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Tog Tan · 06-05-2009, 02:43 PM

Hi Vickie,
These are some of my favs and I had a whole bunch of 4-5 leaves juvies in a small pond in my garden. They were all growing very well until I had the idea of making the pond more interesting by putting some fresh water crabs in them. Within a couple of weeks I had the leaves all floating up and they all eventually died. The culprits were the crabs(or me for putting them in)!
One of my friends took one earlier from me and grew it in a big pond at his nursery and it got big to at least 6ft diameter leaves and it died being damaged by crabs.

06-05-2009, 02:43 PM	#11 (permalink)
Tog Tan Ensete nut Tog Tan's Photo Gallery Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Name: Tog Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,757 BananaBucks : 504,508 Feedback: 2 / 100% Said "Thanks" 1,011 Times Was Thanked 2,724 Times in 787 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 204 Times	Re: Victoria Cruziana water lily Hi Vickie, These are some of my favs and I had a whole bunch of 4-5 leaves juvies in a small pond in my garden. They were all growing very well until I had the idea of making the pond more interesting by putting some fresh water crabs in them. Within a couple of weeks I had the leaves all floating up and they all eventually died. The culprits were the crabs(or me for putting them in)! One of my friends took one earlier from me and grew it in a big pond at his nursery and it got big to at least 6ft diameter leaves and it died being damaged by crabs. __________________ ____ Tog Tan has sadly suddenly passed away 6/16/09. We will miss you Tog Tan.