Hi everyone,
Over the summer, I decided to find a way how to keep all the extra plant species I had collected by setting up an emmersed tray outside. With the help of fellow hobbyist Jim Lockhart, I set one up for about 30$. At one point, I was growing two dozen species in this setup.
I was so fascinated by tending my emmersed setup that I have decided to get a second tray for this upcoming summer to house even more plants. However, this time, I will be concentring almost entirely on Cryptocorynes!
Ingredients:
1 black, plastic propagation tray
1 black, plastic pot pack with 48 slots (going with 32 next time)
1 extra high top propagation dome
1 bag of Schultz Aquatic Plant Soil (my medium)
1 Hydroponic liquid fertilizer kit, including three separate bottles (Florabloom, Floragro, and Floramicro in my case)
water
Florida sunshine
Plants that did very well in this kind of setup:
Cryptocoryne undulata
Cryptocoryne wendtii 'red,' 'green,' 'rose,' and 'Tropica'
Cryptocoryne walkeri
Eleocharis montevidensis
Saururus cernuus
Lobelia cardinalis 'small form' (dwarf lobelia)
Ludwigia repens
Ludwigia brevipes
Bacopa caroliniana
Hydrocotyle verticellata
Lindernia rotundifolia
Hemianthus micranthemoides (baby tears)
Micranthemum umbrosum
Hygrophila difformis (wisteria)
Lysimachia nummuleria
Carlos
Over the summer, I decided to find a way how to keep all the extra plant species I had collected by setting up an emmersed tray outside. With the help of fellow hobbyist Jim Lockhart, I set one up for about 30$. At one point, I was growing two dozen species in this setup.
I was so fascinated by tending my emmersed setup that I have decided to get a second tray for this upcoming summer to house even more plants. However, this time, I will be concentring almost entirely on Cryptocorynes!
Ingredients:
1 black, plastic propagation tray
1 black, plastic pot pack with 48 slots (going with 32 next time)
1 extra high top propagation dome
1 bag of Schultz Aquatic Plant Soil (my medium)
1 Hydroponic liquid fertilizer kit, including three separate bottles (Florabloom, Floragro, and Floramicro in my case)
water
Florida sunshine
Plants that did very well in this kind of setup:
Cryptocoryne undulata
Cryptocoryne wendtii 'red,' 'green,' 'rose,' and 'Tropica'
Cryptocoryne walkeri
Eleocharis montevidensis
Saururus cernuus
Lobelia cardinalis 'small form' (dwarf lobelia)
Ludwigia repens
Ludwigia brevipes
Bacopa caroliniana
Hydrocotyle verticellata
Lindernia rotundifolia
Hemianthus micranthemoides (baby tears)
Micranthemum umbrosum
Hygrophila difformis (wisteria)
Lysimachia nummuleria
Carlos