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Growing an Amazon Sword partially emersed?

OllieNZ

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Hi All
Im considering trying a no tech self sustaining tank like BigTom's but on a smaller scale. I was wondering is it possible to grow an Amazon Sword partially emersed? By that I mean letting the plant grow emersed and slowly raising the water level to 6-8 in above the base of the plant but making sure the leaves stay above the water.
Thanks

Ollie
 
Thanks BigTom my Lfs sells them in emersed form they are usually 6-8ins tall I was going to half fill the tank and raise the water level as it grew. Just making sure it would keep sprouting emersed leaves.
Thanks
Ollie
 
BigTom said:
Hi Ollie,

The trick is to buy a large/mother plant that is already in the emersed form. Mine was about 10 inches tall when I bought it (from Java Plants), so the leaves barely broke the surface of my 12" tall tank. It is now a 5 foot tall monster :)

That sounds cool, you got any pics?
 
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