Anyone ever converted an amazon sword back to emersed form?

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Have a huge amazon sword in a tank I'm tearing down - too large to move to either of my remaining tanks. But large and healthy looking, seems a real shame to just bin it. I know that it was grown emersed, since the leaves had to convert to the submerged form. But anyone here ever tried converting one back?

I've never grown a plant emersed before, does that mean the roots always have to stay underwater? Like, very wet soil, or just plain water?

 

[JuiceBox52]

Id be curious as well

 

[Rocky998]

Man I came here cause I saw one comment and thought there was an answer ...

I would think its ok to do but definitely don't go by my thoughts on it

 

[Crispii]

Haven't tried it, but I'm sure you can grow plants from submerged to emersed. Submerged leaves will wither and die while new leaves will grow in order to adapt to emersed situation. To grow emersed aquatic plants, you will need organic potting soil, a tank or tub to grow your plants in, lighting (doesn't matter if it's intended to grow plants or not), a spray bottle to mist the plant, and plastic wrap for humidity.

To answer your question regarding plant roots, the roots doesn't need to be kept underwater. Just make sure you mist the plant and soil at least once a day.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Haven't tried it, but I'm sure you can grow plants from submerged to emersed. Submerged leaves will wither and die while new leaves will grow in order to adapt to emersed situation. To grow emersed aquatic plants, you will need organic potting soil, a tank or tub to grow your plants in, lighting (doesn't matter if it's intended to grow plants or not), a spray bottle to mist the plant, and plastic wrap for humidity.

To answer your question regarding plant roots, the roots doesn't need to be kept underwater. Just make sure you mist the plant and soil at least once a day.

That makes total sense, thank you!

Also has made up my mind not to try it, lol. I'm not interested in trying to propagate live plants for profit or anything, so running an extra light with electricity costs what they are right now - nope! Not worth the expense and hassle for this one plant. I should have realised that it would need humidity etc too! But, maybe one day if I or anyone else who reads this wants to propagate a few plants by growing them emersed, this will be very useful! Thank you so much for answering my question.


Plant hopefully won't go to waste either, will be sending it another hobbyist if they want it.

 

[Colin_T]

If the plant is in a pot, just move it into a big container of water and put it outside in the sun. As the water evaporates, the leaves come out of water and dry out. Eventually the water level drops past the leaves and new terrestrial leaves grow.

The roots don't have to be kept wet when the plants are grown out of water. I grew mine in 20-30cm plastic garden pots in normal potting mix. I had the pots in trays that were for the next size up pot (40cm tray with a 30cm pot). I watered the plants and let the trays fill with water. When the trays were dry I watered the plants again.

I used a liquid soluble plant fertiliser (Thrive) on them every 2 weeks. They grew like any normal garden pot plant.

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

If the plant is in a pot, just move it into a big container of water and put it outside in the sun. As the water evaporates, the leaves come out of water and dry out. Eventually the water level drops past the leaves and new terrestrial leaves grow.

The roots don't have to be kept wet when the plants are grown out of water. I grew mine in 20-30cm plastic garden pots in normal potting mix. I had the pots in trays that were for the next size up pot (40cm tray with a 30cm pot). I watered the plants and let the trays fill with water. When the trays were dry I watered the plants again.

I used a liquid soluble plant fertiliser (Thrive) on them every 2 weeks. They grew like any normal garden pot plant.

That's also good to know, thank you!

Might be worth a try for the summer! I think it would probably need to come inside for the winter though... like a calla lily, you know? Those don't survive the frosts here when winter hits, so need to be moved into a more sheltered area, like a greenhouse or indoors. Although with the amount of roots swords put out even in a tank, and their rate of growth, perhaps it would just come back and thrive in the spring/summer again anyway!

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

If the plant is in a pot, just move it into a big container of water and put it outside in the sun. As the water evaporates, the leaves come out of water and dry out. Eventually the water level drops past the leaves and new terrestrial leaves grow.

The roots don't have to be kept wet when the plants are grown out of water. I grew mine in 20-30cm plastic garden pots in normal potting mix. I had the pots in trays that were for the next size up pot (40cm tray with a 30cm pot). I watered the plants and let the trays fill with water. When the trays were dry I watered the plants again.

I used a liquid soluble plant fertiliser (Thrive) on them every 2 weeks. They grew like any normal garden pot plant.

Other hobbyist didn't want the sword in the end, so I'm giving this method a go, thank you! Have potted the sword in a large pot, stones over drainage hole, some fertilised potting soil, then a layer of river pebbles and sand on top, taken from the tank I'm tearing down. Pot and plant now in a huge container in the garden filled with enough water to cover the leaves, left to evaporate. Expected to be a hot week here, so that likely won't take long.

@JuiceBox52 and @Rocky998 - I'll try to remember to update this thread about how it goes, but feel free to bump it/tag me if I forget!

 

[Rocky998]

Other hobbyist didn't want the sword in the end, so I'm giving this method a go, thank you! Have potted the sword in a large pot, stones over drainage hole, some fertilised potting soil, then a layer of river pebbles and sand on top, taken from the tank I'm tearing down. Pot and plant now in a huge container in the garden filled with enough water to cover the leaves, left to evaporate. Expected to be a hot week here, so that likely won't take long.

@JuiceBox52 and @Rocky998 - I'll try to remember to update this thread about how it goes, but feel free to bump it/tag me if I forget!

Ok! Will do! Thanks