Water Gardening: Pots and Soil for water lilies?, 0 by TomSG

TomSG wrote:
For water lilies I use pots with holes in them. I use regular nursery 1 or 2 gallon pots and put newspaper in the bottom to cover the holes. I think sandy clay based soil works the best. The newspaper holds the soil in untill the roots have time to take over. I seperate my rhyzomes at the start of the growing season each spring by cutting sections off that have growing tips and replanting. I have sometimes gotten as many as 10 new plants off one tuber that grew during the previous season. Growing in 1 gallon pots seems to trick the plant into forming new growing points or tips. I learned this from a commercial grower I buy from. I now have my own internet plant site. I fertilize regularly also during the growing season. I always put pond tabs in when I repot each year. 1 or 2 months into the season I will seperate my plants I sell to have more to sell.
Lotus tubers should be grown in no hole pots because of the way the tubers run. If grown in pots with holes they can run wild in your pond and take over alot of area. They also like sandy clay soil or top soil. They will start to run when the water temperture reaches above 70 f.. Lotus pot shown here. TomSG