Jungle Vail Not Doing Good

[AdamBeat8]

My jungle vail seems to not be doing good. It has a few long strands like 3 feet long. But then others came chopped off at the end and don't grow back. They just stop. Is there some way i can cut the plant to make it grow? Would a tab help? Here is a picture as you can see some of the shoots are cut. Thanks

 

[KkAaNnEe]

Ive had the same experience with vallis, when its been cut it doesnt seem to grow back, pretty frustrating. I have simply removed those leaves, giving more nutrients to the other leaves and allowing the plant to grow more leaves and send off runners...

 

[SchottayB]

My Vallis is just pants. I don't get dead leafs but the plant it's self just refuses to grow taller or shoot runners I give up with this plant!

 

[AdamBeat8]

Ive had the same experience with vallis, when its been cut it doesnt seem to grow back, pretty frustrating. I have simply removed those leaves, giving more nutrients to the other leaves and allowing the plant to grow more leaves and send off runners...

Man, thats a bummer! Thank you though!

 

[Teephphah]

Jungle Valis one of the few plants I can actually keep alive. But I suppsose all I do is ignore it an let it do its thing though. No . . . I take that back. I have given them some root tabs occasionally. Maintenance-wise, I trim my leaves when they get too obnoxiously long and sometimes they keep growing after a trim and sometimes they don't. If yours is NEVER growing after a trim, I'd say rip the whole leaf off at the crown and that should force it to send up some new growth. Might be worth looking into what's causing the damage to the leaves in the first place too.

 

[RadaR]

Structural failure points towards CO2.
Discolouration can point toward a nutrient deficiency as can stunted growth.
Quite a few peeps find it difficult keeping Vallis in soft water because of the low carbonate in the water which Vallis can use a carbon source. Vallisneria nana doesnt seem to experience this problem though.
Remember, it takes more energy to repair a leaf than it does to make a new one. Pruning and trimming is your friend