onemyndseye

When you buy plants, which form would you prefere to recieve?

Tell us why



-Justin
One Mynds Eye

bpimm

I'll go with submersed because this is the way I grow them and I'm usually to impatent to wait for them to switch over.

DirkW

I tentatively agree, but I'm also cheap. All things being equal, I'd prefer the plants adjusted to submersion. But if I can get plants more cheaply by buying them emersed, I will.

JanS

I've always bought submersed just because that's all I've seen around here.
I would think they do adapt much faster that way too.

Speaking of emersed plants, it was interesting when I dumped some of my water change water out on the north side of our house a couple months ago with some Taiwan moss in it. That moss took of in an emersed state and grew very well out there for about a month until the temp dropped down to almost 0 F. I was amazed that it withstood the temps as low as they got after coming out of a 78 degree tank.

cs_gardener

I prefer to purchase plants growing submerged so I don't have to fish so many dead leaves out of the tank.

redstrat

Submerged without a doubt, some plants drop leaves while switching to submersed culture, plus I'd rather not wait or put my plants through that if I can avoid it at all.

dennis

Bet it comes back next year To me, that is another example of why we hobbiests need to be careful with our plants. A great majority of the invasive species in this country (refering to aquatic plants) came from either our hobby or backyard ponds. How many pages is that other thread about importing? Why do countries and states spend so much time and money and hassle about importing plants?

I'm not chastizing you Jan, far from it. Sorry to use your post as an example.

EDGE

emersed. I don't have to worry about hitchhikers. They ship better, so they don't melt as easily during the adapation phase.

slickwillislim

I said emersed because in the 1 plant shipment and a couple trades I ended up with every hitchhiker imaginable. Clado, u. gibba, little flea thingies, snails, duckweed, insect larvae...

If I trade with someone or buy it from a store locally submersed is nice and conveniant to get growing but it can bring lots of stuff with it.

Emersed ships sooo... much better too. I ussually grow out the plant i buy anyways. If I was setting up a contest tank from scratch I think submersed would be much better. Prefferably from another of your own tanks rid of hitch hikers.

Laith

Most, if not all aquatic plants grown by quality companies (eg Tropica, etc.) are grown emersed in greenhouses.

So *somewhere* along the path from them to you they are put underwater.

My opinion is that I'd rather it be me that puts them underwater in an environment that's good for the plants instead of at the local lfs which in most cases does not always have the best setup to care for plants...

I guess we're lucky over here. When I order a bunch of Tropica plants at the store, they arrive to the store straight from Tropica for pickup!

Now if I was receiving healthy plants from another hobbyist, then I'd prefer submersed since they've already adapted in a healthy environment.