Unexpected
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When it gets to the height I desire, can I simply cut off the tops and replant to propagate this plant?
Thank you for any insight,
Mike
Thank you for any insight,
Mike
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Eleocharis Vivipara "Giant Hairgrass"
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Hi Mike
Unfortunately not with this plant.
Unfortunately not with this plant.
Garuf
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Nope it will rot you have to trim at substrate level.
Unexpected
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So wait until it forms the root portions higher up and cut there and replant?
Garuf
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You can but in my experience if it gets cut at any point above or below the plantlet that strand invariably died which is why I took to only trimming at substrate level.
Unexpected
Member
Bummer, so there's no way to propagate this one that is reliable?
Garuf
Member
Depends what you mean by that? It forms runners pretty willingly as well as daughter plants. You just loose the individual strand not the whole plant?
Unexpected
Member
Ah okay, so I could just reposition those runners if I need to?
Hi all,
With grass type plants, like Eleocharis spp. (all monocotyledons in fact), you need to think of it like a lawn grass, when you mow the tops off, they are literally just leaves. You still need a stem to propagate the plant.
cheers Darrel
Cutting the top of works for <"stem plants">, because the buds (that will form root and shoots) are in the leaves axils.
With grass type plants, like Eleocharis spp. (all monocotyledons in fact), you need to think of it like a lawn grass, when you mow the tops off, they are literally just leaves. You still need a stem to propagate the plant.
Yes, it has a <"rhizome or stolon">, a sub-surface stem that the shoots come up from. Once it has grown a bit, chunk the sucker off and you have a new plant.
cheers Darrel
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Unexpected
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Thank you! Awesome illustrations too.
