[fishscale]

Can someone confirm that it's ok to leave HC semi-potted? I remember reading somewhere that leaving some of the rockwool intact would be ok. I also remember Oliver Knott plants his whole, not in strands. Can anyone comment from personal experience how it worked out?

I have grown HC like 5 times now, and each time it floats before getting established. I have never gotten potted HC and I just bought some.

 

[flyhawk]

when i see alot of people plant hc, heck when i did, i took it out of the pot
if it isnt bunched together it allows it to spread easier

 

[fishscale]

That's how I've done it in the past, but my substrate is pretty light. The HC always floats to the top, and then I get a bunch of floating HC instead.

 

[FishBeast]

I have always broken it up. I may take a while to spread but wont come out of substrate

 

[rengb6]

I broke mine up into small small bunches and individual stems. I grew it emmersed for 21 days and then submerged it and it's growing great! none of it floated up to the top using the emmersed method of growing. But I have seen people plant it with small amounts of rock wool, I agree its frustrating to plant it stem by stem but i was afraid the rock wool would come loose.

 

[Huy805]

i tried both methods in a tank with Flourite (which is very light) and i now i wish i took the time to break them apart before planting.

smaller clumps containing 4-5 stems form runner a lot faster and they stay real close to the bottom. the bigger clumps (1/4 the size of the whole pot) grow very slowly but bushy and after 3-4 months they look like little mounds on the green carpet. they kinda make the landscape look a bit more interesting but it can be unattractive to some.