Donna Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 Hello, About a week or so, I received an order with Jungle Vallisneria. It was brown but I wasn't too concerned thinking it was transitioning? Is this color "normal" or is it dead? Should I cut off the brown long leaves so the plant can "re-focus" itself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenman Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 I'd leave it be. Jungle Val can take a while to get established. I have one that largely sat there doing nothing for six months. Now it's got half inch wide leaves and they grow an inch a day. Plants store food in the form of carbohydrates in leaves and stems, even seemingly dead leaves/stems. Truly dead leaves tend to fall off on their own and can then be removed. As long as your leaves stay attached, I'd just leave them be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 What @gardenman said above. I think don't Val ships well. It has always been brown by the time I got it when shipped in the mail. But somehow no matter how bad it looks, it eventually comes back, although it might takes months. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted April 11, 2021 Share Posted April 11, 2021 I was looking at Val to add to one of my tanks but I've seen differences of opinion on whether they should be trimmed or not. I can't imagine not being able to trim them as I've seen them get really long, if that's the look you're going for awesome but in my tank I'd just want them to drag at the top a little and just be a safe place for fish to swim around in. Any opinions one way or another? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenman Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 14 hours ago, xXInkedPhoenixX said: I was looking at Val to add to one of my tanks but I've seen differences of opinion on whether they should be trimmed or not. I can't imagine not being able to trim them as I've seen them get really long, if that's the look you're going for awesome but in my tank I'd just want them to drag at the top a little and just be a safe place for fish to swim around in. Any opinions one way or another? I've trimmed jungle val in the past with no trouble. I haven't trimmed the one I have now, but I'll be doing so in the not too distant future with it growing as fast as it's growing. Oddly enough it hasn't produced even a single runner though. Hmm...why? I don't know. But it's growing very well. It's growing an inch a day right now in a thirty high. One leaf has grown to about 34 inches in length and that leaf and the new ones are all about a half inch wide (or wider.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 @gardenman that's crazy fast, sounds like you could sit there and watch it grow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenman Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 11 minutes ago, xXInkedPhoenixX said: @gardenman that's crazy fast, sounds like you could sit there and watch it grow. Yeah, you almost can. It's pretty neat. This is a tall tank. A thirty high so it's about 24" deep. there's about 22 inches of water and in about three weeks a leaf will go from nothing to the top. It's an impressive plant. I've never had one with leaves as wide as this one. Most of the jungle val I've grown in the past have had narrower leaves. This one's becoming a monster. I'm using the pond tabs as root fertilizer in this tank and I suspect that's playing a role in it's growth. The lack of runners is a bit confusing. It seems to be putting all of its energy into growing and none into spreading. That could be because the root tab was placed very near it so it doesn't have to look around for fertilizer. I don't know. It's interesting though. The pond tabs aren't causing me any trouble and the plants are doing well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 @gardenman I wonder if it grows up THEN out? The Aponogeton that I got for my tanks (3 total) it's interesting to see one growing really fast, the other 2 in a different tank taking their time. Those though are the fastest growing plants I've ever had. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenman Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 1 hour ago, xXInkedPhoenixX said: @gardenman I wonder if it grows up THEN out? The Aponogeton that I got for my tanks (3 total) it's interesting to see one growing really fast, the other 2 in a different tank taking their time. Those though are the fastest growing plants I've ever had. Val typically sends out runners pretty quickly. This one did nothing for months, now it's taking off vertically, but doing nothing horizontally. Sometimes the first sign of new growth is a runner. This one's behaving a bit different than normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 (edited) @gardenman hahah, there's always an exception somewhere! I thought I was the only one with that luck!! Edited April 12, 2021 by xXInkedPhoenixX 1 more thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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