new plants & trimming

I think it all depends on what plants you are planning to plant in your tank and how you want them to look/grow.

IMO most stem plants only need a little off the bottom and the roots trimmed if any.

I have Ludwigia Peruensis and it grew vertical very fast with out trimming the tops off to start. Once I trimmed it it started growing new leaves (next to the old) and 1-3 new stems/plants near the top where I trimmed it.

All in all it depends how you want it to look. But I guess sooner or later you will have to trim and a certain look will have to be tolerated to a point.

Hope that helps

Im going for bushy plants....I have stems like bacopa, rotala rotundafolia, and ludwigia. should I trim the top off a bit (I dont wanna dig them up, trim the bottom, and replant lol). Or do you think it would be better just to leave them be and then grow first?

I don't blame you lol

Me personally I would let them grow first.

What I did was trim one of them and see how it grows. So you could do that and experiment with it.

I let them grow a bit first, so they can establish a good root system. Not sure if it's necessary or not, just what I do.

That's what sounded logical to me so I guess that's what Ill do. thanks, check out my journal and you can see how it turns out lol.