Eleocharis Parvula...

[bumbleweasle]

Alrighty! I got me some e. parvula midweek, but then my back decided it was time for a painful flare-up, so wasn't able to plant them straight away.. So after their rinsing/quarantine period I just put the plants, still in their pots, into the tank until I could get to them properly.

I'm ready to begin planting them today, but I've noticed that one pot seems to has gone entirely brown, and another is turning as well.. I plan on following ianho's advice from somewhere on the forum.. so, planting them nice & deep then trimming them right back, but I'm wondering if it's worth doing this with the bits that have browned? Maybe (she says, optimistically) they're just adapting to my water conditions...?

So... to plant, or not to plant?

 

[ian]

Personally i would tend to plant and leave for a couple of weeks before trimming Parvula. Then hack it back, like grass.

 

[bumbleweasle]

hehe, I must have remembered that slightly wrong.. Is it worth planting the brown ones, d'ye reckon?

 

[ian]

i do trim Elocharis acicularis staright away. Maybe you thought that? lol

I had a few browner strands in my new nano and they picked up.

 

[bumbleweasle]

Probably! Cheers, Ian.