vauxhallmark
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Hi guys,
how do you maintain this plant? It looks like a rosette forming plant, but it is actually a stem plant.
I've had it in my new tank for about 5 weeks, and it's been very well behaved, in fact ridiculously easy to keep looking good (I thought it was difficult, can't think where I got that from).
However, I can see that as it grows, it is gradually going to get taller, as the new leaves are always fractionally higher than the previous ones. If the older leaves eventually die off, there would be a visible stem, which wouldn't look good. What do people do to keep the plant looking good when that happens?
My guess would be, cut the top off, replant it as a cutting, and leave the old stem to form side shoots. Is that right, or does anyone have any other hints and tips? Pull the whole thing out and just replant the top?
Thanks,
Mark
how do you maintain this plant? It looks like a rosette forming plant, but it is actually a stem plant.
I've had it in my new tank for about 5 weeks, and it's been very well behaved, in fact ridiculously easy to keep looking good (I thought it was difficult, can't think where I got that from).
However, I can see that as it grows, it is gradually going to get taller, as the new leaves are always fractionally higher than the previous ones. If the older leaves eventually die off, there would be a visible stem, which wouldn't look good. What do people do to keep the plant looking good when that happens?
My guess would be, cut the top off, replant it as a cutting, and leave the old stem to form side shoots. Is that right, or does anyone have any other hints and tips? Pull the whole thing out and just replant the top?
Thanks,
Mark