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Dry start Bubble

ndrj1

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Hello everyone,

I thought I'd document my attempt to grow Dwarf hair grass Emersed. I have a 32W Daylight CF bomb about 25cm from the substrate (Amazonia soil) in a 10L bubble I bought from a bric a brac shop sat on a heat mat made for heating substrate in terrariums.
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Any suggestions and criticisms as always, are welcome!

Anyone think it's too wet?

John

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How bad is the winter there? I've grown hair grass in temps from 4-30 degrees, very low humidity (gradual acclimatisation), very low to high light, sand (poor growth) to organic soil. Etc.
 
It drops below Zero in the evenings and gets pretty nippy in the window where I've placed the bowl (hence the heat mat).

I just noticed today some of the roots working their way down into the soil, although no change on the surface yet... but it's only day 7. :)
 
#4 week update#

Hi,

for anyone interested, I thought I'd share how my little experiment with dry start DHG is coming along.

Actually, I realise that the photos are SUPER boring, and there's not too much to report actually...

Anyway, I was getting very bored of staring at this bowl waiting for something to happen, so last night I decided to give the hair a trim. I slow siphoned some clean water into the bowl about 5cm above the grass and went at it with a tiny pair of scissors. I then siphoned the water back out and wiped all the clippings from the glass with a rag. I'm hoping this will encourage the plant to send some more runners out... IMG_20160331_201701566_HDR.jpg IMG_20160331_201622357.jpg IMG_20160331_201603236_HDR.jpg
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I guess only time will tell. The bowl will be 4 weeks old on Sunday :)
 
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