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What is the proper procedure for pruning stem plants?
Do you trim the tops, re-plant the trimmings, and remove the remaining bottom? Thanks, Frank |
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Frank Mamone wrote:
What is the proper procedure for pruning stem plants? Do you trim the tops, re-plant the trimmings, and remove the remaining bottom? In general, yes. Each plant is different, but lots of them put out roots at nodesm and rooted clippings are a tad easier to deal with. Other plants start to branch out when they hit the surface. For most of my plants, the bottoms aren't worth keeping. Watch your plants and you'll figure it out. Her are two Karen Randal articles that will help: http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/a...ic/default.asp http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/a...ic/default.asp |
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Thanks for the great links!
"Dave Millman" wrote in message ... Frank Mamone wrote: What is the proper procedure for pruning stem plants? Do you trim the tops, re-plant the trimmings, and remove the remaining bottom? In general, yes. Each plant is different, but lots of them put out roots at nodesm and rooted clippings are a tad easier to deal with. Other plants start to branch out when they hit the surface. For most of my plants, the bottoms aren't worth keeping. Watch your plants and you'll figure it out. Her are two Karen Randal articles that will help: http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/a...ic/default.asp http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/a...ic/default.asp |
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My ludwigia, hygrophila, and rotala have done amazingly well with leaving
the bottom stem and re-planting the clippings. If you throw the bottom away then you are starting from fresh with a rootless stem. By prunning, the original plant starts to grow shoots of leaves along the lower parts of the stem instead of strictly on the crown...thus making the plant more bushier. or did I read you right ? -- Dave Picklyk www.picklyk.com/aquascape "Dave Millman" wrote in message ... Frank Mamone wrote: What is the proper procedure for pruning stem plants? Do you trim the tops, re-plant the trimmings, and remove the remaining bottom? In general, yes. Each plant is different, but lots of them put out roots at nodesm and rooted clippings are a tad easier to deal with. Other plants start to branch out when they hit the surface. For most of my plants, the bottoms aren't worth keeping. Watch your plants and you'll figure it out. Her are two Karen Randal articles that will help: http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/a...ic/default.asp http://www.animalnetwork.com/fish2/a...ic/default.asp |
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"Dave M. Picklyk" wrote:
My ludwigia, hygrophila, and rotala have done amazingly well with leaving the bottom stem and re-planting the clippings. If you throw the bottom away then you are starting from fresh with a rootless stem. By prunning, the original plant starts to grow shoots of leaves along the lower parts of the stem instead of strictly on the crown...thus making the plant more bushier. or did I read you right ? It is all a matter of personal preference, tasnk growth rate and individual plant species. My bright red rotala macrandra can grow more than a half inch per day, so my strategy there has been to replant the tops of half of the plants every week, tossing the bottoms. This gives me a continuous range of heights in the tank, plus big buckets of cuttings for sale. Keep in mind that when removing the bottoms, there are often side shoots that can be replanted or sold. Also, this plant tends to branch out when it hits the surface, so one stem becomes 3 or more at that point. Bushier has never been a virtue in my tank.Overgrowth has caused me more problems, from underestimating how much plant matter was in the tank and underfertislizing as a result. See the recent thread "Clues that a major pruning may be in order" on March 10. |
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