Easiest self-propagating plants?

[Scapexghost]

Plants like vallisneria that will send runners on their own and don't require cutting and replanting. Not sure what the correct term for this type of plant, i would say carpeting plant, but i've never seen vallisneria described as a carpeting plant.

 

[lefty o]

vals go well at spreading, and anubia's, they are slow to get going but they just keep going, and going, and going.

Edited November 1, 2021 by lefty o
cant type for doodoo

[JettsPapa]

The easiest self propagating plant?  That would be duck weed.

[Scapexghost]

On 11/1/2021 at 6:11 PM, JettsPapa said:

The easiest self propagating plant?  That would be duck weed.

Its funny but also unironically a great answer. I forgot that floaters self propagate.

[Patrick_G]

Water Sprite isn’t the easiest plant for me to grow, but it kicks off baby plant regularly. Otherwise I think the plants that send off runners are the easiest. 

[Scapexghost]

On 11/1/2021 at 6:58 PM, Patrick_G said:

Water Sprite isn’t the easiest plant for me to grow, but it kicks off baby plant regularly. Otherwise I think the plants that send off runners are the easiest. 

Will water sprite kick off babies planted or only when floating?

[Griznatch]

Well, besides duckweed, I'd say most of the mosses. I'm running out of tank space for mine.

[Patrick_G]

On 11/1/2021 at 6:03 PM, Scapexghost said:

Will water sprite kick off babies planted or only when floating?

I want to say both planted and floating, but I’m not sure. I seem to have trouble keeping my Sprite planted, it really wants to float, and I sometimes don’t get it replanted for a few days. 

[Phantom240]

As far as plants that aren't considered a nuisance, I'd say swords, java ferns, dwarf sag, and anubias if you're patient enough.

[DaveO]

I have crypts sending runners all over, to the point of needing to thin them out. Same with dwarf sag.

[StockEwe49]

@JettsPapa is making me think of frogbit. I had to look up this stat again but it only takes 2 days for a new leaf to be produced! They then will create new plants and separate off of the mother plant.

Edited November 2, 2021 by StockEwe49

[Brandy]

I have plants I collected out of a local lake. They are illegal to sell in WA, as they are invasive, but they do grow fast in my aquarium, improving water quality no end.

I am not advocating this exactly, and to be responsible you should never share them or let them get back into a local body of water. I am not even going to tell you which things I happened to find. But I figure I have removed some small portion of invasive plants from the ecosystem, and as long as they never leave my tanks I am not contributing to their spread. Check your local noxious weed control board, and be responsible if you choose this course. A handful collected from the lake margin and stuffed into an empty sandwich bag at a picnic was enough to experiment with what would and would not thrive.

[Tanked]

At this moment, the easiest is my Asian Water Fern. Three weeks in, my AWF is well on it's way to producing 6 new individual plants.  It all depends on how narrowly you define self-propagating.  Hornwort could be the easiest that I 've had, but left undisturbed, it remains one plant.  On the other hand, The single rotting piece of Wisteria planted in January is becoming a carpeting plant.  

[JettsPapa]

On 11/8/2021 at 10:29 AM, Tanked said:

At this moment, the easiest is my Asian Water Fern. Three weeks in, my AWF is well on it's way to producing 6 new individual plants.  It all depends on how narrowly you define self-propagating.  Hornwort could be the easiest that I 've had, but left undisturbed, it remains one plant.  On the other hand, The single rotting piece of Wisteria planted in January is becoming a carpeting plant.  

Is that the same thing as water sprite?  It will also propagate new plants from a single leaf, like water wisteria.

[Tanked]

On 11/8/2021 at 12:31 PM, JettsPapa said:

Is that the same thing as water sprite?  It will also propagate new plants from a single leaf, like water wisteria.

As best as I can determine, Asian Water Fern is one of several names for  Bolbitus Heteroclita 

I don't seem to be able to upload the photo today, so you might have to look it up.

[Martin]

On 11/1/2021 at 7:50 PM, Scapexghost said:

Its funny but also unironically a great answer. I forgot that floaters self propagate.

Yup.  I can attest.  I am throwing away healthy red root floaters almost weekly.