Aquatic plants farm (56k)

[ikuzo]

Special thanks to the owner of this place to let me visit and give me permission to post these pics...








more pictures coming soon...

[mistergreen]

nice... There are advantages to living in a warm climate...
Did you ask them what the substrate is composed of?

[ikuzo]

too many pics to see at once so i decided to post with these links :

Lilaeopsis brasiliensis
Bacopa caroliana
Bacopa caroliana
Ceratopteris thalictroides
Hygrophila corymbosa
Hemianthus callitrichoides
Hemianthus callitrichoides
Hygrophila difformis
Hygrophila difformis
Sagittaria subulata
some Echinodorus
Glossostigma elatinoides
Bacopa monieri
Eleocharis parvula
Hygrophila polysperma
Ludwigia repens
Vallisneria rubra
Altheranthera sessilis
Eleocharis vivipara
Unknown 1
Unknown 2
Unknown 3

help name the unknowns...

[Orlando]

Wowsa cool..wish I could be there to see..

[ikuzo]

substrate is garden soil mixed with sand.

[jmw]

Wow, i never realised these plants could survive out of water? (apart from the roots obviously).

[mistergreen]

Originally Posted by jmw

Wow, i never realised these plants could survive out of water? (apart from the roots obviously).

it's easier and more productive to grow them out of the water.

and the unknowns plant maybe rotala sp.

[skabooya]

unknown 1 looks alot like the "parrots feather" they sell at the garden nursery

[sNApple]

Originally Posted by skabooya

unknown 1 looks alot like the "parrots feather" they sell at the garden nursery

1 and 3 .

[Buck]

Must be a nice walk through that place. Im surprised there are not more crypt or sword pots , they are supposed to be very popular in emersed growth. Did he let you tour the entire place or were there any places that were not ready to be seen. Plant nurseries around here have the greenhouses you can go into and then there are always at least a couple of them in the back that were off-limits with plants not ready yet.

Great photos...thanks for posting

[ikuzo]

yes it's a lot faster to grow plants emersed.

i know the owner pretty well and he let me go through all the places he have. he did mentioned that he have difficulties planting crypts.

i should have mentioned that the farm is a traditional one not with high-tech gadget and laboratory testing. he just made the cement boxes, filled them with soil and sand, flooded them with well water, then planted aquatic plants there. he told me many plants were dead at first and he replaced them with new ones that will eventually grow in emersed form.

the farm also have a few pond with the same well water and IIRC these are the plants he can't grow submerged there :
- most rotala species
- most cabomba pecies
- proserpinaca palustris

if anyone know the requirement similarity of these plant's please let me know. lighting is about 70% shaded sun, no ferts, and i haven't been able to test the water yet.

[FrostyNYC]

Wow. Thank you for posting this.

[ringram]

Thanks for posting. Nice setup that person has.

Do you mean that he has problems growing crypts? My guess would be the water's too soft.

[livebearer]

number 2 of the unknowns looks like mayaca (not sure of spelling) to me but im no plant expert. i'ed be shocked if i got it right

[ikuzo]

sorry ringram...
what i meant that he can't grow crypts emersed

he mentioned that growing it submerged is too slow for production.