alia258
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I just did a 60% water change and gravel vac. (I accidentally sucked up about 25% of my plant tablets, now in powder form. I think the plants will be fine without the fertilizer for now though) I tied each and every plant with tweed (string proved to be a little too slippery and loose) and kept the strings long. I used the long ends of the string left as anchors. I kept the string tied to the plants as one end long and one end short. I can see a little bit of the string sticking out of the gravel, but less than I expected! I would encourage planting anacharis this way, it worked well for me. Some quick info for anyone who wants to copy my way of planting these:
Time taken: +/- 1 1/2 hrs
Effort needed: 3 (1-10 scale, 1 easy, 10 hard)
Items used:
-anacharis plant
-tweed
-scissors
-hands
*NOTE*: instead of tying each plant to its own string, it's possible to do larger bunches. My largest bunch was 2 stems, because I wanted a more open look to it. A very pretty plant, will be posting pics soon!
**CAUTION: be careful when tying plants! The problem is not tying too tight, but breaking the ends off in the process of tying!
*caution: your arms are going to get wet in the process of 'anchoring' the plants, so have a towel ready.
This worked out really well, and I plan on using it for any future stems that I break off to be new plants. I promote this way of doing this!
Time taken: +/- 1 1/2 hrs
Effort needed: 3 (1-10 scale, 1 easy, 10 hard)
Items used:
-anacharis plant
-tweed
-scissors
-hands
*NOTE*: instead of tying each plant to its own string, it's possible to do larger bunches. My largest bunch was 2 stems, because I wanted a more open look to it. A very pretty plant, will be posting pics soon!
**CAUTION: be careful when tying plants! The problem is not tying too tight, but breaking the ends off in the process of tying!
*caution: your arms are going to get wet in the process of 'anchoring' the plants, so have a towel ready.
This worked out really well, and I plan on using it for any future stems that I break off to be new plants. I promote this way of doing this!