Update: I found 1 pad had come back to the surface in one of the caged lilies. A day later I gad another pad on one that was not caged. Those pads were still there 2 days later. I dug up 5 rhizomes that I could find since they were under cages. A couple had the start of a pad so I potted them in styrofoam coolers from the dollar store back at the house. Most of the 5 now have at least one pad. I'll let them get established then cut the sides off the coolers and set them in the pond and just let them spread from there without disturbing the roots. Does this sound reasonable? Maybe my issues have been just chemistry shock on the plants? I hope anyway. I'll update with any other changes.
