Re: [APD] cutting crypt roots

["S. Hieber" <shieber at yahoo_com>]

A little wine and some shmoozing is said to help too.   ;-)

Remove roots, remove leaves, the reason is that its supposed to stimulate new growth. Hard studies are hard to find, even though finds are studied hard. 
Hardly matters a whole lot, whether a particular specimen survives or not probalby doesn't depend on whether you snip away a third or half of root length and leaves. You're probably just playing with the odds a bit. Otherwise, there wouldn't be such controversy over the point.

sh




----- Original Message ----
From: Richard J. Sexton <richard at aquaria_net>
To: aquatic plants digest <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 2:07:03 PM
Subject: Re: [APD] cutting crypt roots


At 01:53 PM 5/17/07 EDT, you wrote:
>I am really curious on Jerry Smith instructions to cut the roots of  crypts.
> 
>If the roots are healthy why? IMHO the plant is going to immediately go  into 
>root production mode to offset the loss and not put out new leaf growth as  
>quickly.

Cause they won't stay healthy when they're transplanted. Cutting big
roots forces the growth of lots of new roots.
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