Root Cutting

[joecoral]

will trimming the length of the roots of a plant to make it easier to lpant in the substrate cause it any harm?

 

[SuperColey1]

No it won't

The plant will actually benfit from it as it will encourage new growth.

It is always wise to trim the roots before planting. Usually between ½ and 1 inch is OK.

Andy

 

[joecoral]

excellent, just what i wanted to hear. thanks mate
JC

 

[Lordoffire1983]

ok sorry to hijack this but that is only 1/2-1" off the end & not what is left right?

 

[joecoral]

hmm, i took it to mean only leave 1/2-1", as the problem im having is the plants i bought have 3-4" roots and it is difficult to plant as the roots keep poking back up through the subsrate

 

[SuperColey1]

If I had an Amazon Sword in an old setup that I was transferring to a new position it would hav 1ft plus roots.

I would then cut them so they were about 1 inch long and plant in the new position setup. It will then be stagnant for a while and then all of a sudden burst into regrowth.

Andy

 

[joecoral]

thats what i thought, thanks for clearing that up
JC

 

[Lordoffire1983]

thanks also