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Lessons Learned "Quick Hits"
We are soliciting short lessons-learned from hobbyists: events that possibly left you sadder, but measurably wiser. Have a good one? Please send it to the . Here is a brief diatribe from the Webmaster:
The plantlets produced by viviparous tropical water lilies can be used as aquarium plants. Taken inside and potted in small containers with a little soil (1/4 cup), they will grow as underwater plants for a number of months, looking somewhat like a sword plant. Eventually they will have pads at the surface and even flowers, but this are often very small, being dwarfed by the small container. Once placed outside in a full sized pot in the sun, there plants will rapidly progress to a full sized tropical lily. This is a great way to keep tropicals going over the winter inside in temperate climates.