Water Gardening: My First Lotus for the Season., 0 by tootsie

tootsie wrote:
Hi Lily_love,
, 150 X 90? We have to keep shoring up all the way around the pond, trying to keep the darn herons from killing what is left of the fish! Last year the Great Blue heron decided it was too hard to get down in between the huge tree roots! We watched the darn thing just hop into the deep end of the pond, and just swim around killing my fish :((((((((( Yes, I put the water lilies and lotus in their containers, I drill holes in the containers , thread small ropes thru the holes, tie and send them down in the pond for winter. In late spring I pull them up and out, then trim them up, put a fertilizer cube ( I make my own using newspaper) and stick them down in the clay, put them back in pond and they bloom wonderfully :)
How wonderful to have yours come back :) I am going to put the 2 lotus in the pond today :) This spring when I was pulling the lilies out, 4 of them turned over , and slid down into the deeper water! Now I have them all sending up pads and I just did see one big bloom coming up :) Maybe I should just let them all root into the clay bottom and grow n bloom on their own, except for the lotus, LOL
I hope you will post some pics of your pond and flowers :)
Tootsie