Soilwork
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I was just sat here wondering why some plants in a hugely dense aquarium setting can still have perfectly healthy lower leaves that are almost shadowed in to complete darkness.
Then I thought that because the PAR is low at the site of these leaves that they can get by with less co2, less flow and less nutrients. But this would mean that the leaves have their won individual life cycle semi independent from the ‘main’ plant and when a leaf suffers a shortfall it falls off. I find this pretty remarkable if this is how it works, if all the leaves are working/sensing individually yet in unison for the greater good of the plant as a whole.
Any thoughts?
Then I thought that because the PAR is low at the site of these leaves that they can get by with less co2, less flow and less nutrients. But this would mean that the leaves have their won individual life cycle semi independent from the ‘main’ plant and when a leaf suffers a shortfall it falls off. I find this pretty remarkable if this is how it works, if all the leaves are working/sensing individually yet in unison for the greater good of the plant as a whole.
Any thoughts?