dan12boy Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 I just got some hydrocotyle tripartita that I ordered from the website and wanted to know if I could just plant it in my substrate in the pot since I’m not ready to aquascape with it yet. Any help would be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Yeah you can totally leave it in its pot. I've done that for lots of my plants for several weeks at a time, no problem that I've encountered when doing so! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HH Morant Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 (edited) As far as I am concerned, you can smoke whatever you please. Okay, now that I read past the title I can see that is not what you meant. I leave plants in pots for weeks, sometimes months. They generally survive. Edited January 27, 2022 by HH Morant 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 You can drop in plants with a pot to stage, but I would plant without. You want full root spread when you decide to plant. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan12boy Posted January 27, 2022 Author Share Posted January 27, 2022 On 1/27/2022 at 5:27 PM, FrozenFins said: Yeah you can totally leave it in its pot. I've done that for lots of my plants for several weeks at a time, no problem that I've encountered when doing so! Okay thank you so much!! On 1/27/2022 at 5:28 PM, HH Morant said: As far as I am concerned, you can smoke whatever you please. Okay, now that I read past the title I can see that is not what you meant. I leave plants in pots four weeks, sometimes months. They generally survive. Lolll love the sense of humor but okay good to know, I’m just testing out different plants right now to see what works best for my parameters and stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 have no fear, plunking them in the tank in their pots wont harm anything. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckman Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 Pots rock. Mobile plants are a good thing. They tend to get root-bound just like terrestrial plants. I tend to just put them in bigger pots and put them back in. But yeah, many people in the hobby have a staging tank for plants. Some have a quarantine setup for plants. It just helps to have an aquarium or even a 5 gallon bucket you can throw plants into temporarily. Reason? Good plants make them selves available at bad times. Maybe you are coming home from work and decide to stop by the fish store to see what's new. And they have the coolest bunch of plants you have ever seen! But you just did a trim and a water change and don't plan to get back into that tank for a week or two. Or you have plans for the next few days. No big deal, buy the plants now, and throw them in the staging tank/bucket and they will be fine for a few days. I have kept them without lights in a bucket for two or three days. It is not optimal, but it never seems to hurt them. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 On 1/27/2022 at 6:55 PM, Buckman said: Good plants make them selves available at bad times. So true! 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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