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you guys tried Hygrophila pinnatifida
Just realized some posts have gone after the forum was down.
Just to update again on the progress of my emersed plant project. I shifted all of plants to normal pot and use garden dirt and soil for planting this time. Method is still the same:
- using tweezers to plant
- cover the pot with glass piece to get the nature lighting and keep moist environment for plants to adapt better from submersed to emersed form.
- Water spray daily to keep this "green house" moist.
Some photo on the first day planting some: Staurogyne repens, Pogostemon erectus, hygrophyla sunset, rotala rotundifolia pink etc...
After about 1 month:
Staurogyne repens: have the best grown.
Hygrophyla sunset also pick up quite fast:
Pogostemon erectus: still survive but not so optimal. Hope it can thrive.
Rotala rotundifolia 'pink' has transformed totally:
The only Syngonanthus belem cannot make it like Zep's experience. It was dried up once the glass being opened.
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Hi, I'm currently growing them and I must say they grow much faster even
compared to my hi-tech tank. Here's a picture I attached.
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I am just using regular potting soil and yes it's covered
I haven't researched enough to dose any extra ferts and supplements, I've just planted in a regular potting soil, can't remember the brand but I got it from a regular nursery and it's used for my common indoor plants. It's growing quite fast so I don't know when I should start adding any supplements like NPK etc, any advice? And I plan to propagate it but not so confident it will be successful for this plant haha
About propagation, I tried to propagate the emersed plants that I have by cutting off the tops and replanting into the potting soil media. Similar to what we usually do for the submersed plants.
Results are mixed. Some of the cuttings dried up. Some survived. Tried with hygrophila sunset, bacopa caroliniana, rotala bonsai, ludwigia glandulosa and pogostemon erectus.
How do you guys do it and what is the success rate? Or should be let them flower and propagate by seeds/flowers for the emersed form?
For my emersed plants, I add those cheap $2 per pack fertilisers recommended by the nurseries. Not sure if they are really helpful though. Didn't do any comparison with a non-fertilised pot of plants since the ferts are cheap.
i see , since its doing ok in that potting soil i would leave it alone until signs of pin holes in the leafs , i tried before emersed planting with ada soil yet it rot away but i remember i didnt cover but soil is maintain wet constantly , where you bought the pinnatifida from ?
I got them from aquatic avenue, they grew very well and quick in my tank that I had to trim often and propagated them until there wasn't space so instead of always using the trimmings as compost, I just planted them and none died out. But they are not as purple as the ones submersed, though they grow so fast.
Thanks for sharing Zep, I Guess I will be trying your method of propagating them emersed
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