1st Annual World Rescape Collective (starting 2/25/07)

[iroc]

A Question about planting H. difformis stems horizontally, How do you keep it growing like that and not just growing verticaly.

Like most plants, you pinch the tops of the stems. This encourages branchier, smaller growth that stays closer to the ground. Too bad you're getting rid of it, it would be an interesting thing to try.

llj

I'm going to try it, just not in this tank. I mean at this point I get 4" of vertical growth every week, even with the plant on it's side it is going to reach towards the light and grow in that direction. I think I will be setting myself up for a lot of purning

 

[iroc]

I thought about it a lot last night. Maybe I will try 1 stem in this manner just to see how it will look. Has anyone every seen this method of grow water wistera like this, maybe if I could see a picture