Archive for June, 2010

Hi I need help catching largemouth bass specifically during the daytime hours during the summer!?

I fish in a small resevoir that is at most 6 feet deep with lots of lilly pads and downed trees to offer cover. We catch an enormous amount of largemouth using buzz bait and top water poppers during early morning and sundown hours. We are completely striking out when it comes to [...]

What types of media did Claude Monet use for his famous Water Lily Pond painting?

I mean, I don’t know whether Monet used acrylic or watercolor, or if he used also charcoal and/or other media. I need all the help I can get cuz it’s for an art report…thnx to anyone who responds=D
Monet had several Water Lily Pond paintings. I am pretty sure he used oil paints on many [...]

How do I plant water lilies?

I’ve just bought 2 bare-rooted waterlily plants and need some advice about the best way to plant them.
They have 4 inches of stem growth on them and the beginnings of a couple of leaves each.
What would be the best potting method and do I put them at their full depth straightaway or do it gradually?
Thanks [...]

I bought two water lillys just before Xmas. First they went well but are now rotting. Help me save them please

On the 20th of december I bought a white hardy and a purple tropical water lillys (I’m not sure of the exact type). At first they seemed to be going fine but they’ve gone down hill quickly in the last week or so.
When I first got them home I put a fertiliser tablet in their [...]

what is the name of the flower that grows on lily pads?

lotus

Is Ms. Tomlin’s feminine napkin called a lily pad?

HA! That’s a good one although I’m pretty sure she doesn’t need them anymore.

What is the best pool cover to prevent evaporation?

I’ve had the blue sheet like thing that the cut to the size of your pool. It’s a pain in the butt because it gets debris on top and then it’s big to pull off and store and it gets dirty, and it’s too big to clean. I’ve tried lilly pads, which I like, but [...]

The water lily plant in my pond is floating and won’t sink to the bottom of the pond. Is it dead ?

I wonder if I could have some advice and if there is any chance that if it has survived how do I anchor it at the bottom so that it recovers?
Your water lily has to be potted up in soil or sand or some medium to keep it in place. Put it in at [...]

Water lilies do not grow in desert sand because water availability to these plants in a desert is?

a limiting factor.
a competition factor.
none of the answers.
the carrying capacity
cheater.

i am about to transplant my peace lilly. how often should i water once its in a bigger pot and new soil?

I’ve had my peace lilly for over 10 years. I’ve divided it several times with success. Water it well after transplanting it. Then about once a week or when you see it start to droop. They perk up within the day.