Re: [APD] leaves dusty

[Vadiraj <vadiraj_cs at gmail.com>]

Thanks Raj and Regis,

I think I'm having bit of all the algae specified in the link except
the hair and water algae. From the description looks like the dust I'm
talking about is the diatoms.I had accidentally overfed and that would
have caused this.

The cure mentioned is to leave it to settle. Any other experience suggestion?

Plant growth doesn't seem to be rapid but one specific plant grows
faster than others.

Thanks,
Vadiraj


On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Raj <rajendrakumargg at gmail_com> wrote:
> I think Vadiraj is talking about this (diatoms):
> http://www.gwapa.org/articles/algae/
>
> Regards
> Raj, Bangalore
>
>>I am not sure what you mean by dust.  Is this just sediment from the bottom which could be easily washed off or is the "dust" actually attached to the leaves and can not be washed free.
>>
>>
>>Also, how is rapid is your plant growth.
>>
>>
>>I have heard (and seen) calcium deposits on the leaves of rapidly growing plants.  The plants abstract their needed carbon from dissolved calcium and magnesium carbonate, leaving behind the calcium and magnesium mineral deposits.  This is a typical mechanism for valesnaria but I am not too sure this would affect the more slowly growing moss.
>>
>>
>>Regis
>>
>>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>Its been 3 months that I started off with this passion and its going
>>well. Off late, there is lot of dust that has accumulated on the
>>leaves and looks very dirty.
>>How do I get rid of that?
>
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