TML182
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hey so I was reading on another thread that you shouldn't plant the rhizome under the gravel of the plants is this true and why?
Planting rhizomes?
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Crepe
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Not really sure why. I think for one the rhizome is also photosynthetic so if it dies you've only got leaves left which will also die. Additionally for ferns the leaves are simply reproductive organs, the rhizome is the real plant. I also think it's because they draw nutrients from the water column more than the substrate. They are epiphytic plants meaning they live attached to woods and rock in areas of higher flow where the only nutrients is in the water.
mgamer20o0
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can lead to rotting. the roots can go into the substrate but the rhizome isnt a root.
