Welcome newbie Porg Person! ;o)

Love the picture, in particular the "size reference brick". LOL!
I would not cut the roots, what I expect to see happen, if the WH is now
happy where it is, it will make nice green babies, but the mother plant
will continue to look sickly. At least that is what is happening in my
Lilypond, all those that got pH stressed, made babies, that are nice and
green now that the pH is stable. I've started picking off the mom/main
plant and tossing its ugly self in the compose. I'm so ungrateful.

YMMV whenever the subject is water hyacinths. Right? ;o) ~ jan

On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:29:46 GMT, BryanB
Speaking of Water Hyacinths.....

One of the said Crappy Water Hyacinth plants has rather long roots and a
(in my mind) disporportionatly small green growth on top. As you can
see in the picture linked below, the roots are floating on the water
surface. There is some new growth on the plant so I'm basically
inclined to leave it be, however......

Question: Will pruning the roots of the dang thing harm the plant?
*Should* I prune the roots? (Pruning, not removing...)

Of course, if the plant's a lost cause, I'll jus' throw it into that
lovely, pristine, clear, flat, wide, huge reservoir up the road.
Surely, the nutrients in the plant will benefit something up there....

(Ok, I'm kidding about releasing the WH into the wild....)

Link: http://tinyurl.com/4bblp

--Bryan (Yes, I'm something of a newbie to the Porg...)

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