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kegman75
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male canada
Its been a while since ive had sword plants. Mine is seem fairly healthy it has produced a runner or shoot but instead of how I remember the shoots running along the bottom of the tank to produce more plants this one has grown straight towards the surface of my tank. Should I bury this offshoot in the subsrate or not? It grows maybe an inch a day and is sticking about an inch above my water line and is just about touching my canopy.

I was thinking of adding a CO2 injector (probally make one)I know a CO2 injector would make my plants grow faster but wont it also make the algae grow faster too?
I live in a town supplied well water that has alot of fertiler mixed in it already (its so bad we dont drink it we buy bottled water for drinking and cooking) I'm running aprox 2watts/gal for 10 hrs/day
Post InfoPosted 15-Jul-2007 22:37Profile PM Edit Report 
keithgh
 
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If you decide to bury the new plantlett you could easly damage the roots. What can be done is place a small rock onto the fine yet strong runner it will soon establish its self into the substrate and when it is established remove the small rock and cut the runner in about the middle. By doing this the plant will grow strong and not rely on the mother plant.

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Post InfoPosted 16-Jul-2007 05:59Profile PM Edit Delete Report 
FRANK
 
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Hi,
I use a small rock to hold the runner down against the
substrate so the plantlet is held down to the substrate.
The roots will grow into the substrate and anchor the
plantlet. Once thebaby plant has reached 3-4 inches in
growth, then I snip the runner with a sharp siczors.

Another option is to simply keep setting small rocks
(just heavy enough to hold down the runner) on either
side of the baby plants and allow the runner to continue
on its journey. That way you can weave the runner around
the tank and place the baby plants (buds) where you want
them to grow.

Frank


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Post InfoPosted 16-Jul-2007 08:06Profile PM Edit Delete Report 
kegman75
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male canada
Yah that what i figured but i didnt remember doing this before when i had amazons that was all?? Thanks for the advice will do
Post InfoPosted 16-Jul-2007 18:51Profile PM Edit Delete Report 
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