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substrate for potted plants
I'm considering planting some aquatic plants in pots or in "planting rocks"
(from the Foster & Smith catalog). I wish I had responded with this question last week when someone wrote that plants get most of their nutrients from the water. Can I put just plain aquarium gravel in these pots, or should I use SeaChem's Flourite or ...what? Thanks in advance for your recommendations. |
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Most of my stuff is in pots. I've used flourite, beach sand over
a mix of Farfards aquatic soil mixed with profile (ran out of flourite) and plan beach sand (ran out of...). I can't say I notice much of a difference. Is this true for your Crypts too? I've not tried Crypts without some sort of iron at the roots. Most of my plants are crypts. I do dose with iron+traces these days and before that I'd put washers under the soil which was under 4" of fine beach sand. Crypts are ehavy feeders and want lots of nitrates and iron. -- Need Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org http://www.mbz.org | Mercedes Mailing lists: http://lists.mbz.org 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | Killies, killi.net, Crypts, aquaria.net 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Old wris****ches http://watches.list.mbz.org |
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I'm considering planting some aquatic plants in pots or in "planting
rocks" (from the Foster & Smith catalog). I wish I had responded with this question last week when someone wrote that plants get most of their nutrients from the water. Can I put just plain aquarium gravel in these pots, or should I use SeaChem's Flourite or ...what? Thanks in advance for your recommendations. Most of my stuff is in pots. I've used flourite, beach sand over a mix of Farfards aquatic soil mixed with profile (ran out of flourite) and plan beach sand (ran out of...). I can't say I notice much of a difference. Do you leave the hole at the bottom of the pot open? It seems that flourite or soil would fall out, or that the iron, nitrogen, etc would get into the water. |
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"K Byers" wrote in message ... Do you leave the hole at the bottom of the pot open? It seems that flourite or soil would fall out, or that the iron, nitrogen, etc would get into the water. You block the hole. Use a pebble or the inside of a soft drink bottle top to block it. Oz -- My Aquatic web Blog is at http://members.optusnet.com.au/ivan.smith |
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