dirt for plants

[fishnoob]

Last year I bought some kind of dirt at lowes called aqua dirt? or something. I went and they no longer carry it anymore. Where can I find some aqua dirt on the internet? Looking for names. I can't find anything.

 

[tugo]

For any kind of aquatic plants, ordinary garden soil without manure would do well. But ordinary clay soil, hold the plants better and make pond water less murky.

 

[Muske]

Clay is best, but still messy. I only use gravel as my "soil".

 

[mrunlucky07]

I only use gravel as my "soil".

I think thats what most people do with good results.

My lowes never had aquatic plant soil, but home depot does, called shultz aquatic plant soil. I mixed it with fluorite for my planted tank since it has decent nutrient values. Its not as heavy as gravel is the main downside I found.

 

[tugo]

This spring, I tried 3 different ways, after checking all the lily pots and dividing the new
rhizomes.
Most of them I potted with half clay and stone pieces on top. Till now koi stays away. They start blooming.
Some of them I put into big buckets with and without soil and keep them outside of the pond. Both have reasonable amount of leaves but no blooming yet.

And the last 3 rhizomes I just hang with strings into the pond. Yet, they have very small and short leaves, not yet on the water surface. But these 3 were young rhizomes and it is not fair to compare with others. Tomorrow have to put them back into the dirt and hang some other mature rhizomes, I believe, to see the result more fairly.