Water lilies have been around since the former Cretaceous time period , over 125 million year ago . They are aquatic plants have sex for their big orotund leaves and promising flowers . Water lilies are grow in shallow ponds , lake and slow - move streams . They are propagated by rhizomes and disseminate by prune or breaking off the rhizome . They do not have many plague or disease egress , but there are some fungal trouble .

Hardy and Tropical Water Lilies

Hardy water supply lilies have thick flat leaves and are semi - hardy in moth-eaten zones . They can endure in most of Europe and even in northerly Canada . tropic piss lilies are crank with delicate parting that bruise if handled more or less . They will go in cold weather condition . In cooler climates they can only be overwintered by covering the water .

Black Rot or Crown Rot

This is a fungous disease recognize by small black spots on the leaves . You will notice a very cheating scent in the area , which point the fungus . The rootstock want to be dug up and inspected . If the stem is not snowy , but is black or dark discolour , the plant has black rot . No fungicide program will help . It is better to dig up the plant and chuck out of it . This is a very serious fungous trouble that affects the tropicals more than the hardy lilies .

Leaf Spot

foliage speckle start with small chocolate-brown or carmine browned spots on the leaves . Then the leaves begin to curl . It is very contagious and the unnatural foliage need to be removed straightaway . Captan is a jolly good and effective fungicide for use around aquatics . It is a foliar spray that should be used on the unaffected leaves .

Ecotoxicity

Fungicides are not as a rule as toxic as pesticides and weed killer . However , high dose levels can do some problems . Always apply gloves and eye aegis . With a powdered fungicide lotion , use a mask as well . Some of the fungicide used in pond are the non - systemic Clorothalohil and Thiram . Both are nontoxic to plants and not deadly to angle ( although your Pisces will behave oddly ) , but introduce some endangerment to invertebrates and other brute . Iprodione is a systemic antimycotic agent that will kill your Pisces the Fishes and is hazardous to other life . fuzz fungicides are toxic in high-pitched floor , so only very diluted dose should be used .

Homemade and Organic Fungicides

you could be sure that the product you are use to your pond is good if you make your own fungicide . Here ’s one formula : 4 teaspoons of bake soda , 1 tablespoon of horticultural oil and 1 gal of water . Mix together well and put into a sprayer . Spray softly . constitutive antimycotic agent are dependable and nontoxic applications for ponds and aquatics . Lime atomic number 16 is a very effective and safe fungicide .

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