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Mon, Oct 17, 11 at 13:43
| hi, it's that time of yr again. today we pumped out the pond and caught our fish. they go into a stock tank in the basement for the winter. the big problem that i still havent solved is what to do with my waterlilies. i have tried many ways to overwinter to not much success. am wondering...usually i hose off all dirt and cut them back and just try and keep them somewhat moist..i get rot and mold. can they just stay in their pots with dirt, cut them back and put them in the stock tank with the fish or in another tank? then dividing and repotting could be done in the spring. how do you all keep your lilies. (pond freezes to the bottom-nasty winters. blah) thanks, andi |
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- Posted by grandmamuffin Zone4-5NE (My Page) on Mon, Oct 17, 11 at 18:03
| Last Year I washed off the tubers and wrapped them in damp burlap, put them in an open Rubbermaid tub in the basement in the dark (not extremely cold-probably around 55 degrees, and kept the burlap damp (not overly wet). They all grew this summer. It was the first year I did that and I did that again, now. |
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- Posted by strawberryjam z4MN (My Page) on Tue, Oct 18, 11 at 17:38
| I overwinter my water lilys the same way every year. I have them planted in plastic dish pans and when I bring them up from the pond I drain the water off so there is no standing water, cut off the green and dead leaves, then right away I take a clean garbage bag and slip each pan into it. I use a twist tie and close it up. Then down the basement they go. I line them up in a row amd cover them with old blankets to keep the light out. In the spring when I uncover them they already have new green leaves and are ready to go into the pond. I have done this for many years. |
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| Storing tropical waterlily tubers in the 45-55 range is very reliable, as long as they don't dry out. The tubers are very resilient and tough compared to the grown out plant |
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- Posted by Sheribuch711 none (My Page) on Fri, Oct 21, 11 at 0:56
| I to leave them in there pots, cut them back and put them in clear plastic bags, tie them shut and place in the darkest part of the basement, come around March they are growing. Don't have to water them at all thru winter..I do the same with my water iris's..... |
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