Alexander Belchenko
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Jordi, about your last question. May I point you to 2 things: this is my current layout http://www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/aqua-at-pet-shop-season-2-layout-5.38273/page-2#post-433780 - as you can see there is a lot of stems plants growing well without any substrate at all at the top of the tree: they are literally inserted into fronds of bolbitis and that's all. Should I also say there is slow injection rate and lean ferts dosing?
Also, recent video from Dennis Wong: - this guy said we could grow stem plants without root system.
OK, I guess you get the point: stem plants could be grown more or less successfully without planting them into rich substrate. I guess many species, like hygrophila, can be grown without anchoring them into substrate.
Take for example h.pinatifida: it grows like an epiphyte plant - on rocks or wood. Also, pinatifida can grow very tall, I guess you know this and probably have seen that video from ADA view channel with tall pinnatifida in the backgroud. The only problem with tall pinatifida - it looks quite ugly with big internodes.
So, I'd try to anchor to rocks or somehow else some simple stem species, including ceratopteris (which is terrible weed) and see what happens.
Also, recent video from Dennis Wong: - this guy said we could grow stem plants without root system.
OK, I guess you get the point: stem plants could be grown more or less successfully without planting them into rich substrate. I guess many species, like hygrophila, can be grown without anchoring them into substrate.
Take for example h.pinatifida: it grows like an epiphyte plant - on rocks or wood. Also, pinatifida can grow very tall, I guess you know this and probably have seen that video from ADA view channel with tall pinnatifida in the backgroud. The only problem with tall pinatifida - it looks quite ugly with big internodes.
So, I'd try to anchor to rocks or somehow else some simple stem species, including ceratopteris (which is terrible weed) and see what happens.