Fertilizing Your Water Lilies...

Article by: Brett Fogle

Unfortunately, sunlight is not enough.

Your water , 7 Timeless Garden Decor Practices lilies will grow, , Patio Design - Add Awnings As A Colorful Finish For Your Patio Design thrive, and bloom much better if you get in the habit of fertilizing them regularly.

The good news is -- It's Easy!

you can either remove your water , Compost: Food for the Soil lily from the pond , Transplanting Trees to fertilize them, your sometimes you can even do it with the plants , How To Divide Bulbs For Bigger Gardens still in the pond. , Forest Tent Caterpillars ..

I prefer to remove them so I can inspect to see if they are becoming overgrown, and possibly need dividing. This is really the best way, and a good time to kill two birds , Why Should You Own a Greenhouse? with one stone. , How To Divide Bulbs For Bigger Gardens

So, first - remove the pot , Forest Tent Caterpillars from the pond. , Feng Shui Interprets Your Garden Features Then drain out any excess water, , Frame Your Garden With Edging so you can see the surface of the soil , Solar Garden Lights and Rhiozome..

Next, here's a trick I use to fertilize my lilies quickly and easily...

Have a fairly wide tipped flathead screwdriver nearby, and then use it to punch a clear path , What to Feed Your Fish During Colder Winter Months into the soil , Patio Bar Chairs for Comfortable Outdoor and Poolside Seating and through the existing roots. , Compost: Food for the Soil Then give it a good twisting to hollow our your hole.

You'd be surprised how hard it can be to push a fertilizer tab down into a dense root , Introduction to Snow Blowers pack - so try this next time and tell me if it isn't 100% easier.

Now that you have your 'holes' dug - take 3-4 water , Amaryllis Secrets lily fertilizer tabs out (we like the Tetra Pond , Free Landscaping Ideas - How To Correctly Plant a Tree fertilizer tabs), and push them down into the holes with your index finger..

That's it -- you're done!

Then just cover up the holes and top off the plant , Growing Blueberries for Fun or Profit with some fresh dirt, as we discussed in our last article - and you're ready to move onto the next one.

Once you've fertilized all your lilies, just slowly lower them back into the pond. , Amish Furniture on the Front Porch .

Here's another trick I use - Don't just drop the pot , Chain Link Fences back into the pond, , Forest Tent Caterpillars as trapped air , Planting Trees and Shrubs bubbles can sometimes uproot the lily or some soil. , Halfway Through Summer - Are We Having Fun Yet .

This is espcecially true new pottings, as the soil , Ten Considerations Before You Buy A Bird House has not been properly 'set'. Here's what I do:

Lower the pot , Forest Tent Caterpillars into the water, , What to Feed Your Fish During Colder Winter Months just enough to fill it with water, , 7 Timeless Garden Decor Practices then raise back up out of the water , Hydroponics Gardening - An Introduction To Hydroponics Gardening For Beginners (Part 3) Lighting until you see all the air bubbles disappear.

Do this a few more times, until you think you're removed all the air bubbles from the pot , Patio Design - Add Awnings As A Colorful Finish For Your Patio Design - then slowly lower it down into the pond.

There's nothing more frustrating than having a newly potted lily (or any plant) suddenly lift up out of the pot, , Patio Design - Add Awnings As A Colorful Finish For Your Patio Design dumping dirt all over the pond, , Transplanting Trees and having to be repotted.. I'ts happened to me more than once..

So that's it for now, in our next article, we'll talk about trimming and pruning water , How To Divide Bulbs For Bigger Gardens lilies...

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Brett Fogle is the owner of MacArthur Water Gardens , Free Landscaping Ideas - How To Correctly Plant a Tree and several
other pond-related websites including MacArthurWatergardens.com
and Pond-Filters-Online.com. He also publishes a free monthly
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