Stan Z Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 (edited) Hi all. The Java fern came as several plants tied together. I made two bundles and tied them to a piece of wood. Looks great but should they be separated more? Edited September 6, 2022 by Stan Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul1478 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 I noticed this also. What I did was to completely untie them and glue each one. I don't know if I would do that again or not. It worked very well. It has been about 90 days and have WAY more plants that I know what to do with. Each one has more leaves coming up and most have many many babies hanging of original leaves. The reason I say I may not do it again was it was not easy messing with individual plants and getting them to standup. All worked in the end. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Z Posted September 6, 2022 Author Share Posted September 6, 2022 Might be too soon yet but I haven’t noticed any growth yet on those, that’s why I wondered if I should separate all of them. When I got another Java fern I separated each one but they are all only one leaf on a tiny rhizome. Haven’t seen any growth on those yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scapexghost Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 On 9/6/2022 at 10:36 AM, Stan Z said: Might be too soon yet but I haven’t noticed any growth yet on those, that’s why I wondered if I should separate all of them. When I got another Java fern I separated each one but they are all only one leaf on a tiny rhizome. Haven’t seen any growth on those yet. Java fern is a very slow grower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedrock Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 I agree give Java Feen time and ferts. Time will be good to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeJay Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Yes time is key for these guys. I started with 2 originally. It took those go a good 2-3 months before I noticed much difference at all. Then I learned the do enjoy more potassium. So I added a small dose of potassium to my regular easy green dose. That was really the key for me. Within another 30 days I was starting to get baby plants on both and have been able to add them to my other 2 tanks over the next couple of months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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