Banana Water Lily

[Birchwood2]

Anybody have any experience with this? Saw this article in SC Sportsman and it got me interested in trying it.


http://www.carolinasportsman.com/details.php?id=11520

http://bananawaterlilies.com/

[MolliesMaster]

Shot the guy an email for price list. If the price is right, might be worth a shot.

[whistlinwingswilly]

Only think I noticed was $70 for 4 frozen ducks?

[SCmudder7071]

Go on eBay and you can find the plants for a whole lot cheaper than what they're being sold for on that website. We ordered a bunch to try it out on one of our holes to see. Trying it on only this one spot because there's no beavers on it so trying to see if it's worth it to go through the trouble of fencing the plants in to keep the beavers away.

[2thDoc]

For more information about banana water lily and how to obtain a shipment plants, contact Jim Hills at Frost Waterfowl (843-546-9104).

ugh. I deleted my rant.

Good luck, mr hills

[BOGSTER]

Where is your pond and how big is it?

[Birchwood2]

3 acres in Sumter county. It's real swampy and we are not able to use any kind of equipment to plant it. I've heard the Beavers are bad on it. Will they tear up an entire crop?

[Johnny Reb]

ugh. I deleted my rant.

Good luck, mr hills

LOL!

[BOGSTER]

Beaver pond with standing timber?

Banana Lily isn’t going to increase your wood duck numbers or bring any other species.
It’s predominantly a ringneck food.

Honestly I’d lay a 20x10 brown tarp on the bank, load the corn to it.
When the ducks get thick, pull the tarp up and run it to a secure, hidden location.
Hammer the ducks, wait 10 days, put the tarp back out, repeat process.

[2thDoc]

i like your style

i have a bazillion acres of coontail if you want it.


here's the deal birchwood: everyone will tell you they have the secret duck food. in your situation, all you can do is manage what you got and MAYBE introduce some aquatic vegetation that ducks like....but, like bog said, you can spend $1000 on banana water lillies and you still have a wood duck hole. if you can control the water a little, you can plant the edges by hand.

[JABIII]

Some things never change...

[YoungBuckTX]

so does anyone have any first-hand experience with this stuff? or is Hills just a salesman

[formerly bohica]

Ive planted plenty of it. I am sold on it for certain environments, ie unable to plant, or maintain a moist soil regime.

The last place I planted it, I had to fence the pond to keep beavers out, they are hell on it. If the pond is shallow enough, cattail is a problem too.

[G3JD, IV]

If there is a turtle anywhere around you are wasting your time.

[Quackhead22]

Turtles will destroy a crop of it!


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[ajwf662]

Usually, if a natural plant isn't already growing in an area, there's a reason. And that reason, whatever it is, will keep a planted or transplanted plant from thriving unless you change the conditions in addition to planting. But if you change the conditions, you'll get it coming in naturally (if you can be patient). So most of the time you're wasting your money.