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    Storing of crypts

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    Hi AQ, is there any methods to store unrooted crypts for long period of time? (say 2 weeks or so?)

    For moss, I've stored in fridge for close to a month and still fresh & grow-able. Is it feasible for crypts ?

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    Crypts can be stored for a long time in a dark wet place... some leaves might melt... and the whole plant might melt when re-planted finally...
    Read me! :bigsmile: http://justikanz.blogspot.com/

    I'm crypt collecting... Starting cheap, now have Cryptocoryne beckettii, C.beckettii var petchii, C.crispatula var.balansae, C.griffithii(Melted! ), C.nurii, C.parva, C.pygmaea(Melted! ), C.tonkinensis(Melted! ), C.walkeri, C.wendtii 'Brown', C.wendtii 'Green', C.wendtii 'Green Gecko', C.wendtii 'Tropica' and Cryptocoryne x willisii

    Oh, juggling is hard work, man!...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Justikanz
    Crypts can be stored for a long time in a dark wet place... some leaves might melt... and the whole plant might melt when re-planted finally...
    hi Justikanz, how dark and how wet should I store the crypts in ? say I wanna store a C.parva in a beancurd tub, how high should I fill the water lvl to ?

    After total melting, is it possible for the crypt to regrow even without any leaves left for photosynthesis ?

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    I have replanted hair grass stored in the fridge for 3 weeks. They looked yellowish when I planted but most recovered and grew. I had put them in a plastic bag without water. Just moist environment.

    For your Crypts, I have no experience keeping them that long. Maybe keep some in a pail of fish tank water under balcony light source and some in the fridge. And let us know how it goes.
    koah fong
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    I've left mine floating in a pail of water in indirect light, no direct sunlinght as it heats up small bodies of water too much. Kept it there for almost 2 months, C retrospiralis, balansae. No problem. They melt a bit when planted.
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