Plants In Tubes?

[Mikaila31]

They sell them in Minnesota too. I've never bought them, but from what I've seen only about half of them are truly aquatic.

 

[tangokitty]

I think that they should label them properly! i think it is unfair to pay from 6-12 dollars for a plant and have it die because it isn't really aquatic!

 

[ALEXF]

i have seen those quite a bit here in ohio as well. thou they still sell the live plants too. I never really looked at them just because the idea of them being out of water didnt make sence to me. I have also seen dry seeds to plant aquatic plants. Has anyone seen those?

 

[tangokitty]

I've seen bulbs and have used them will little success, Maybe 1 out of 5 will grow. But have never seen seeds.

 

[aaronnorth]

a simple rule is don't buy any plants

with white on them
stand up on their own with exeptions to a few rossetes
any colour except from green or red, if i remember right there might be a puprle plant

 

[tangokitty]

So if the plant has any white on it like edging stripes ect... it is not qauatic. Got it!

 

[eb2]

I'm in Minnesota, I just bought one today, a fern, the LFS kid said he gets to bring (the distressed ones) them home all the time, and they do really well, so I thought I would give it a try

 

[tangokitty]

what was the name of the fern you got?

 

[TylerFerretLord]

Sorry, but it's likely that the fern is not aquatic.