Lilypad overgrowth? Help?
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Hello and welcome! I assume that you’re saying you have more pads than you want and not enough blooms....
A little more information would be helpful. Where do you live — what planting zone? Are your lilies in a pond? What type of fertilizer did you use (what are the N-P-K numbers)? Are they hardy or tropical? Is this their first season?
A little more information would be helpful. Where do you live — what planting zone? Are your lilies in a pond? What type of fertilizer did you use (what are the N-P-K numbers)? Are they hardy or tropical? Is this their first season?
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Mine have been slow about blooming, it has been wet, lacking sun and cooler than normal.
Mine have been slow about blooming, it has been wet, lacking sun and cooler than normal.
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I haven't got one bloom yet either. Been too cold here. Mine are also not in soil, just hanging out free weighted down w/a rock.
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Mine have just started to bloom. I have only 3 blooms should be 3 times that by now. The season has started cold and gloomy. It will get better when the sun comes out to stay.
welcome, what is your pond size and how many plants do you have? Have fish? Hold old are your plants?
Interested in knowing if lilies get "old" and stop yielding blooms like cactus.
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Probably not, they are always growing a new tuber to replace the old.
Not naturally, no. I think what happens in man-made ponds is they get too crowded in the pots and can't get enough nutrients to produce blooms. I know when mine get overcrowded it's nearly impossible to get any fertilizer into the pot between all the tubers and roots. I just re-potted all of mine and they were all just one solid mass of material - no room for anything else in that pot! They were loaded with pads, but I didn't see a single bud. Hopefully now that they have space and lots of food they will produce for me this year!