Arturosito
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Hello, I want to grow many of my plants emersed. I was thinking about spraying the ferts on them. What should be the dosing? How should I mix it in the sprayer? How often should I spray them.
What should be the dosing?
I've spayed with water but never folia fed emergent growth. As you intimated, there is no need since the roots and submerged leaves will uptake nutrients from the tank.Presumably a plant grown emersed, but with its roots and other parts of the plant in water (e.g. emersed growth coming out of the top of a aquarium) doesn't need spraying with ferts? Or would you still spray it occasionally with tank water?
I've spayed with water but never folia fed emergent growth. As you intimated, there is no need since the roots and submerged leaves will uptake nutrients from the tank.
What you could do for convenience is to use aquarium water that is fertilized. These dosages are already at a relatively lean concentration compared to fertilizer concentration recommended for potted plants and it should contain all it needs.
Looks amazing, makes me want to reset my tank that was completely infected with thread algae with the dry start. Did you use something on top to keep the humidity and only removed it to take the picture? I have baby tears in several emersed decorations and it grows like weed. I wonder if utricularia would too. I have the impression it grows better submersed.This is how I grew the dry start below...light on 100% intensity for 12 hours a day, suspended about 20cm from the top of the tank. the plants got sprayed once a day with a weak solution of TNC Complete about 3ml per litre. The plants are also rooted in fresh ADA AS.
I think I got the concentration about right, any more and I was afraid it might burn the leaves, and growth really took off when I started to folia feed.
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Yes clingfilm removed for 5-10 mins a day, plants sprayed and recovered. UG grows much better out of water.Looks amazing, makes me want to reset my tank that was completely infected with thread algae with the dry start. Did you use something on top to keep the humidity and only removed it to take the picture? I have baby tears in several emersed decorations and it grows like weed. I wonder if utricularia would too. I have the impression it grows better submersed.