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Re: Stem Plants

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Re: Stem Plants
From: George Booth <booth at hpmtlgb1_lvld.hp.com>
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 1997 13:27:16 -0700
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 04 Apr 1997 14:01:38 EST." <199704041901.OAA27513 at acme_actwin.com>

Karen wrote:

> Over and over I hear the advice to strip the bottom leaves off of stem
> plants before planting so that they don't rot in the substrate.  Many
> years ago, in a desperate attempt to keep freshly cut stems down in
> the substrae, I started leaving those bottom leaves on to act as an
> anchor.

Karla religiously removes the bottom leaves before planting to avoid
adding nutrients to the substrate ("rotting" :-).  When I go around
the next day to replant all the stems that came up, I pinch off the
stripped stem and plant the two lowest leaves. 

George

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