Here's how to get the new planter basket

Best time to repot

Not every time of the year is suitable for repotting water lilies. If you find that your specimen needs a new pot, wait until May or June. This leaves the plants enough time until winter, the new ones Plant basket(€ 17.17 at Amazon *) to root. Autumn, on the other hand, is less suitable, especially if the repotting also involves pruning.

Get a new plant basket

Obtain a suitable planter basket, which you can use if necessary. bigger than the old one. But measured against the size of the pond, it shouldn't be too big either. Heavily overgrown water lilies are difficult to recover remove. It is better to cut back or divide the water lily as a preventive measure.

• choose a non-rotting material
• Bulbous roots need a deep and narrow pot
• Rhizomes, on the other hand, need a wide and flat pot
• 2-10 liters volume is appropriate for small ponds
• 5-10 liters for medium-sized ponds
• 15-30 liters for large ponds

Provide fresh substrate

You shouldn't put water lilies in fine soil plant, as this is washed out and affects the water quality. Instead, buy special substrate for water lilies. You canMix the water lily substrate yourself at home. Gravel and crushed stone made from all types of stone with little lime are suitable. The grain size should be between 2 and 4 mm.

Get the water lily out of the pond and repot it

1. Get the planting basket out of the pond, as repotting can only be done outside of it.
2. Take the water lily out of the basket.
3. Clean the rhizome or the rhizome with pond water.
4. Depending on the variety, you can divide the tuberous rhizome or rhizome and plant the pieces separately.
5. Remove damaged or black roots and shorten the light, healthy roots.
6. Fill the new planting basket 2/3 full with substrate.
7. Put the water lily on it - rhizome flat, tuber vertically. Fill in the spaces with substrate.
8. Fertilize The water lily by adding fertilizer balls.
9. Finally, you can weigh down the plant with larger stones.