Vallisneria question

[sairving]

Last week, I was at my lfs picking up some fish and new vallisneria.  My corkscrew vals slowly melted on me.  The employee at the fish store asked right away if I planted the crown too deep.  Yes, I planted them too deep.  He also said vallisneria doesn't do well when its planted too close to other plants.  Is this true?

 

[Yanni]

Val doesn't do too well when you plant it too deep but they should be fine if you plant them close to other plants. However, vallisneria grows pretty quick so it will end up "choking" out the other plants with their growth. What the lfs said is pretty accurate. You could plant them near plants, since it wouldn't kill them, but the vallisneria itself might end up growing into the other plants. 

[sairving]

On 10/21/2021 at 10:39 PM, Yanni said:

Val doesn't do too well when you plant it too deep but they should be fine if you plant them close to other plants. However, vallisneria grows pretty quick so it will end up "choking" out the other plants with their growth. What the lfs said is pretty accurate. You could plant them near plants, since it wouldn't kill them, but the vallisneria itself might end up growing into the other plants. 

Thanks, I was confused by this.  It sounded like he meant the other way around but this makes more sense