Amazon Sword Flower

[Marden]

Well I had no idea an amazon sword could flower but look what I found today. Not particularly impressive but I was surprised!

[Mridul Singh]

Congratulations! That's a spike, and you'll see many more to come! from each nub, expect plantlets to emerge.

[Ryan S.]

Man that's awesome.  As someone who can't get my sword to grow, what's your secret?  I think I let mine get to far gone and need to start with a new plant.  I have a fluval 3.0, root tabs and eco complete. 

Edited October 9, 2020 by Ryan S.

[Marden]

I’m still learning myself after having a planted tank for 5 years. The one thing I have learned is that there are so many variables and every tank is different. I can’t grow scarlet temple to save my life despite having decent light, co2 and fertilizers. 

[3vi1p3nguin]

3 hours ago, Ryan S. said:

Man that's awesome.  As someone who can't get my sword to grow, what's your secret?  I think I let mine get to far gone and need to start with a new plant.  I have a fluval 3.0, root tabs and eco complete. 

Root tabs. Buckets of root tabs. My biggest sword would throw spikes all the time, but never flowered. I was going through 5 or 6 root tabs a month under it. I got busy this summer, and wasn't able to keep up on it, and it died way back and I ended up pulling it.