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Ok hi watchers! I moved the pennywort to a brighter location with root tab and new liq fert
Sounds easier to deal with than a surprise baby horse. :rolleyes:
Yep, it will be fine anyways if left witht the mother i think
(Sword not horse LoL)
 
Hello @Byron - I hope you're doing well!

My sword has developed two daughters over the last 6 months. I would like to replant them and I note from the post I found and read of yours on this thread that you would recommend doing so once they develop their own roots. Mine have, however I wanted to ask what I should do with the runner? Is there a way to remove the daughter plant and leave thr runner to grow more? Or should the runner be removed from the base of the main plant?

Thank you

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I usually cut the runners off near the roots because I find them rather unattractive, and I don't think they'll grow more plants. But they don't hurt anything if you leave them alone.
 
Given the size of the adventitious plants (the baby plants) on the inflorescence ("runner"), thee will not be more adventitious plants whether you remove the present ones or not. Adventitious plants tend to sprout about the same time, within a very few weeks. The inflorescence is also not providing any nutrients to the adventitious plants, they are assimilating these from the water through both their leaves and roots and they do this right from the start.

You can remove the adventitious plants by taking hold of the crown at the base and gently pulling it down the inflorescence, toward the substrate. They separate quite easily. Another method though is to cut the inflorescence a couple inches below the adventitious plant. This allows you to plant the adventitious plant while it is still attached to the inflorescence; the advantage to this is that there is more to bury and anchor the small plant. I usually put a couple of rounded pebbles around the base, as it takes a little time for the roots to grow sufficient to anchor the plant, and some fish like cories and loaches might easily keep uprooting them.

Sometimes I have left the inflorescences with some adventitious plants, but the plants tend to have algae problems, probably due to the closeness to the surface light.
 
Given the size of the adventitious plants (the baby plants) on the inflorescence ("runner"), thee will not be more adventitious plants whether you remove the present ones or not. Adventitious plants tend to sprout about the same time, within a very few weeks. The inflorescence is also not providing any nutrients to the adventitious plants, they are assimilating these from the water through both their leaves and roots and they do this right from the start.

You can remove the adventitious plants by taking hold of the crown at the base and gently pulling it down the inflorescence, toward the substrate. They separate quite easily. Another method though is to cut the inflorescence a couple inches below the adventitious plant. This allows you to plant the adventitious plant while it is still attached to the inflorescence; the advantage to this is that there is more to bury and anchor the small plant. I usually put a couple of rounded pebbles around the base, as it takes a little time for the roots to grow sufficient to anchor the plant, and some fish like cories and loaches might easily keep uprooting them.

Sometimes I have left the inflorescences with some adventitious plants, but the plants tend to have algae problems, probably due to the closeness to the surface light.
Yes. I removed mine hoping more would grow, but it just rotted away
 

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