put mine in an oil pan and surround the tubers with kitty litter.

I have some that insist on floating even planted like that. Those I cross tie with some fishing line into the pot.

 

[mgmine]

Fishing line is a ponders best friend. It's the equivalent of duct tape for non ponders!

 

[Jeanie master]

Fishing line is a ponders best friend. It's the equivalent of duct tape for non ponders!

It's not too sharp...like could cut the plant? just wondering.

 

[addy1]

It's not too sharp...like could cut the plant? just wondering.

No it does not harm the plants. I groomed all mine this spring I have some that need to be re-groomed. They jumped their pots, i.e. grew way toooooo much, three are floating i.e. too much root mass now not enough kitty litter. So for now they are doing a bottom float lay sideways under the water. They can wait until spring to mess with them.

 

[mgmine]

I just lightly tie them. Make a loop that is too small for the roots to get through but not tight enough to do them damage.

 

[Nepen]

i have them in the large planting pot (from when i bought plants) then put rocks over/around the tuber. they send roots out through the holes. grow like crazy

 

[budgenator]

Most aquatic plants like to float away to new places to set root, I'm chasing my yellow flag irises all over the pond right now. I keep looking for something like plastic canvas but with holes in the 3/8 to 1/2 inch range to cover my pots but haven't had any luck so far.