Red tiger lotus why won't you grow?

[Pepere]

On 7/11/2024 at 11:07 PM, Jeff said:

Cory mentioned in a video recently that he believes and/or knows that if you keep trimming plants like Tiger Lotus or Aquarium Lily, they'll eventually 'learn' to stay shorter...and be "bushy" like yours. Is that what you did, to have this effect? I

Yes.  Just nip off stems close to the base of stems that are reaching too high on Tiger Lotus and soon enough they stop shooting for the  top.

 

I trim stems and leaves in my tank every week.  I look at my Tiger Lotus leaves closely.  As they start to get ragged or have holes they get removed as well as ones that might have a bit of algae starting on them, or ones that are casting too much shade on other plants or are just not attractive, or if I am just getting too many of them..

I also ruthlessly thin the Val to keep it from taking over.  The L repens gets shortened by about 4 inches every week, the cardinal Lobelia gets shortened every 3-4 weeks…my Pink Flamingo Crypt needs some pruning as well to reduce its stature a bit…