Documenting PSO Propagation

[FLFishChik]

Ok, so I went ahead and trimmed the PSO (Pogostemon Stellatus Octopus) and replanted it in the tank. I just cut 1 stem back to about 3 nodes  above the substrate, then divided that stem into 2 and planted. Some of you plant experts  probably think “well, we know how this goes”, but since it’s all very new to me and I learn by doing. I want to see what happens to the section that was cut from the middle of the stem . First pic is the plant before trimming. Second is after trim and replant as are the remaining pics 

Edited July 25, 2022 by FLFishChik

[KBOzzie59]

Learning by doing!  

[Minanora]

Fast-forward to one week from now. Whole tank of PSO. PSO in Tupperwares, taco bell cups and somehow in the dogs water dish. 🤣

[Nanci B]

Need pictures!! 😂 please 

[FLFishChik]

Update! So the mother plant has had a growth spurt since I trimmed the top, it’s nearly reached the top of the tank already. The other 2 sections are still doing well, just growing a lot slower, but I think once the roots establish they’ll take off as well.

[FLFishChik]

Another couple/few days and the mother plant will have reached to surface again! 
 

the “top” that I trimmed off is growing longer, it’s hard to see in the photo right next to the original plant and the “mid section” I cut and placed just the other side of the intake sponge is starting to stretch its “tentacles”. The tank is beginning to look filled in!

 

Edited August 2, 2022 by FLFishChik