Topping Ludwigia glandulosa

Barbels · 02-12-2005, 06:40 PM

Thanks to my friends here, I can actually see my plants again and they're getting good food. The Ludwigia glandulosa is finally looking more pink than green. However...
it has grown too tall and sorta gangly and of course the top part is the only part with the nice pink.
Being stem plants, do I just cut off the top and replant?
What do I do with the chopped off part still rooted? Does it branch out from the cut place the way a house plant does? Or what?

Should I tear it out by the roots? I hate to do that, but I guess it's obvious that is what I need to do, simply because the existing plants are growing exactly where I want them.
Or...
Can you just cut off an existing plant at the ground and let it grow back? What would it grow back like?

shalu · 02-12-2005, 06:47 PM

Plant the top. If you want more stems of the plant, just leave the rooted part in gravel, more shoots will sprout from the top leaf nodes if the stem is not shaded by other plants.

02-12-2005, 06:40 PM	#1
Barbels Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 513	Topping Ludwigia glandulosa Thanks to my friends here, I can actually see my plants again and they're getting good food. The Ludwigia glandulosa is finally looking more pink than green. However... it has grown too tall and sorta gangly and of course the top part is the only part with the nice pink. Being stem plants, do I just cut off the top and replant? What do I do with the chopped off part still rooted? Does it branch out from the cut place the way a house plant does? Or what? Should I tear it out by the roots? I hate to do that, but I guess it's obvious that is what I need to do, simply because the existing plants are growing exactly where I want them. Or... Can you just cut off an existing plant at the ground and let it grow back? What would it grow back like? __________________ ~Behold the Savior of mankind, nailed to the shameful tree. How vast the love that Him inclined, to bleed and die for thee.~ Filstar #79

02-12-2005, 06:47 PM	#2
shalu Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 1,675	Plant the top. If you want more stems of the plant, just leave the rooted part in gravel, more shoots will sprout from the top leaf nodes if the stem is not shaded by other plants. __________________ Truvu 100g Flourite, wet/dry, AHSupply 302w PC, PinPoint controller 10gallon15w T6+15w T8 55gallon40w T6 ODNO4x, no CO2. Discus grow out. 10gallon Tonina tank, 2x15w T6 ODNO 4x --------------------- I will do aquascapes after I collect all the plant species and grow them to perfection.

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