Water Lily Pot with Integral Feeding Tube

Steve J. Noll

Basic short & wide garden center pot. 18-inch diameter by 7-inches deep. Fiskars Terra Bowl 54018. Ideal for hardy water lily tubers.

1 1/4-inch PVC electrical sweep elbow fitted with a male adaptor. Cut shorter as shown. Lily tabs will fall through this feed tube and end up in the pot underneath the lily tuber and planting medium.

Pipe is glued in place with Eclectic Products UV6800 underwater sealant. Fine polyethylene mesh is then glued in place with the same sealant. The mesh is McMaster-Carr 9314T23 with 0.06" openings and will maintain a space under the Schultz Aquatic Plant Soil for the lily tabs. A threaded PVC female cap will close off the end of the feeding pipe.

Finished pot is covered with coarse polyethylene mesh, McMaster-Carr 9314T35, 0.45" openings. Forget about Koi rooting through your pots now! Insulated wire fastens the mesh down and provides a handle for lifting the pot. Cut a hole in the mesh for the initial sprouts from the tuber. Edges of the mesh will lift enough for the tuber to 'escape' the pot as needed as it grows.

Seven hardy water lilies are potted this way. To fertilize unscrew the 1 1/4-inch PVC caps, drop lily tabs into the pipe. Replace cap.

   Other links that may be of interest...

Glass Block Walkway Lights:
Glass Block Walkway Lights... http://www.kissingfrogs.tv/blocklights.html

Round Patio with Custom Tiles:
Round Patio with Custom Tiles... http://www.kissingfrogs.tv/roundpatio.html

A White Light Emitting Diode (LED) lit Patio Cover:
White Light Emitting Diode (LED) lit Patio Cover... http://www.kissingfrogs.tv/patiocover.html

A gilded metal wind sculpture of fish:
Flying Fish Swim with the Breeze... http://www.kissingfrogs.tv/windsculpture.html

Water Lily Pots with Integral Feeding Tubes:
Easy to Feed Water Lily Pots... http://www.kissingfrogs.tv/lilypots.html

Details of a unique bamboo and gilded copper garden trellis:
Bamboo and Gilded Copper Trellis... http://www.kissingfrogs.tv/trellis.html

An Illuminated Glass, Gold, and Copper Birdbath:
Glass, Gold, and Copper Birdbath... http://www.kissingfrogs.tv/birdbath.html

A unique 97-foot long fused glass-on-brick project:
97' long fused glass-on-brick project... http://www.peltier-info.com/wall.html

Directory of over 100 pond supply dealers:
Pond Dealer Directory... http://www.kissingfrogs.tv/ponddirectory.html

A permanent Heron-deterrent Scarecrow installation:
Heron-deterrent Scarecrow Installation... http://www.kissingfrogs.tv/scarecrow.html

Homemade Mini Glassworking Lathe:
Homemade Mini Glassworking Lathe... http://www.kissingfrogs.tv/glasslathe.html

Home Made Bird Feeder LED Yard / Walkway Lights:
Home Made Bird Feeder LED Yard / Walkway Lights... http://www.kissingfrogs.tv/yardlights.html

Gopher Screen - keep moles and gophers from ruining your lawn:
Gopher Screen - keep moles and gophers from ruining your lawn... http://www.kissingfrogs.tv/gopherscreen.html

Largest Thermoelectricity information site on the 'net:
Thermoelectricity information site... http://www.peltier-info.com

Largest used high-tech equipment dealer directory on the 'net:
Largest used hi-tech equipment dealer directory... http://www.big-list.com

LED Light Emitting Diode spectral scans and measurements:
LED Spectral Scans... http://www.big-list.com/leds.html