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pruning Alternathera
Hi,
i have both Alternathera Reineckii and Alternathera Rosaefolia . Now 1 of these, i think it's Reineckii grows to the top of my tank so it's at least 65 cm's (25''). At first the leaves where based at gravel level but as it started growing, the stems grew long and the leaves base remained about the same so now the most i see is large stems Can i just cut a portion of the stems away and replant them? How can i prune them so i can plant more of these? Can i just cut some of the top and plant this? Does this work for both types of plants, Reineckii & Rosaefolia ? Thanks |
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On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 08:55:13 GMT, flupke
wrote: Hi, i have both Alternathera Reineckii and Alternathera Rosaefolia . Now 1 of these, i think it's Reineckii grows to the top of my tank so it's at least 65 cm's (25''). At first the leaves where based at gravel level but as it started growing, the stems grew long and the leaves base remained about the same so now the most i see is large stems Can i just cut a portion of the stems away and replant them? How can i prune them so i can plant more of these? Can i just cut some of the top and plant this? Does this work for both types of plants, Reineckii & Rosaefolia ? Thanks I don't know about your plant, but I had an Annubia that grew to the top of its 10 gallon tank. I hated to do anything because it was great looking and a novelty. However it was pushing out of the water, so I finally cut the stem. I planted the top part in a 29 gallon tank and its now half way to the top of that tank. The bottom half in the 10 gallon tank is still quite healthy, but has not formed a new stem, just lots of leaves. dick |
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I have the same problem with Alternanthera Reineckii, and Ludwigia Repens.
what I usually do is carefully up root it, dry it a bit with a pare towel, trim off all the roots that grow from the branch splits, trim about one third of the plant off the top, and replant or give away. I have done this twice already and both plants are less than 4 months old. my plants are growing soo fast i dont have room for all the cuttings!!! defintely just be gentle with them. always try to trim right at a branch node. good luck, Matt "flupke" wrote in message ... Hi, i have both Alternathera Reineckii and Alternathera Rosaefolia . Now 1 of these, i think it's Reineckii grows to the top of my tank so it's at least 65 cm's (25''). At first the leaves where based at gravel level but as it started growing, the stems grew long and the leaves base remained about the same so now the most i see is large stems Can i just cut a portion of the stems away and replant them? How can i prune them so i can plant more of these? Can i just cut some of the top and plant this? Does this work for both types of plants, Reineckii & Rosaefolia ? Thanks |
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Matt C. wrote:
I have the same problem with Alternanthera Reineckii, and Ludwigia Repens. what I usually do is carefully up root it, dry it a bit with a pare towel, trim off all the roots that grow from the branch splits, trim about one third of the plant off the top, and replant or give away. I have done this twice already and both plants are less than 4 months old. my plants are growing soo fast i dont have room for all the cuttings!!! defintely just be gentle with them. always try to trim right at a branch node. good luck, Matt snip Thanks for the info. I will try that. So you basically cut it somewhere at 1/3th from the top and replant the leafy bit and throw the stem away? I have indeed done this already to Ludwigia since it was all stems I saw so i cut the stem and threw that away and just planted the more leafy bits in the sand and it worked. |
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No i keep the base plant also. dont throw anything away. just replant the
top alsewhere. matt "flupke" wrote in message ... Hi, i have both Alternathera Reineckii and Alternathera Rosaefolia . Now 1 of these, i think it's Reineckii grows to the top of my tank so it's at least 65 cm's (25''). At first the leaves where based at gravel level but as it started growing, the stems grew long and the leaves base remained about the same so now the most i see is large stems Can i just cut a portion of the stems away and replant them? How can i prune them so i can plant more of these? Can i just cut some of the top and plant this? Does this work for both types of plants, Reineckii & Rosaefolia ? Thanks |
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