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got new cabomba, how does it root?
I just got a new little few stalks of cabomba. How fast does it root? I am
having a pain in the butt trying to keep the stalks planted. Any other tips on how to prune and take care of it? thanx! -- Dave Picklyk www.picklyk.com/aquascape |
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got new cabomba, how does it root?
cabomba is a hassle - as ot grows the bottom gets thin so you have to
cut the top and replant. try crypt, green hygro, wisteria and ludwiga - each roots - does well and is not a hassle, Dave M. Picklyk wrote: I just got a new little few stalks of cabomba. How fast does it root? I am having a pain in the butt trying to keep the stalks planted. Any other tips on how to prune and take care of it? thanx! |
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got new cabomba, how does it root?
"m.dekort" wrote in message ... cabomba is a hassle - as ot grows the bottom gets thin so you have to cut the top and replant. try crypt, green hygro, wisteria and ludwiga - each roots - does well and is not a hassle, Dave M. Picklyk wrote: I just got a new little few stalks of cabomba. How fast does it root? I am having a pain in the butt trying to keep the stalks planted. Any other tips on how to prune and take care of it? thanx! AMEN, I've got three tanks full of it, growing faster than I'd like. I am pruning it back as I can afford other plants. I just got Echinodorus tenellus, LFS charged an outrageous amount for it, but it had a runner on it with two plantlets on it. I cut that off and planted it separately. In a week the two plantlets have tripled in size and two additional plantlets have formed on the end. My Anubias nana actually bloomed the week after I planted it. All this in a 3/4watt /gallon tank with DIY CO2. |
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got new cabomba, how does it root?
I just got a new little few stalks of cabomba. How fast does it root?
Depends on how much light and CO2 you have. It can be very fast. Days. I am having a pain in the butt trying to keep the stalks planted. It's a common problem. I bury the bottom inch or so of each stem by dragging it a little through the gravel. It stays down better if the part that's under the gravel is a bit horizontal rather than perfectly vertical. Any other tips on how to prune and take care of it? If you keep Cabomba, you get good at planting it, because it grows very fast, and it looks better if you prune it from the bottom. Just about every week, I cut off the tops, pull out the bottoms, and re-plant the tops. You can keep the bottoms if you want to propagate the plant, but it tends to get very straggly if you keep cutting off the tops. Leigh http://www.fortunecity.com/lavender/halloween/881/ |
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