Little emersed jar NOW 29G EMERSED

[Morgan Freeman]

Garden dirt filled with water and a little trace fert mix under an 11watt 6500k lamp. Some h.polysperma, ludwigia, java moss and others I don't recognise as I had thrown them out as cuttings and left them in my terrarium, only to find they grew emersed without even being planted.

I have a 30cm cube and a garden bowl I'd like to use for even more emersed growing. I have a tonne of pilea cardieri I can use.

Here it is. Please note I've drained a little water since taking these pics.

 

[ghostsword]

Little emersed jar

Looks very good.


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[Morgan Freeman]

Re: Little emersed jar

Moved it to the windowsill and everything burnt to a crisp.

 

[spyder]

Re: Little emersed jar

Direct sunlight can be risky. Indirect should be cool.

Get some more trimmings in there.

 

[Morgan Freeman]

Re: Little emersed jar

Double post.

 

[Morgan Freeman]

Re: Little emersed jar

Everything is now in an emersed 29 gal! Some cryptocorynes being delivered soon...

 

[Morgan Freeman]

And they came.

Hygros, ludwigia, anubias nana, various crypts, some mini swords....Tank cost me a fiver to set up.

 

[ghostsword]

Great!

keep it closed so that the moisture stays in.

I got a similar setup, but no soil, just gravel and plants on pots, easy to change water, and as I dose ferts on the water, the plants get all they want.

Looking good.

 

[spyder]

Don't fry em. Looking good will be nice when it all fills in.

It makes me want to try it in a 20cm cube

 

[Morgan Freeman]

I'll try not to!

It's just two CFL bulbs, ones only 11watts.