been growing this on my window for a good while now...

[Vito]

hey guys, been a bit bored today so I thought I would snap up a bit of HC I recover from my previous tank which I left on my window sill to grow and eventually use for my next project.

I would say this has been growing at least 6 months, as you can see from the pics there is yellow melted bits, the substrate is very old used ADA and I sprinkle water every 3 or 4 days and the light is provided by the sun, nothing else to it, though I might uproot it all remove the yellow crap and re lay the good stuff, not that bored yet tho

 

[flygja]

Did you cover it with cling film or anything? My emersed grown HC has always been a failure for some reason.

 

[nayr88]

I did this not to long ago and the hc grew like crazy.

I moved it into the iwagumi I set up and it went crazy in there, a week of two until I was ready to flood it I left it outside and the day got very veeeeery hot and the stone I put on the rim to hold the glass lid open fell out (embarrassed face) the how thing got cooked and I had to bin it all lol

Lesson to take from this......don't let me advise you on hc dry starts

 

[wearsbunnyslippers]

would you say the area you are in is quite humid?

i could not do this in johannesburg...

 

[Vito]

Did you cover it with cling film or anything? My emersed grown HC has always been a failure for some reason.

Its a propagator and it has a hard plastic cover with adjustible air vents.

I've done the same with HC and I found upping the humidity by misting every other day the yellowing will disappear.

Will try this, need to pop to a local garden centre to get a good sprayer/mister.

would you say the area you are in is quite humid?

i could not do this in johannesburg...

Not at all if anything quite the oposite but I do think the propagator is the ideal for creating the hymid enviroment because there does seem to be alot of condensation on on the cover.

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
It died straight away in the tank, but it grew really well just emersed on the top of a HMF foam.

This is how it looked (I'd like to say that this is not my picture or tank, and I definitely wouldn't recommend the wiring with exposed terminal block.)

cheers Darrel

 

[nayr88]

tell me more about this connector block hanging above your tank!!!!! christ lol

looks stunning darrel...the hc not the connector block