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Best fertilizer for root feeding plants.
Hi,
I am having problems with my amazon swords and crypt plant. The crpyt plant was having green leaves in the begining and now the new leaves are brownish red and holes frequently develop on this leaves. The amazon are having small whitish green leaves. My aquarium has 3 inch thick pea size gravels and has many plants. The prblems are with only the root feeding plants. I do semi-weekly fertilization with tetra- flora-pride and seachem florish. Question is, what would be best to help my root feeding plants. I was thinking of adding latirate to gravel or maybe adding seachem root tabs. Sushil Sushil |
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Best fertilizer for root feeding plants.
"Sushil Prasad" wrote in message ... Hi, I am having problems with my amazon swords and crypt plant. The crpyt plant was having green leaves in the begining and now the new leaves are brownish red and holes frequently develop on this leaves. The amazon are having small whitish green leaves. My aquarium has 3 inch thick pea size gravels and has many plants. The prblems are with only the root feeding plants. I do semi-weekly fertilization with tetra- flora-pride and seachem florish. Question is, what would be best to help my root feeding plants. I was thinking of adding latirate to gravel or maybe adding seachem root tabs. In the US, Jobes fert sticks for ferns and palms. They have just the right mix of nutrients, but can be difficult to find. Break them into bits about 1/4 to 1/2 inch long and bury them under the plant, or very near the root mass. |
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Best fertilizer for root feeding plants.
I would use both Seachem Flourish tabs and Jobe's spikes. Root feeders need
both micronutrients and macronutrients. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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Best fertilizer for root feeding plants.
What would be the best distance from plant root to put the root tabs and
jobe's stick. I noticed the crypts root are coming out of gravel at the front glass wall. The crypt is planted about 5 inches from the front wall. Also at what depth should the tabs be inserted. "LeighMo" wrote in message ... I would use both Seachem Flourish tabs and Jobe's spikes. Root feeders need both micronutrients and macronutrients. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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Best fertilizer for root feeding plants.
What would be the best distance from plant root to put the root tabs and
jobe's stick. Maybe an inch or two away from the base of the plant. Also at what depth should the tabs be inserted. As deep as possible. Especially for the Jobe's. Try not to disturb the gravel afterwards. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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Best fertilizer for root feeding plants.
As basic notion is to learn how to feed plants with the water column,
then you never have any distinction between one type of plant. All the plants are well fed then. I've tried a number of method over the years. The best is a simple consistent method of doing water changes and dosing the water column. While some plants are effective root feeders, I would not say they prefer root nutrition. My have done better with the water column and a good flourite base than any primary root feeding method. Jobes have given enough Green Water and staghorn algae issues for folks than you want to know about. Just make sure you don't move them, and bury them real deep for at least 2-3 months. Water change anytime you might have pulled one up. Regards, Tom Barr |
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Best fertilizer for root feeding plants.
Is that because they contain phosphate?
IME, it's not really the phosphate that's the problem with Jobe's spikes. It's the nitrogen. Some of it is in toxic forms, like ammonium and urea. I'm pretty interested in this subject because I am fighting hair algae in a 10 gallon tank that I've been experimenting with. I am also having problems getting a Nymphae lotus (zenkeri) growing. My thought was that root tabs might encourage it to grow. It's going to get much too big for a 10 gallon tank. You might be better off starving it and stunting its growth. g I've found that root tabs are necessary with Nymphaea. They are such nutrient hogs. If you have one in the tank, you must feed each plant individually (with root tabs) or the lotus will suck up nutrients as fast as you add them, and the other plants will suffer. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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Best fertilizer for root feeding plants.
As Nymphea were the easiest to grow without and with CO2 (i.e. without root feeding),
as some other plants have a hard time now with CO2 (H. zosterifolia), I started adding root tablets to Nymphea ! I will tell you whether other plants improve or whether I get 6 Nymphea (from 3)... Regards, Philippe "LeighMo" wrote in message ... | Is that because they contain phosphate? | | IME, it's not really the phosphate that's the problem with Jobe's spikes. It's | the nitrogen. Some of it is in toxic forms, like ammonium and urea. | | I'm | pretty interested in this subject because I am fighting hair algae in | a 10 gallon tank that I've been experimenting with. I am also having | problems getting a Nymphae lotus (zenkeri) growing. My thought was | that root tabs might encourage it to grow. | | It's going to get much too big for a 10 gallon tank. You might be better off | starving it and stunting its growth. g | | I've found that root tabs are necessary with Nymphaea. They are such nutrient | hogs. If you have one in the tank, you must feed each plant individually (with | root tabs) or the lotus will suck up nutrients as fast as you add them, and the | other plants will suffer. | | | Leigh | | http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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