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Pond Chat / Re: Today's Daily News American Ponders Plugged nicely!

« on: September 14, 2006, 04:30:56 PM »

great article, jerry. well done

louis

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Pond Chat / Re: I'll be in Newsday this Thursday...Link Added!

« on: September 14, 2006, 04:26:06 PM »

I just read the article. I am so proud to know you.

louis 

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Hybridizing How To's... / Re: Pink hybrid tropical waterlily failure.

« on: September 13, 2006, 06:26:54 PM »

it is a pretty flower.
i am glad this forum is here. i would like to add something to it as soon as some of my pods give me seeds

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: I'll be in Newsday this Thursday...

« on: September 13, 2006, 06:23:57 PM »

fantastic, Joyce. send a link to the paper on line if that possible

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: We got rain yesterday! Garden photos

« on: September 13, 2006, 06:22:23 PM »

excellent photos. nice to have a nice summer.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Overwintering a miniature papyrus??

« on: September 13, 2006, 07:29:53 AM »

OK, Lou, I've got it.

They for sure keep that helicopter in a heated hanger right?

There's gotta be room in there.

Steve

hi steve, now thats a thought 

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Overwintering a miniature papyrus??

« on: September 12, 2006, 07:11:08 PM »

Louis,
Can you go to a home improvement store and get a big plastic tub, and put the container in it, keep water in the tub over the winter?
I keep my marginals in a tub like that over the winter on a back porch. (in the heated house, but cooler)
Every so often I add several gallons of water.

Steve

steve, i could do that but no room in the house and the greenhouse is not heated in the winter.

thanks,

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Overwintering a miniature papyrus??

« on: September 12, 2006, 06:57:21 PM »

Can you bring it in and treat it as a houseplant?  Find a pretty pot to put it in (just drop the current pot in the pretty pot) and stick it in a corner?  It will help humidify the house too.

hi teresa, thats one option but the pot its in now is huge, the size of a bushel basket.
thanks for the suggestion

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Overwintering a miniature papyrus??

« on: September 12, 2006, 06:50:41 PM »

Duh... Send it here! 
Tammie

it weighs at least 80 pounds, impossible to take it apart. thanks. 

lou

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Pond Chat / Overwintering a miniature papyrus??

« on: September 12, 2006, 06:26:08 PM »

I have a really nice small papyrus, about 3 feet tall and its in a 16 inch container. i really hate to see it die when the cold sets in. is there any way i can overwinter it without spending a fortune on electricity??

i have a full cellar that gets down to about 45 in the winter and a garage that freezes, any ideas?

thanks,

louis

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Pond Chat / Re: Thank you, Jerry ... Thank you, Sean ... Such a difference!

« on: September 12, 2006, 06:22:44 PM »

Thank you Sean and Jerry, for me the site is very fast and most enjoyable. may i get excited?

 

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Pond Chat / Re: 3 bloom video

« on: September 11, 2006, 01:01:47 PM »

hi mucky,

tell madam that we require the utmost in video so a new camcorder in your future is a must.

lou

 

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Pond Chat / Re: Went to a beautiful place (lilies and butterflies oh my...)

« on: September 07, 2006, 07:25:50 PM »

hi kim, thanks for the tour, really spectacular.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Third Day Flowers

« on: September 07, 2006, 07:21:55 PM »

hi craig, nice to see blooms when all of mine have  just about shut down. they are all great, however i really like #3, which one is that.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: 3 bloom video

« on: September 07, 2006, 07:17:09 PM »

that i wonderful. how long does it take the flower to open up.

great job.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: my new idea for wintering my tropicals lilies - opinions?

« on: September 06, 2006, 07:23:40 PM »

hi bart,
your idea is a good one. it should work with no problems at all.

darn the cold weather. i am going to move in with either tammie or craig.

lets see, if i move in with tammie, i will have to muck the stalls. hmmmm 

if i move in with craig, i will have to build ponds until florida has no more inland, it will be all ponds.

hmmm. 

i wonder who is the better cook.   

lou

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Chit Chat / Must see, 100 years of photos with music.

« on: September 06, 2006, 01:36:14 PM »

I  came across this site and its really neat. the song will be stuck in your head. really neat images also
lou

http://usaattacked.com/100_years_of_pictures.htm

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Pond Chat / Re: Labor day weekend, the blooms thin, but...

« on: September 04, 2006, 05:52:03 PM »

very nice, i am sad. most of mine have shut down

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Joanne Pring, flipping the bird at Ernesto...

« on: September 04, 2006, 05:50:13 PM »

very pretty, joyce.

i hope you are feeling well..

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Last blooms of the summer.

« on: September 03, 2006, 06:21:57 AM »

thanks everyone. i was not a fan of white lilies either, but when i saw this one two years ago, i had to have it. its in a pond all of its own and it spreads like wildfire. its a large white bloom, some of them in excess of 8 inches. it takes a while to get re established in the spring, but when it does, there are multiple blooms on it at once. if i keep it out longer and it gets colder, the tips of the petals will turn a bright magenta. i will see if i can get a photo of this trait.

i forgot to mention, this lily is one of the creations by charles winch of Australia.

lou

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Pond Chat / Last blooms of the summer.

« on: September 02, 2006, 05:45:01 PM »

Its been too short of a summer. nights are cool and its almost raining constantly. as we speak, there is a cold rain and its only in the mid 50's.

I find that the tropicals behave in a most different way when it gets cool. the blooms stay open longer and the color intensifies. i just took a look out on the pond and there are three white delights still in full bloom and its been dark for well over an hour. the night bloomers never close, the bloom will stay open for 3 or 4 days and then sink to the bottom. here are some of the linger-ons.

lou

they are:

AQUARIUS



PERRY'S ORANGE SUNSET



UN NAMED PINK HYBRID FROM THIS YEAR



WHITE DELIGHT

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Pond Chat / Re: What are the sandy grains that appear on the pads?

« on: September 02, 2006, 10:49:41 AM »

I have had good luck with oil of pepermint, that you can get at a health food store. i mix about 10 drops into a quart of water and spray. it works and makes the yard smell nice also.

lou

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Chit Chat / Re: Mensa Invitational (funny!)

« on: September 01, 2006, 06:46:50 PM »

i hurt from laughing so hard. that is sooooooooooooooooo funny.

i really needed that.

circumvent............

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: What are the sandy grains that appear on the pads?

« on: September 01, 2006, 05:12:03 PM »

EEK...... Aphids

sure to follow are the large black ants. they harvest the honeydew from the aphids

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Is it just luck? The site is fast once again.

« on: September 01, 2006, 06:12:47 AM »

this morning its fast, however i have had three minute page openings. and thanks sean, i did not know the timing was at the bottom of the page.

usually its slow in the morning and evening. i must keep track of the timing for you.


lou

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Chit Chat / Re: Today was my last Chemo!

« on: August 31, 2006, 07:33:01 PM »

hi joyce, shopping does wonders for the soul. even if you buy something and then return it the next day. something about carrying all those "store" bags home.


lou

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Chit Chat / Re: Today was my last Chemo!

« on: August 31, 2006, 05:41:04 AM »

My best to you Joyce. may the sun shine on your face and the wind always be at your back.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: We are about to get press coverage!

« on: August 30, 2006, 04:52:03 PM »

way to go, jerry,.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: A vivid colored bloom - Larp Prasert (photo)

« on: August 30, 2006, 04:50:54 PM »

stunning color. what size is the bloom.

lou

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Pond Chat / Re: Picture of a seedling

« on: August 29, 2006, 01:14:44 PM »

Hi Louann, that is a definite winner. do you know the parentage?

lou