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bratyboy2 Big Fish Posts: 355 Kudos: 340 Votes: 1 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	why wont this thing take a good root?i have had it 3 months and replanted it over 2 dozen times because it wont stay in the gravel.what should i do to help it and also will it throw runners quick?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
guppy01 Big Fish Posts: 334 Kudos: 387 Votes: 3 Registered: 06-Sep-2003	It depends what "microsword" you have. It's either Lilaeopsis sp., or Echinodorus Tenellus. The Lilaeopsis is very hard to keep... and basically unless you are a plant-keeping pro it will die. The Echinodorus Tenellus however is much easier to keep and should do well in most conditions. I have a feeling you have Lilaeopsis, since it's taking so long to root
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
bratyboy2 Big Fish Posts: 355 Kudos: 340 Votes: 1 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	i believe i do have you had the other does it spread quick
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42
Falstaf Fish Addict Posts: 785 Kudos: 1211 Votes: 196 Registered: 12-Feb-2004	Again, do clumps of many stems and runners "tie" them into one another and do a kind of a round brush with the clump, I don't know why but they do grow faster this ways and propagate easy, plant the clumps an inch apart from one another and deep into the gravel, in a month or 2 you'll start seeing less space between them, Lilaeopsis is a really slow growing plant and it has to be really comfortable to do so, if you have watched the runners closely, it only has a leaf every inch or so, so imagine how long does it takes the plant to do so, that's why groups are the way to go.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:42


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