LancsRick
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So I'll be setting up a nano this month, and as I made a brew in my kitchen earlier and observed the various bits of Ele. Acic floating around in my Rio 180, I wondered....would an emersed start help avoid this in the nano?
My experience with both Ele. Acic and Ele. Acic sp Mini so far has been:
- Plant each individual plantlet and compress the substrate around it - works well, but takes bloody ages considering how many hundreds of plantlets you can have
- Plant plantlets as a small bunch and compress the substrate around it - works well to start with, but if you get any die-off, there is then enough "wiggle room" around the bunch that the odd plantlet is no longer sufficiently gripped by the substrate and floats free - this is what is happening in my Rio 180
- Plant plantlets as a bunch, but add plant weight to it. This works, but I can't help feeling that I'm getting less runners from the plants that have lead wrapped around them, possibly because it physically restricts the runners being sent out?
So, is there a 4th option I'm missing? Would these plants do well from an emersed start to get decent roots into the substrate and anchor a bit better? If so, any advice would be greatly appreciated since I've never tried.
Cheers!
My experience with both Ele. Acic and Ele. Acic sp Mini so far has been:
- Plant each individual plantlet and compress the substrate around it - works well, but takes bloody ages considering how many hundreds of plantlets you can have
- Plant plantlets as a small bunch and compress the substrate around it - works well to start with, but if you get any die-off, there is then enough "wiggle room" around the bunch that the odd plantlet is no longer sufficiently gripped by the substrate and floats free - this is what is happening in my Rio 180
- Plant plantlets as a bunch, but add plant weight to it. This works, but I can't help feeling that I'm getting less runners from the plants that have lead wrapped around them, possibly because it physically restricts the runners being sent out?
So, is there a 4th option I'm missing? Would these plants do well from an emersed start to get decent roots into the substrate and anchor a bit better? If so, any advice would be greatly appreciated since I've never tried.
Cheers!