Hi John,
Undoubtedly, your choice of substrate for these plants contributed immensely to the way they're flourishing, as this planting medium has just about every nutrient needed by them. Some hobbyists replace this substrate no later than every two years using PlantTabs towards the end of this period, while others replace it at about a year into using it. Reports are that its nutrients don't last much longer than a year, but with you having the plants potted it should be very easy to give these plants new substrate when that time comes. For those new plants that are setting up via runners in the tank's substrate outside of the terra cotta pots, you could give them PlantTabs to give them a boost, unless you're using the TetraPlant Complete in the whole tank too.
Ray
--- In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com, SIMMONDS JOHN wrote:
>
> Hi Nora,
>
> All of my plants are set in regular garden clay pots of varying sizes
> using TetraPlant Complete Substrate. It is quite expensive to buy initially
> but in time it proves very reasonable because you can use it over & over
> again but you have to cover the top of it with marbles or pebbles.
> Otherwise the fish will soon dig it all out & mess up your tank. Also, like
> regular garden plants you need to put a pebble over the hole in the bottom
> of the pot, otherwise the sandy substrate will gradually come out. I've
> been using this stuff for several years now & have no complaints.
>
> John*<*
>
>
> On 16 February 2013 17:30, nonstopmom888 wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Hi John,
> >
> > congrats on your success with the plants! Could you refresh my memory and
> > tell us how you potted them? Did you use a new type of soil?
> > I know you told me once but I forgot...
> >
> > Thanks a lot,
> > Nora
> >
> >
> > --- In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com, "mrbushy2003" wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Ray & Dawn,
> > >
> > > Rather than start afresh, I thought I would resurrect this old thread
> > > as it contains reference to flowering Vallis plants & guess what-my
> > > plants are doing just that! A few weeks ago I spotted the first runner &
> > > it was already about 1.5 feet long & growing in a corkscrew kind of
> > > coiled up stem. At the end is a small, attractive 3 petalled flower that
> > > lays on the surface. Just now there must be almost 10 of these things
> > > in my tank coming from both my planted pots of Vallis so conditions must
> > > be greatly improved since I got some excellent advice & help off Dawn.
> > > Before that my Vallis plants were a waste of time & they kept dying,
> > > Dawn suggested I trim the roots & re-pot them so with nothing to loose I
> > > did just that.
> > >
> > > Now, well over a year later my 2 large planters are bulging with healthy
> > > green straight Vallis which must be at least 2 feet long. As I have one
> > > pot either side of my tank the outlet current has formed the two lots
> > > onto a lovely green arch that the fish love to sit under mid-water. I
> > > guess having the cover gives them an added sense of security. I have
> > > just uploaded 3 pictures of these flowers & they should be visible here:
> > >
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> > ist> once they have been approved by our moderators.
> > >
> > > John<
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > --- In AquaticLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ray"
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Dawn,
> > >
> > > As Valisneria, just like most other
> > > aquatic plants, have only two modes of reproduction -- a) via
> > > pollenation between two plants' tiny flowers held above the surface, and
> > > b) via runners grown from the original (single) plant, I fail to see how
> > > growing two different species of Valisneria in one pot could result in
> > > the 2 plants crossbreeding since hardly anyone cultivates Valisneria
> > > from seeds. The runners that a "mother" plant sends out along the
> > > substrate to propagate additional plants is a result only of this
> > > original ("mother") plant and is completely independent of any other
> > > plants around it -- even other Valisneria of the same species. For a
> > > cross-breed to occur, it would have to come from the cross-pollenation
> > > of two plants' flowers, resulting in seeds -- which of course is
> > > possible -- but who starts new Val from seeds unless it's some
> > > horticulturist trying to develop a new variety of Val. Otherwise, it's
> > > not very practical, nor is this type of cultivation very successful at
> > > all, by the average hobbyist. I've never heard of any hobbyist
> > > cultivating Val from the seeds of their flowers. For that matter, it
> > > doesn't happen that often at all, that the average hobbyist is
> > > successful in having their Valisneria flower.
> > >
> > > Ray
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
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