![]() ![]() For regular garden plants, transplanting is traumatic roots get damaged, pruning may be needed to offset the root damage, the plant has to adjust to its new environment with light, soil and water, etc. I wonder if there could be an advantage to a “shorter” Dry Start Method period- as in all new tanks could use a “break” in this state just to give plants a chance to rest and recover from transplantation. I‘m hoping these will become a “background“ plant and give the aquarium some color. I tucked the first half of the stems along the sides of the jar letting the leaves stick out of the middle. I believe it’s technically the submerged form. ![]() The Alternanthera was long with lots of good buds and roots on it. ![]() I expect it to grow slow and it might get taken over by the baby tears. The Anubias was much smaller than expected. I’m expecting the baby tears to take over the bottom as I let it grow. I removed the mesh because I don’t know what will happen to it once it starts to break down or possibly rust. The baby tears came as a mat with some metal mesh on the bottom. I have experience with native Florida plants but not these plants, so it’s all a big experiment! □ The plants I bought are ”dwarf baby tears” (hemianthus callitrichoides), “Anubias Nana Petite”, Telanthrea Rosefolia (Alternanthera reineckii) and American frogbit. I didn’t want the plants to have to reach through 1“ of gravel to get nutrients. I added the plants and the gravel at little at a time together. It’s white and it says it’s mostly made of quartz so it should be inert enough. The bottom of the jars is a little “domed” in the middle so I have a 1 1/2“ channel of soil on the sides but it’s as thin as 1/4” in the middle of the jar. I’m going to use the “dry start method“ and grow the plants in the jars like a terrarium for several weeks before adding water. ![]()
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