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Re: rhizomes?

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Re: rhizomes?
From: George Booth <booth at hpmtlgb1_lvld.hp.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 16:32:39 -0600
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 07 Oct 1997 15:48:05 EDT." <199710071948.PAA29768 at acme_actwin.com>

> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 97 9:29:59 MDT
> From: "Marshall F. Wilkinson" <wilkinso at acs_ucalgary.ca>
> 
> My experience with the large sword plants is to trim the roots. It
> seems radical but cutting back the root stimulates new root growth.
> Ive done this on 2 occassions with good results.  On a more banal
> nomenclature thread, these plants have root systems not rhizomes.

Some echinodorus seem to have rhizomes.  At least, that's what I call
the thick tuber from which the plant grows.  E. hormemanii seems to
have this characteristic.  

George

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