more mikes pics.

[turtlemike]

This picture shows my big pond lilys prety well.

[Mikey]

Lake TurtleMike is quite attractive.  Great job!

[lorraine1960]

very pretty.. lorraine

[KatFish]

   So jealous....

[mascot]

please tell me that you don't go in there to trim all the dead leaves/bulbs???????

 

[turtlemike]

Yes Blind Too, I do.   I dead head any plants that make seed if I'm not saving seed from that plant.   I bag the pods that I have polinated and bee cross pods.   This is because I want all of the plants energy to go into my deliberate labeled and un labeled crosses. and I do pull off a lot of yellow leaves as I have time to, it helps me to see what im doing under water.

[Julles]

Beautiful, Mike.

where are you, to have such bloom this time of year?

[turtlemike]

Hey Julles  look at the dates on the pics, if they say 08 the dates are correct. any that say 07 are because I left the baterys out of my camera for to long and hadn't reset my time      Mike.

[turtlemike]

more.

[turtlemike]

And more.

[turtlemike]

And thats all for today probably.

[mascot]

Yes Blind Too, I do.   I dead head any plants that make seed if I'm not saving seed from that plant.   I bag the pods that I have polinated and bee cross pods.   This is because I want all of the plants energy to go into my deliberate labeled and un labeled crosses. and I do pull off a lot of yellow leaves as I have time to, it helps me to see what im doing under water.

okay, so dead heading must be your full time career?  ... I have enough of a headache on my three or four WL's and even then it's a pain sometimes.  How much time do you spend doing that?  You must have a system or something...I'd decide on a hundred less plants after...oh...about a minute!! 

[turtlemike]

Yes Blind Too it is my full time career.  In the summer I work 10 to 16 hour days almost  everyday during breeding season and yes I have many unique systems that I employ to speed my work.        MIke.

[mascot]

wow...that's a lot of work!!!   you definitely know what you're doing.....it looks great!

[miguynmkoi]

Lake TurtleMike is beautiful!!  How deep is it?  I thought I sat out by my little puddle for way too long.  But then again, I'm not working on the few lilies I have, just enjoying the sights and sounds. 

How many turtles do you have?  Obviously they don't bother the lilies.

In what state do you pond?

[Rick]

Any fishes in there??

[marla]

Thanks again for all the beautiful pictues.  I'm so amazed at how many blooms you have at one time, if I get 2 or 3 at once on one lily I'm exstatic, being able to see that beauty daily would be rewarding to the spirit.

[perplexed ponder]

Thanks for the pics, they keep me going in the winter while I'm frozen!