Water Gardening: Texas waterlilies etc arrived, 1 by fredrump

fredrump wrote:
snapple
what I am still puzzled about is how last years pots seem to have lost most of their clay. At one time they were full and I only added some stones to hide the clay and prevent digging. Now the plants themselves are half way down the pot and all I see are rocks. So where did the clay go?

I was afraid that if that stuff somehow disintegrates, the plant will be several inches below the netting and the lily leaves might already be too big to get through the holes. That's why I tried to keep the net as close as possible to the ground level.

A pot I tried the net with last year has the plant 1/2 way down the pot and the net is covered with algae. I'm waiting it to see if new growth will come and try to get through the net. In other words I'm watching what nature will do with my contraption. :-)

This pot I did the other day and already the clay is turning green from algae growth. I guess that's normal.