Re: [GSAS-Member] Submerged Lillies

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

On Wed, 9 Sep 2009, Shango Los wrote:

> I think I heard somewhere that when my tiger lilies throw those
> lillypads up to the top I am supposed to cut them so no part is
> emerged.  Is that true and do we know why?  I just realized I have
> been doing this for 3 years with no defendable reason.

The big deal with some species is that if they throw floating leaves, they 
may completely crowd out the rest of the tank and won't produce any more 
submerged leaves.

   - Erik

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