Water Gardening: does anyone use aquatic plant fertilizer?, 1 by Charlotteda

Charlotteda wrote:
Yes.. you do need to fertilize your lilies to get optimum bloom. NO you dont necessarily have to buy water plant fertilizer. Sometimes I do but I have found that osomcote works just as well.... this was taught to me by a lily hybridizer and he really knows his stuff..

I use several layers of newspaper to make a little pocket about the size of a small matchbox... put about 1 tsp of osmocote in there...fold it closed and squish it down into the edge of the pot... Yea...it take some practice to get the stuff in the pot before the newspaper falls apart but it is much cheaper than Planttabs and maybe even more effective.

charlotte