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My mom has a pond with lilies and water hyacinths in it; it gets pretty cold up here (level with niagara falls) and she doesn't know how to treat them; shoukd they be alright weathering it out, or should we do something else, like keeping them potted in the basement
Any help would be sweet....
Yes, it will die, as will the lettuce and frog bite. I overwinter a few plants my my aquatics tank. They also will survive in a slurry, but they must be kept alone in that case because the root systems can get extensive.
Yes, you can grow the water hyacinths in dirt, but I have had better luck growing them in water under lights. I kept water lettuce alive for a while, but it died a few months before I could put it outside again.
I just bought some water hyacinths for an aquarium setup. I have them in a covered 10gal tank filled 1/2 way up. There is a 65W florescent bulb on the cover ("Florex" brand; you get get these at Home Depot, Lowe's, or probably a hardware store). The light warms the water to 75F. The water is a "peat tea" solution and there is decaying plant matter on the bottom.
The hyacinths love it! They are multiplying like mad, and one of them even flowered (they have nice purple flowers). Hope this helps. Let me know if you need any specific info and I'll get back to you.
I had water hyacint and pistia in my pond for the first time. Because I knew that I wouldnt have space for all of them inside my house because all of my other plants, I put pure peat to a basin, watered it little bit, and planted all those water hyacints and pistias in it My neighbor promised that I could use her cellar, and I carried the basin there. It's all dark there, my the temperature is low too
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