Okay, I assumed you knew more about growing lilies. This is what I would do. You might want to do things differently. 1. Clean out all old lilies. 2. Save a couple or a few growing tips (last 6"-12" of root tips) of representatives of best varieties. 3. Clean root masses with gentle spray from hose. 4. Repot/replant at a slant or angle with growing tip slightly exposed above soil. 5. Use a heavy soil not potting soil. Potting soil will tend to float away, exit the pot, and not adequately hold the root in place. 6. Add a high phosphorus fertilizer stick 1-2 times per year to each pot similar to those for tomatoes. 7. Once lilies have established in 4 months to a year in the pot, they as a full root mass can be unpotted and placed in the pond bottom, OR divided and repotted every 2-4 years.
I don't use pots to repot lilies. I use larger containers with more space for root development. Cut off bottoms of 5 gallon buckets, old dish pans or cat litter pans work good.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 05/19/09 10:54 AM.
