Water Gardening: Show us your favorite water lily, 1 by darlindeb

darlindeb wrote:
I got so tired of buying new pots that I looked around for a solution and this is what I came up with a livestock feeding dish. I got mine from 'Atwoods' which is a farm supply store here in Claremore. The company that makes the dishes is 'Little Giant' which is NOT the 'Little Giant' company that makes pumps out of Oklahoma City.

They cost a little more, and yes they are a little heavier but the water lily or lotus grow up and out so you can use the pot again. The other thing I liked was one season I didn't get some lilies divided so In the feed dishes I could just lift the rootbound lily up and and throw fertilizer tabs under the plant and I still got good bloom production. I was doing
this in a very shallow pond.

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