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In-Vitro are emersed?

Oke.
So... emersed plants have to adapt for underwater life - but they are perfect to use in dry start projects (beqause they are used to emersed environment)
Am I correct?
 
Many of the aquarium plants sold are grown emerse but under very controlled conditions (water levels, humidity, temperature, light, fertilizers etc) so as to provide plants a good amount of energy reserves for the transition to aquatic life - these plants generally ship & transition better to new conditions than submerse culture plants.

You can use dry start methods with in vitro culture plants, some types do very well with the general approach used by hobbyists, some grow poorly or even begin to deteriorate - Tropica for example is expecting the plants to go into an aquatic environment so plant handling recommendations are directed towards that.
A significant factor with in vitro is that these plants are cultured under "clean room" conditions so should not introduce any snails, algae etc into the aquarium.
(you can quickly tell if a "cup" has been opened by a prospective customer & then returned to the shelf ;) )
 
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