I have 25 Crypt Parva that are in emersed form already. I have posted a thread to swap them, but if I get no offers I may try growing them emersed for a little while instead.
Does this setup look OK?...
Equipment wise, I would buy this:
http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/Seed-Trays ... vt/6313240
and this:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?Tab ... &U=Strat15
Method wise...
Plant Parva in pots and rockwool.
Fill propagator with water no more than halfway up the pots (so that some of the roots get air and all of the leaves are exposed).
Sit fogger inside a container inside the propagator, fill container with water thereby completely submerging the fogger.
Place on windowsill.
Leave slots on propagator open and Turn fogger on 5min every 30min or so (will take advice\experiment with timing\slots).
Change water weekly, and dose dry ferts into water column once a week straight after dosing.
Does this seem sound?
From scouring the emersed posts here I can see that high temp is likely to be an issue on the windowsill and that aeration is beneficial - hence keeping the slots open and then adding the fogger to stop things drying out.
I do not want to go the artifical light route as I want to keep costs down.
I know that Parvas grows incredibly slowly in a tank environment. Do you guys think it will grow any quicker under my proposed emersed conditons? (Bearing in mind I am not ramping up thelighting or CO2, but will have some of the roots exposed.)
Does this setup look OK?...
Equipment wise, I would buy this:
http://www.wilkinsonplus.com/Seed-Trays ... vt/6313240
and this:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?Tab ... &U=Strat15
Method wise...
Plant Parva in pots and rockwool.
Fill propagator with water no more than halfway up the pots (so that some of the roots get air and all of the leaves are exposed).
Sit fogger inside a container inside the propagator, fill container with water thereby completely submerging the fogger.
Place on windowsill.
Leave slots on propagator open and Turn fogger on 5min every 30min or so (will take advice\experiment with timing\slots).
Change water weekly, and dose dry ferts into water column once a week straight after dosing.
Does this seem sound?
From scouring the emersed posts here I can see that high temp is likely to be an issue on the windowsill and that aeration is beneficial - hence keeping the slots open and then adding the fogger to stop things drying out.
I do not want to go the artifical light route as I want to keep costs down.
I know that Parvas grows incredibly slowly in a tank environment. Do you guys think it will grow any quicker under my proposed emersed conditons? (Bearing in mind I am not ramping up thelighting or CO2, but will have some of the roots exposed.)