Tropical lily rooted 9 days later. Time to replant

It's a system.

very organized and efficient operation! those 'lil suckers grow like weeds!

I use Osmocote for our houseplants, but haven't been impressed with it.   I need to look into the Dynamite at home depot.  thanks for the info

crazy that we would double ship the stuff!

A lot of promiscuity in tropical water lilies. They seed out readily, have tons of sweet nectar, and bees are hitting them constantly.
Seeds out like no other, germinating under water and well protected from drying out.
Cross pollination makes new mixes constantly, so it is a good one to plant seedlings and see what new plants you may get.

crazy mix of seedlings:




Undersides of pads, some look unfamiliar perhaps new hybrids:

My friend wants to put some down here to see what water lily bloom honey tastes like.
The farmers around me sure have hives. Good move snuffy.

Must be a thousand lakes in the Ocala National forest. They have a book listing the water specs for about 50 of the bigger lakes.
They range from 4.2 !! acid to 7.5 slightly alkaline. The better fishing lakes are 5.5-7. most of the small lakes are very acidic below 5.
They all have fine aquatic plants in them, but the 4-5 acid lakes have much less diversity of aquatic plants, add some freak acid lovers.
The wells and springs are mostly alkaline at 8. So the lakes with lots of spring fed water are the higher healthier 6-7 PH.

The acid comes from peat soils. So you commonly have 4.2 soil with 8 water with lots of ground nutrients in the water.
Mix the two and you get a very balanced but mild nutrient bomb that the aquatic plants can easily digest.

All the water and soil(clay) in my nursery is 6.7 so I can grow a wide range of aquatics.
But super acid lovers have to be planted in peat, like carnivorous plants. That means I have to buy the peat, so I stay away from most super acid plants.

After long periods of drought or light rains, the acid from decomposition builds up in the jungle.
Then, if a heavy rain purges the acids from the jungle the natural acid runoff flows into even the biggest lakes(L. George 50,000 acres).
The result is dying catfish from the acid bomb. It physically burns their skin and kills many of them.
in the case of L. George, a commercial crab and catfish lake it is bad for the fisherman.
The crabs and the shrimp that migrate up the river from the ocean, migrate back toward the ocean seeking less acid water.
Dry years are best for catfish and crab harvests. Wet years raise acidity.
When a large catfish kill occurs, gators and birds of prey come from all around to feed on the carrion.
The lakes get a bit toxic from dying flesh. But the plants seem unaffected by the sharp ph changes.

Alkaline conditions have a much more limited aquatic plant variety. Tells me they love acid.
You could find water bodies near you that have alkaline water. If you do not see many aquatic plants in them it is likely they are not happy in those conditions.
And it is a fact that they are happier in neutral to acid conditions.
example, clients have put marble gravel in their garden ponds and killed their plants-alkaline bomb. At least for southern type aquatics.
Most swamps are acidic, catchments for highly organic/acidic soils. the reason for why aquatics are acid lovers.

My clay soil is perfect growing media, it's heavy and full of rare quantities of micro-nutrients. But needs N-P-K added.
Heavy good for not floating, but hell on workers that have to carry the pots. One gallon pot weighs 12-15 pounds wet.

Yes, your mention is a problem. Plants planted this year for next year, so not so much of an issue.
But some heavy feeders need the fertilizer fast, they are a problem. Mix 1 month with the 12 month, solved that one. But another hassle.
I thought you were an emperor of a tiny country in the orient. What was I thinking.

Mad yes, genius uhhh