yes a regular garden soil mixed a bit with crushed root tabs. i made a mud back then but got lazy adding water everyday and the soil hardened. it's fine though as those HC has already rooted.
Wow nice stuff! I am thinking about getting a couple soup containers and trying to grow some as well, but its still winter over here so I might have to wait a while before doing it.
You could also use potting soil, but just enrich it yourself with NPK+T. All the dry ferts we use for aquariums are intended to enrich potting soil, so it should be a breeze. Just be careful, because you can burn a plant with ferts.
i dont think the anubias will grow as well dug in like that...i think they can grow find emmersed if you just put them in a dish with a low level of water...
Raimeiken
they're growing faster with more leaves than the one i submerged. leaves are darker. now i'm trying to grow other expensive anubias like nana golden and coffeecolia. wish me luck
fishscale
they like the sun, don't mind the heat. just keep the soil wet.
It's much easier for you to grow this since it's more humid in where you live at. I live here in Arizona and the weather here is quite nice right now but it's not humid, so the leaves of the HC gets dry if i put it in a container without a lid on it to keep the humidity in there.
The substrate is fully soaked in water, but the leaves are out of the water. The air is still too dry for this plant here, I'd have to put saran wrap over the container to keep the humidity in there.
yes, but in arizona...there is -50% himidity! in indonesia, there is 150% humidity, a little exageratory, but you get the point. I'm wondering, if you put a lid on, does gas echange still work ok? Why don't people just put water at the top of the hc to get submerged growth, but not fill it up completely soas not to induce algae...
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