Looking for suggestions - instructions on keeping my floating pond plants alive over the winter. Brought them in in the fall - Hyacinth's are doing OK, but the water lettuce, not so well. Has anyone else tried to do this and was sucessful?
Water lettuce & Hyacinth indoors
- Thread starter Cleopatra
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Have taken both of them indoors since one month. Water lettuces passed away allready, leaves got rotten. Hyacinths seems ok but not so much promising.
Any tips will be appreciated.
Any tips will be appreciated.
Incredible amounts of light and sufficient nutrients.
What is your set-up like?
What are you feeding them?
Water lettuce will go first since it stores food in its leaves/stems an water hyacinth are bulbous plants.
Dr Joe
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What is your set-up like?
What are you feeding them?
Water lettuce will go first since it stores food in its leaves/stems an water hyacinth are bulbous plants.
Dr Joe
.
lights like T5s, PCs, or Halides might work. I've had Lettuce live a couple of months and then just fade out. The were 6" under VHO bulbs and still did not live. Haven't tried Hyacinth since they will not fit under my hood. Good Luck and post any successs.
Sounds like the only thing I have done correctly so far is to get them out of the pond and I am not so sure about that. They could have died there just as well.
Sounds like we need to get Bro Pharoah on the job - we needs better lights!
Sounds like we need to get Bro Pharoah on the job - we needs better lights!
Dr Joe;2682547; said:Are you saying Pharoah is the bright spot in your life
Cleopatra;2682557; said:
I guess we need to go raid the "used" table at the fish shop and get another light huh?
Sounds like it!
The crazy part is the ones getting the least amount of light (on the bottom of the rack) look the best. Anything would probably help.
Sounds like we need plant food too. Man these are needy plants - sure didn't look that way when I drug them out of the mud from the pond. See what goldfish poop does for you! Makes you grow - I guess! Hurry up spring!
The crazy part is the ones getting the least amount of light (on the bottom of the rack) look the best. Anything would probably help.
Sounds like we need plant food too. Man these are needy plants - sure didn't look that way when I drug them out of the mud from the pond. See what goldfish poop does for you! Makes you grow - I guess! Hurry up spring!
I've kept water lettuce going indoors in my 65 gallon planted tank for a few years now.
It is under a 250 watt metal halide and 2 30 watt florescents.
It grows like a weed especially after I fertilize the tank.
I have to remove about 2/3 of it every week or so because it will block out the light to my other plants. I feed it to the turtles in my other tanks. It grows so fast and they get so much of it that I think they are getting sick of it.
It is under a 250 watt metal halide and 2 30 watt florescents.
It grows like a weed especially after I fertilize the tank.
I have to remove about 2/3 of it every week or so because it will block out the light to my other plants. I feed it to the turtles in my other tanks. It grows so fast and they get so much of it that I think they are getting sick of it.