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!

These are great lily/lotus fertilizer tabs. My lotuses are doing great on these fertilizer tabs. The tabs are easy to use. I just push a couple into growing media soil once a month. Could not be easier. It's quite noticeable when I forget to fertilize, new leaf output slows or plants put out tiny leaves. This fertilizer is a must, a in d I will be getting the bigger container next time!

I had bought some really expensive water plants four our small outdoor pond. I was worried because they did not seem to be thriving and maybe my media was not going to work for the roots. But I added several pellets to the roots of the plants and within days the water was as clear as a freshly cleaned swimming pool and the plants had doubled. A few days later they plants have quadrupled in size of the plant or new plants grown and the tadpoles from all the eggs our little chorus of frogs laid will have a chance this year. Last year, without the plants, they were like sitting ducks for a passing bullfrog. This product worked extremely well which is something you cannot always say about aquarium and pond products. My only criticism is that there appeared to be a number of pellets that had broken and crushed to powder. I think you can just add the powder but using the pellet is easier to get into the root system of the plants which is where you want it to go. Overall, I am very pleased with this product and will purchase again.

I like this product and I’ve purchased it in the past with no problem. But the last bottle came completely pulverized. No tabs inside the bottle just powder. And I don’t have a picture but one time the bottle came completely open inside of the Amazon package. But at least the tabs were solid and not pulverized.

This saved my water Hyacinths!! I have beautiful water hyacinths in my fountain and because of the season they don’t get as much late and I noticed they started to get really dark and malnourished. It never dawned me to get this type of product, but when I read about it, I knew I had to. It didn’t happen immediately, but in about a month, the plants turned around some of them got reborn and the ones that were on the fence whether they were gonna live or die survived. I didn’t have any loss. It really worked well and it was a great recovery. I’m so glad I saved them.

The packaging said TABLETS. The directions said TABLETS. What was inside was NOT tablets!!!!!!! It was granules. It is impossible to use unless you are repotting plants. I am very disappointed and because I didn't open the container until I used my last batch, I can't return it now.

This is a good product, however when delivered the bottle was opened and tablets spilled and all over the bottom of the box. Some were crushed by the other items in the box.