Can anyone tell me how long the resting periods for the commonly available Nymphaea species will be? I'm growing N.zenkeri which is going strong after 9 months and appears to have produced new offsets. N. stellata seems to grow very vigorously for a few months and then rest for a few months. I am trying N. micrantha which grew very large but has died back for more than 4 months - the bulb seems fine.
I leave them all in the tank all the time and always remove floating leaves. Should they be dried out. Is there any way of 'tricking' them into a shorter resting phase?
I leave them all in the tank all the time and always remove floating leaves. Should they be dried out. Is there any way of 'tricking' them into a shorter resting phase?