What is wrong with my water lilies?
What is wrong with my water lilies?
I have two water lilies that are sending up leaves regularly, but they quickly look like this. I would guess it's a snail problem but the pond is pretty new, and I haven't seen much of a snail population.
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- Cristy Keister
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Re: What is wrong with my water lilies?
What kind of soil and fertilizer do they have?
Re: What is wrong with my water lilies?
Both lilies are potted in heavy clay soil and each has a commercial lily-specific fertilizer tablet.
- Cristy Keister
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Re: What is wrong with my water lilies?
I use a partially mineralized top soil as well as a clay.
Re: What is wrong with my water lilies?
By the way, I eventually figured out what the problem was. China moths!
http://www.victoria-adventure.org/water ... page1.html
I found the caterpillars all over the undersides of a few pads. They were doing the initial damage and then the snails were exploiting the damage. I had to trim one lily down to the bare root, and it never recovered.
http://www.victoria-adventure.org/water ... page1.html
I found the caterpillars all over the undersides of a few pads. They were doing the initial damage and then the snails were exploiting the damage. I had to trim one lily down to the bare root, and it never recovered.