CrystalClear Thrive Aquatic Pond Plant Food, Fish Safe Water Garden Fertilizer, Nutrients Boost Lily & Lotus Flower Bloom & Root Growth, 60 Tablets

I had never grown a Lotus before, though we have certainly enjoyed using the root in our Asian cooking. However, in our last batch of tubers we bought, there was a joined pair that had a small shoot between them and for kicks I thought I would try growing one. Using a shallow 5" deep plastic pan that holds about a gallon of soil, I planted the tubers in a bit of soil to barely cover them, and kept it wet.When the sprout surfaced the soil I thought I just might have success and bought a small 20 gallon pond tub, and using bricks placed under the shallow pan, filled the tub full with water so that the soil surface of the small pan was about 4" below the surface of the water.When the sprout came up and leafed out I was delighted, but noticed that it wasn't as green as it should be (the plant definitely needed more nitrogen), so after reviewing Lotus fertilizers settled on the CrystalClear Thrive Aquatic Plant Fertilizer (10-14-8) based on customer reviews, and I'm so glad I did!Within a couple weeks of using the first tablet we had more shoots coming up from the pair of tubers and they leafed out into nice big and VERY green and beautiful healthy leaves, both floating on the surface or rising above it. Today I will be placing the second tablet into the soil, and although we have absolutely no idea what color of flower this plant may produce (since it was Lotus root tubers purchased at an Asian market, all I know is they were a product of Mexico), we're definitely excited to find out as the plant now has 11 large leaves, and it's only been about 5 weeks since we placed our first tab in the tub of soil.I'm definitely sold on the CrystalClear Thrive Aquatic Plant Fertilizer. I'm not new to gardening by a long stretch, but I *am* new to growing pond plants, having only admired them growing in botanical gardens or pond nurseries over the years (which is why seeing that nice pair a tubers with a tiny sprout starting between them piqued my interest). The product took a plant that was growing in an environment weak in nutrients, gave it what it was needing and turned it into a healthy plant with luscious green leaves that are strong and healthy. Now to just sit back and wait for a flower (or more) to bloom and surprise us with its beauty!

Great product

Lilly pads blossomed all summer long and into the fall with this plant fertilizer.

I like it's in liquid form makes mixing easy.Beautiful lilles will bloom.

This food is cube shaped. ( Solid, so no mess.) You push them into the soil around your plant. Easy to use! The directions are clear & specific as to the number you use & how often to use. 200 tabs in the bottle, so I’m pleased with the price.If I don’t grow a lily this year, it isn’t this feed at fault. Lilies need at least 6 hours of sun a day. I have the pot in my back deck w/o 6 hrs of sun. I also have all kinds of wildlife. Raccoons LOVE water plants! I have a container pond that gets lots of sun. Last year the raccoons ate all my water hyacinths AFTER they finished blooming. This year they ate them ALL 2 days after I put them in the pond…

My water lilies do really well with Thrive. Also use in a couple of other aquatic plants.

Pellets were intact upon arrival, unlike the experience of some other reviewers. I have a new small (3 x 5 ft.) pond with three potted plants (Nymphaea, Pontederia and Sagittaria) and some submerged ones (Elodea and Ceratophyllum). I removed the pots, poked my finger deep into the soil, pushed in one pellet in each pot, then refilled the holes with soil before returning to the pond. This should keep the pellet from dissolving directly into the water. I also have 4 small goldfish and minnows that don’t seem to be harmed, and the water hasn’t experienced severe algae blooms; in fact, the water is getting clearer the last few days (~2 weeks after adding the pellets). I checked the pH and ammonia with Hach test strips and they were fine (pH was rather high but obviously tolerated by fish and plants). High pH should allow the ammonia to volatilize anyway (instead of remaining as soluble ammonium ion). I also added a zeolite/activated charcoal pouch in the waterfall reservoir to help reduce ammonia. I’ve added the pellets twice so far, and the plants seem to be thriving. The Nymphaea and Pontederia are getting ready to bloom in late June/earlyJuly, right on schedule. The Nymphaea (water lily) has put out multiple new leaves, maybe 2/week.

It's easy enough to insert into the planting material. I just didn't notice any difference in the health of my water lily. It still never bloomed.