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Apr 10, 2014 7:13 PM CST
Name: Mary
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virginiarose said:Well like you said we cannot control the elements so mine would probably turn into a swimming pool. I just did not understand why Pickels did it. What was HIS purpose for doing this?

Mary, I have already ordered another 70 for spring. My new daylilies are even better!


The water will *never* get any higher than the the walls of the bed. So it would be hard for it to turn into a swimming pool, unless you make one of the mistakes I made, and try to use a wading pool. THOSE DLs were submerged, and I got them out of there post-haste. Thumbs down Won't make that mistake again, that's for sure!

As to the science behind it, I'm not a scientist. I would assume it's related to water's insulating properties? Shrug! And I don't know why Lee Pickles did it, other than he heard about it from Tommy Maddox in MS, and was intrigued, and wanted to check it out for himself, same as I reacted when I heard about it from Lee, maybe?
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