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Came back from vacation to see my newly planted Hygrophila Polysperma and Hygrophila 'Rosanervig'reaching for the light and having grown pretty quickly.

How do I prune to keep full looking. Thanks!

My Scapes

Hi,

Look for the nodes at the top that have already developed roots from the stem, then trim 1 inch bellow that and replant 2 in away from the original stem. You can keep the original stem for it to grow new leaves but it will take a while.

So your better off discarding the root system and replanting the top half if you want them to stay full.

Last edited by tetratech at 28-Feb-2005 14:19

My Scapes

Not sure about the Sunset but for regular Polysperma let them grow across the surface for a while. The light is brightest here and they quickly grow much bigger then normal leaves AND a lot of side shoots. With a few days you can have some stems with 3 or 4 branches

Once you have the desired size you can cut those stems that are floating across the surface and replant them and you have a beautiful bushy big leaved polysperma.

I throw a bucket of the stuff out every week. When you have enough of this stuff it is best to just keep the tops and discard the bottom as it gets raggedy.

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