by Hardjono.Harjadi-at-Eng.Sun.COM (Hardjono Harjadi)
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1995
>> From: Stephen.Pushak-at-hcsd.hac.com (Stephen Pushak)
>
>> BTW. anyone know the secret of Ludwigia repens? It is a beautiful plant
>> but I have not had any success. I think it needs a very rich substrate.
>> I'm interested to hear what you all are using for substrates especially
>> anyone who has had success with long-term Aponogetons (2yrs +). I think
>> I will redo my 49 gal. substrate this year. Gravel + fertilizer is not
>> enough, I suspect.
I have good luck with L.repens x arcuata (the red ones). They branch like
crazy in my tank. I think this plant needs unusually bright light.In my,
the ones that are in the shade are not doing as well as the ones under
the full light.
As with other red leafed plants, I need to give them fertilizer boost next
to their root to keep the leaves color red.
by MStark7789/aol.com
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001
Hi
I tried to grow this plant in my lily pool and it couldn't take the
competition for
space so I moved it to the stream in my terrarium and it got battered around
when I had trouble with leaks so I moved it to the pool in the greenhouse and
it slowly disintegrated on me. I suspect it didn't get enough light and the
cabombe
smothered it.
The one I had was all diamond shaped, floating leaves..No submerged
foliage
at all. I got it at a local pond shop where they were growing it potted in a
shallow
shaded fiberglass tank. They told me it required no full sun but I suspect
that was
wrong.
Isn't it a gorgeous plant? Hope you have better luck with yours.
Gary fla.
by rspahn/sackets-harbor-high.moric.org
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001
Hi, I grew this plant outdoors a few summers ago in a shallow
flowerpot filled with water. The waterlevel was about 6" above the
substrate. It propagated by runners. I live in northern NY where
the summers are in the 80's to low 90's for stretches of the
summer. The substrate was a mixture of pebbles and dirt that
came in the pond container it was sold in. I never got the plant to
flower:( The leaves formed a very pretty design on the water
surface. Ray
The Krib
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