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Water Hyacinth Root Pruning
Speaking of Water Hyacinths.....
One of the said Crappy Water Hyacinth plants has rather long roots and a (in my mind) disporportionatly small green growth on top. As you can see in the picture linked below, the roots are floating on the water surface. There is some new growth on the plant so I'm basically inclined to leave it be, however...... Question: Will pruning the roots of the dang thing harm the plant? *Should* I prune the roots? (Pruning, not removing...) Of course, if the plant's a lost cause, I'll jus' throw it into that lovely, pristine, clear, flat, wide, huge reservoir up the road. Surely, the nutrients in the plant will benefit something up there.... (Ok, I'm kidding about releasing the WH into the wild....) Link: http://tinyurl.com/4bblp --Bryan (Yes, I'm something of a newbie to the Porg...) ************************************************** ********** * Can't see the Forest | Bryan B. * * Through the Trees? | "Ho, Ho, Ho!" Santa * * Take it out! | accused as he went * * (Damn Viruses!) | through his list. * ************************************************** ********** |
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Excellent visual aid! ;-) I'd take it out, plunk it in a bucket with some Miracle Grow and give it a feeding. Probably it's hungry. kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
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Welcome newbie Porg Person! ;o)
Love the picture, in particular the "size reference brick". LOL! I would not cut the roots, what I expect to see happen, if the WH is now happy where it is, it will make nice green babies, but the mother plant will continue to look sickly. At least that is what is happening in my Lilypond, all those that got pH stressed, made babies, that are nice and green now that the pH is stable. I've started picking off the mom/main plant and tossing its ugly self in the compose. I'm so ungrateful. YMMV whenever the subject is water hyacinths. Right? ;o) ~ jan On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:29:46 GMT, BryanB Speaking of Water Hyacinths..... One of the said Crappy Water Hyacinth plants has rather long roots and a (in my mind) disporportionatly small green growth on top. As you can see in the picture linked below, the roots are floating on the water surface. There is some new growth on the plant so I'm basically inclined to leave it be, however...... Question: Will pruning the roots of the dang thing harm the plant? *Should* I prune the roots? (Pruning, not removing...) Of course, if the plant's a lost cause, I'll jus' throw it into that lovely, pristine, clear, flat, wide, huge reservoir up the road. Surely, the nutrients in the plant will benefit something up there.... (Ok, I'm kidding about releasing the WH into the wild....) Link: http://tinyurl.com/4bblp --Bryan (Yes, I'm something of a newbie to the Porg...) ************************************************* *********** * Can't see the Forest | Bryan B. * * Through the Trees? | "Ho, Ho, Ho!" Santa * * Take it out! | accused as he went * * (Damn Viruses!) | through his list. * ************************************************* *********** ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
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Welcome newbie Porg Person! ;o)
Love the picture, in particular the "size reference brick". LOL! I would not cut the roots, what I expect to see happen, if the WH is now happy where it is, it will make nice green babies, but the mother plant will continue to look sickly. At least that is what is happening in my Lilypond, all those that got pH stressed, made babies, that are nice and green now that the pH is stable. I've started picking off the mom/main plant and tossing its ugly self in the compose. I'm so ungrateful. YMMV whenever the subject is water hyacinths. Right? ;o) ~ jan On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 19:29:46 GMT, BryanB Speaking of Water Hyacinths..... One of the said Crappy Water Hyacinth plants has rather long roots and a (in my mind) disporportionatly small green growth on top. As you can see in the picture linked below, the roots are floating on the water surface. There is some new growth on the plant so I'm basically inclined to leave it be, however...... Question: Will pruning the roots of the dang thing harm the plant? *Should* I prune the roots? (Pruning, not removing...) Of course, if the plant's a lost cause, I'll jus' throw it into that lovely, pristine, clear, flat, wide, huge reservoir up the road. Surely, the nutrients in the plant will benefit something up there.... (Ok, I'm kidding about releasing the WH into the wild....) Link: http://tinyurl.com/4bblp --Bryan (Yes, I'm something of a newbie to the Porg...) ************************************************* *********** * Can't see the Forest | Bryan B. * * Through the Trees? | "Ho, Ho, Ho!" Santa * * Take it out! | accused as he went * * (Damn Viruses!) | through his list. * ************************************************* *********** ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
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I don't know, K30, I did this with my sickly ones in the filter and they
just rotted to gross mush in the fertilized tub. Perhaps one needs to leave them for just a bit of time in the Miracle Grow and place them back in the pond within the hour? ~ jan On 10 Aug 2004 19:38:53 GMT, EROSPAM (Ka30P) wrote: I'd take it out, plunk it in a bucket with some Miracle Grow and give it a feeding. Probably it's hungry. ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
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I don't know, K30, I did this with my sickly ones in the filter and they
just rotted to gross mush in the fertilized tub. Perhaps one needs to leave them for just a bit of time in the Miracle Grow and place them back in the pond within the hour? ~ jan On 10 Aug 2004 19:38:53 GMT, EROSPAM (Ka30P) wrote: I'd take it out, plunk it in a bucket with some Miracle Grow and give it a feeding. Probably it's hungry. ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
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I don't know, K30, I did this with my sickly ones in the filter and they
just rotted to gross mush in the fertilized tub. Perhaps one needs to leave them for just a bit of time in the Miracle Grow and place them back in the pond within the hour? ~ jan On 10 Aug 2004 19:38:53 GMT, EROSPAM (Ka30P) wrote: I'd take it out, plunk it in a bucket with some Miracle Grow and give it a feeding. Probably it's hungry. ~Power to the Porg, Flow On!~ |
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jan wrote I don't know, K30, I did this with my sickly ones in the filter
and they just rotted to gross mush Hmmmm. This is where I should confess that I've never had sickly looking water hyacinths (typing smug and superior). I suppose this is cue for the Porg Goddess to smite me down and punish me for bragging. So I'll go ahead and confess my water is so clear I can see your handwriting on the tubs that you planted the lilies in that I bought from you.... might as well get it all over with when the Porg Goddess decides I've been bad... kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
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jan wrote I don't know, K30, I did this with my sickly ones in the filter
and they just rotted to gross mush Hmmmm. This is where I should confess that I've never had sickly looking water hyacinths (typing smug and superior). I suppose this is cue for the Porg Goddess to smite me down and punish me for bragging. So I'll go ahead and confess my water is so clear I can see your handwriting on the tubs that you planted the lilies in that I bought from you.... might as well get it all over with when the Porg Goddess decides I've been bad... kathy :-) algae primer http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html |
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