jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Apr 20, 2020 3:41:27 GMT -5
Prehistoric plants like bamboo, carnivorous plants and lotus being grown in old retired nursery. These are lotus. They are perennials and grow fast in shallow water. Note aquatic Louisiana Iris planted with the lotus. This long slender pond was 'seeded' with one 5 gallon pot planted with a lotus and filled the pond in one year. Lotus stems can be cut underwater and will bubble up carbon dioxide during a sunny day like an aquarium aerator. No bubbles on a cloudy day. High carbon dioxide production probably typical of prehistoric warm climate plants. April 29 2015 looking west. Iris is Louisiana Iris 'King Creole'. June 2 2015 looking west. Subject pond on left. Lotus setting blooms. June 10 2015 looking east. Blooms starting to open and more so on east/sunnier side. July 6 2015 looking east. Setting edible seed in pods. Guess where the sun is at this moment. Better than a sun dial ET ! April 18 2020 King Creole Iris continue to prosper sharing space with the lotus. Lotus coming alive. Iris blooms will be gone in 2 weeks. Let's see if lotus shoots as well as it has 2015,2016,2017,2018,2019. Low maintenance, I only mow around the pond and clean water pipe inlet flow occasionally. June 9 2016 James standing in pond where Iris are located. See Iris blades under my arm. Judging from seed pods sun is directly overhead.
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Post by fernwood on Apr 20, 2020 4:08:49 GMT -5
So beautiful. Thanks for sharing. You inspired me.
I hope to get something similar (much smaller) installed in my back yard this summer. I have a large pond liner, pump system and accessories for it. Have underground electric and outlet next to where I want to put it.
My biggest concern is that there are many huge pine trees nearby. The needles cover my back yard. The pond would need to be skimmed often. Making sure the plants survive over Winter is another concern, as I would need to drain the pond in fall.
I had planned on using the pump system and liner at previous residence, but it never happened. Other than the pond partially being dug and lined with a tarp.
I love your aquatic plant posts.
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Apr 20, 2020 11:23:02 GMT -5
So beautiful. Thanks for sharing. You inspired me. I hope to get something similar (much smaller) installed in my back yard this summer. I have a large pond liner, pump system and accessories for it. Have underground electric and outlet next to where I want to put it. My biggest concern is that there are many huge pine trees nearby. The needles cover my back yard. The pond would need to be skimmed often. Making sure the plants survive over Winter is another concern, as I would need to drain the pond in fall. I had planned on using the pump system and liner at previous residence, but it never happened. Other than the pond partially being dug and lined with a tarp. I love your aquatic plant posts. The white lines are all 4 inch or 6 inch PVC pipes buried 20 inches carrying gravity fed water from the creeks on this property. A saddle tee can be strapped on to the pipe line at any point on the pipeline to send water anywhere along those pipes including greenhouses and barns. Or the water is flowing in a serpentine fashion from pond to pond. All of the ponds are gravity fed by this pipeline via water taps. So they were dug easily on dry land and inundated with gravity flow water. The pipeline was installed 30 years ago and has supplied an average 15 gallons per minute 24/7 for those 30 years. (21,600 gallons/day or 230 million gallons total) It changed me and Denise's life in that it allowed us to grow expensive water loving plants. I paid $1800 for the pipe and paid contractor and friend helper $1500 to dig/install. Prerequisite is a property with a year round creek and plenty of slope with flat land below.
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