henward Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 i just planted those plants right? as seen in my vid with discus. the argentine swords and large amazon sword seems to be flowering. this flower bud shot out of the amazon sort, now is almost taller thant he plant. the two argentine sword has the flower shoots out of the water. just wondering,do i cut these off? or just leave them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 you leave them, and youll get more swords that you can give away / sell / replant etc. just keep the long flower stalk underwater and let it grow. you'll be surprised how long it can actually get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted May 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 wait wait so i have to weight it down and keep it under water? its not sticking out of the water, do i like tie it to a rock? or wood? or will it kinda fall into the water itself? its growing litereally 1 inch a day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 yeah, the flower stalk i reported a few days ago is now 2ft long and is growing across the tank cause i have to keep pushing it underwater. they get burnt from the lights (well my lights) and dry out when they get totally out of the water. google search a few pics for an idea of what it will look like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted May 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 no need so you say just keep it out of water and somehow keep it growing in the water. so they are not flowers? what are they? is it new plantlets? if thats the word lol or actual blossoms ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 I may have said a lot of things; but i did not say - so you say just keep it out of water and somehow keep it growing in the water. I said keep it in the water! :lol: they are runners. they form flowers and plantlets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted May 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 sorry typo damn my m ind and fingers sometimes miss each other. yeah, i literally jsut ran out to the fish room and put one gently and put it under the twirly wood, now its gonna grow sideways towards centre of tank all submerged. the amazon still short, i will make sure that stays in water. the second argentine needs 2 inches before i can tangle it in the wood too. but, any suggestions, if there are no wood around, how can i weight it down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 this might help. This is pretty awful pic of an Echinodorus cordifolius marble queen flower. You can see that there more flowers on the way and a plantlet. Each node on the flower spike can potentially produce a new plant so you can have a stalk of plants. Just wait until each plantlet has a few leaves and a few roots and gently remove it from the stalk or you can just move the stalk to the substrate and the plant(s) will start growing in the substrate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted May 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 what if i just leave it as it is, dont plant it, just leave it dangling? will it keep growing larger and fed by the original mother plant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 If it is under water you can put a piece of lead around it to keep it submerged. If you have lead around it under intense light the lead can heat up and burn the runner. When the plants are developed enough on the runner they will loosen and be easily removed from the stem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 I use lead weights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flatfish Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 what if i just leave it as it is, dont plant it, just leave it dangling? will it keep growing larger and fed by the original mother plant? I've never let the new plants grow large before removing them but I assume it would continue to be fed and also photosynthesize and take in its own nutrients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 If you let it grow out of the water it will flower and develop plants as well. The plants can grow large leaves but seldom produce roots. The leaves will be emersed so if you submerse it those leaves will be replaced by submersed leaves. Generally the small plants will develop most rapidly if they are submersed but near the surface as they will get more light. When ready to seperate the small plants are very easily seperated from the stalk by twisting back towards the mother plant (about 6 leaves) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 :bounce: My Amazon sword has the same thing atm, almost reached the water line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malevolentsparkle Posted June 22, 2010 Report Share Posted June 22, 2010 mine is doing the same thing, got some nice plantlets already. I assume that if it goes above the water line and flowers it has a chance of sexual reproduction (if cross polination occurs with another flowering sword) but if it stays under the water it will be a clone of the mother plant? I also noticed that if you trim the stalk just after a node it will get down to growing a new plant immediatly, good if the stalk is outgrowing your tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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