how to make sword plants make more babies

[Sgooosh]

so my sword plant bloomed. but idk how to make it bloom again
many people were asking this question, and i feel bad not knowing how to do it

 

[Colin_T]

They generally flower once or twice a year. We got most flowers/ plantlets in spring when the temperature rose. If you grow the plant in pots in the garden (out of water), they will produce flower stalks in late spring and right through summer.

Lots of fertiliser and bright light will provide them with enough energy reserves to produce runners. Low light and low nutrients will reduce or prevent the plant from producing runners.

 

[itiwhetu]

If you increase tank temperature and length of light hours away they will go. Usually mine would produce runners at the start of summer when the sun would hit the tank in the evening for an hour or so.

 

[Byron]

so my sword plant bloomed. but idk how to make it bloom again
many people were asking this question, and i feel bad not knowing how to do it

By "bloom" do you mean the inflorescence produced actual flowers, or do you mean it produced adventitious plants (no flowers) which the thread title would seem to suggest? And how are you growing the plant, submersed or emersed? Don't suppose you happen to know the species of sword?

 

[Avel1896]

As they're "rosette" plants you shouldn't plant it but puts it on substrate wedges in place with small rocks, or attached on roots. Same for bulbs and rhizomes. I add a rootstick under rosette (or bulb or rhizome) wraped in a piece of compress before I attach plant on root. I use brown yarn to tie them together.

 

[Byron]

As they're "rosette" plants you shouldn't plant it but puts it on substrate wedges in place with small rocks, or attached on roots. Same for bulbs and rhizomes. I add a rootstick under rosette (or bulb or rhizome) wraped in a piece of compress before I attach plant on root. I use brown yarn to tie them together.

This confused me...the plants are sword plants (according to the OP) which are species of Echinodorus, and while they are rosette in how they grow, the roots should be well planted in the substrate, just so long as the crown is not buried. The root system on these plants is very massive, and they take up certain nutrients via the roots.

 

[Sgooosh]

They generally flower once or twice a year. We got most flowers/ plantlets in spring when the temperature rose. If you grow the plant in pots in the garden (out of water), they will produce flower stalks in late spring and right through summer.

Lots of fertiliser and bright light will provide them with enough energy reserves to produce runners. Low light and low nutrients will reduce or prevent the plant from producing runners.

oh ok!
i have a small sword plant too.
it did not flower.
it is right next to it's big brother and share the same roottabs

This confused me...the plants are sword plants (according to the OP) which are species of Echinodorus, and while they are rosette in how they grow, the roots should be well planted in the substrate, just so long as the crown is not buried. The root system on these plants is very massive, and they take up certain nutrients via the roots.

amazon sword.
yeah it is not having any issues right now

If you increase tank temperature and length of light hours away they will go. Usually mine would produce runners at the start of summer when the sun would hit the tank in the evening for an hour or so.

oh. i was asking about the flower stalks.
but that is very helpful. havent got any runners yet!!!
ill cut the floaters down a bit see how that goes

By "bloom" do you mean the inflorescence produced actual flowers, or do you mean it produced adventitious plants (no flowers) which the thread title would seem to suggest? And how are you growing the plant, submersed or emersed? Don't suppose you happen to know the species of sword?

flowers.

 

[Byron]

Some of the earlier questions were not answered.

1. How are you growing the plant that I assume produced flowers on the inflorescence? Submersed (in the aquarium under water), or emersed (in the air, the roots in some type of substrate)?

2. Did the inflorescence grow after you acquired the plant, or was it already on the plant when you acquired it?

3. Can you post a photo of this plant? It would help.

 

[Avel1896]

sword plants (according to the OP) which are species of Echinodorus

They do.

the roots should be well planted in the substrate

Yes, roots. Only roots.

they take up certain nutrients via the roots.

Reason why I add a EasyLife rootstick under rosette (or bulb or rhizome) wraped in a piece of compress before I attach plant on root.

 

[itiwhetu]

Flowering plants don't tend to flower while completely submerged. Therefore you need to create a draught for your plant so it thinks the dry season is here. Lower the water level of the tank and increase the temperature. Over the years I have made many crypt species flower using this method.

 

[Avel1896]

Flower plants don't tend to flower while completely submerged.

My Anubias flower once even twice a year. Flower looks like an arum-lily.

 

[Sgooosh]

They do.

Yes, roots. Only roots.

Reason why I add a EasyLife rootstick under rosette (or bulb or rhizome) wraped in a piece of compress before I attach plant on root.

what is a compress

My Anubias flower once even twice a year. Flower looks like an arum-lily.

lucky!!
how do you make it do that?

Flowering plants don't tend to flower while completely submerged. Therefore you need to create a draught for your plant so it thinks the dry season is here. Lower the water level of the tank and increase the temperature. Over the years I have made many crypt species flower using this method.

yes mine is submerged.
it just grew 6 plants.
i wasnt careful so only 4 survived :grimace:

Some of the earlier questions were not answered.

1. How are you growing the plant that I assume produced flowers on the inflorescence? Submersed (in the aquarium under water), or emersed (in the air, the roots in some type of substrate)?

2. Did the inflorescence grow after you acquired the plant, or was it already on the plant when you acquired it?

3. Can you post a photo of this plant? It would help.

sumbersed
it grew after a few months after all the land leaves fell
ill go on my phone. (i removed all the small guys.)

 

[Avel1896]

In French a "compresse" is a very thin piece of folded unwoven sterile cotton used for wound cleaning.

My Anubias often flower when I do big waterchange.

In France, tank plants are grown out of water, in mini greenhouses, in 100% humidity. This is why some need time to adapt.

 

[Byron]

what is a compress

lucky!!
how do you make it do that?

yes mine is submerged.
it just grew 6 plants.
i wasnt careful so only 4 survived :grimace:

sumbersed
it grew after a few months after all the land leaves fell
ill go on my phone. (i removed all the small guys.)

OK, there is still something here I do not understand, given your different "descriptions" concerning the inflorescence that grew from the original plant after you planted it in the aquarium (submersed). Initially you said it produced flowers, now you seem to be saying it had baby plants (termed adventitious plants). These are two very different things. To be honest, flowers does not seem at all likely, from what you have told us.

A photo of the parent plant will help us identify the species of Echinodorus, this makes a difference too.

 

[kribensis12]

I have often wondered this, too. I have a rather large amazon sword (feed with root tabs and a liquid fertilizer) and a smaller one - the large one is about 6 years old and the smaller one about 2 years old.

They grow very well and look very healthy - but they never send off runners. I know my coloration, growth rate and leaf density that they are doing well - they just don't seem interested in propagating.