Removing Plantlets From Amazon Sword

[Sasha]

Does anyone know how to remove plantlets safely from an Amazon Sword without damaging the mother plant?

I was in the LFS today and, as usual, had to check out the fish section. In their plant stock, I was amazed that they had a very large Amazon Sword. So, I immediately bought it. The mother plant is around 16 inches tall, with several runners with about 12 little plantlets. The mother plant is fine in my 46 gallon, but the plantlets on the runners trail across most of the surface of the tank.

Here are a few pics.

The mother plant.

The plantlets on the runners.

And in the tank.

 

[Nospherith]

Just use sharp scissors or a razor blade to cut the stem close to the base. Then simply cut off the plantlets leaving about 1cm of stem attatched. Then plant. This is just a method I used and it worked for me.

 

[Themuleous]

Yeh just cut them off the stem once the plants are a few inches tall and plant as you would normally, easy as that!