Emersed Plants Grown In A Propagator

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daizeUK

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I thought I'd share some pics of my little side project.  I wanted to see which plants were easy to grow emerged so I experimented with a few different samples of plants from my tanks to see what would happen.
 
The left side of the propagator is mostly devoted to monoselenium tenerum and the right side is a medley of different stems.
Most of the plants are thriving, the only one I'm having problems with so far is dwarf saggitaria.
 
Three weeks after planting:
 
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With lid on:
 
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Staurogyne repens loving the fresh air!
 
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Lindernia rotundifolia which has been pathetically struggling in all my tanks, doing beautifully emersed!
 
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Bacopa australis creeping and staying low instead of reaching up for the surface as it does in my tanks:
 
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Monoselenum tenerum slowly making progress:
 
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Eleocharis acicularis sending out runners very quickly:
 
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Looks great, how did you set  this up?
 
Normal garden soil, aquatic soil ?
 
Added any nutrients?
ferts/root tabs or just water
 
Leaving the propagator by the window 24/7 ?
 
Sorry for all the questions.
 
Looks a good little experiment/project.
 
Cant wait to see end results :)
 
John Innes no. 3 compost, waterlogged just below the surface of the soil.  No other ferts.
 
Lid left on with vents closed, by south facing window for maximum sunlight.
 
I also forgot there's some other plants in there, a little bit of hydrocotyl tripartita which is doing well, pogostemon helferi not doing so well.  
 
In the last pic you can see a short stem of lobelia cardinalis lying on its side on the soil, with new growth spurting upwards from where the old leaf joints were.  This is how I propagated all the stems.
 
Excellent :)
 
Will keep an eye on this for updates, might be something I want to do as well ;)
 

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