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04-20-2006, 02:08 PM
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iTrader Positive Rating: 100% Plant Points: 39495 |  Trimming Rotala sp "Vietnam"
What is the best way to trim this plant? Something tells me that topping may not be the best bet....I the bast I have not had good luck toping brushy plant like Mayaca fluviatalis, etc.
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04-20-2006, 02:11 PM
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I topped it and it yelled at me for doing so. The best option is to replant the tops. It grew so fast for me that I didn't really "plant" the plant, but rather use the led rope weights to bunch a few stems together and sink them in group of groups. | |
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04-21-2006, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by dennis What is the best way to trim this plant? Something tells me that topping may not be the best bet....I the bast I have not had good luck toping brushy plant like Mayaca fluviatalis, etc.
Thanks! | What happens when you top mayaca? I top my mayaca and replant the tops, and keep what I topped.. no problems I can see. | |
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04-21-2006, 10:45 AM
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Is R. Vietnam a good "pearler?" | |
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04-21-2006, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by John P. Is R. Vietnam a good "pearler?" | Seems to be for me. | |
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04-21-2006, 12:30 PM
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I think dennis means topping as in how we treat rotalla....also how we treat hedges in your yard. | |
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04-21-2006, 01:54 PM
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Definitely gotta top it and replant the tops. | |
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04-21-2006, 02:38 PM
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Hmmm...I'm going against the grain here. I top and let it grow back. It gets bushier.  | |
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04-21-2006, 03:55 PM
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I have found that removing the tops of plants like Mayaca, and not replanting but keeping only the rooted portions, that they grow back very slowly, weakly and often stunted. A recient post by Gomer made me realize he had observed the same thing (right gomer?)
Aaron, does topping make the plants branch or is there already much branching below the trim line? | |
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04-21-2006, 05:31 PM
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Not sure if I posted that recently, but that is my observation. Much much much healthier to replant the tops then let the bottoms regrow tops. | |
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