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Date: 19 Jan 2005 00:27:24
From: K Byers
Subject: substrate for potted plants
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I'm considering planting some aquatic plants in pots or in "planting rocks"
(from the Foster & Smith catalog).
I wish I had responded with this question last week when someone wrote that
plants get most of their nutrients from the water.
Can I put just plain aquarium gravel in these pots, or should I use
SeaChem's Flourite or ...what?
Thanks in advance for your recommendations.
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Date: 19 Jan 2005 04:19:40
From: Richard Sexton
Subject: Re: substrate for potted plants
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In article <MPhHd.44556$w62.9459@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net >,
K Byers <not@thistime.net > wrote:
>I'm considering planting some aquatic plants in pots or in "planting rocks"
>(from the Foster & Smith catalog).
>
>I wish I had responded with this question last week when someone wrote that
>plants get most of their nutrients from the water.
>
>Can I put just plain aquarium gravel in these pots, or should I use
>SeaChem's Flourite or ...what?
>
>Thanks in advance for your recommendations.
>
>
Most of my stuff is in pots. I've used flourite, beach sand over
a mix of Farfards aquatic soil mixed with profile (ran out of flourite)
and plan beach sand (ran out of...).
I can't say I notice much of a difference.
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Date: 22 Jan 2005 04:11:33
From: K Byers
Subject: Re: substrate for potted plants
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>>I'm considering planting some aquatic plants in pots or in "planting
>>rocks"
>>(from the Foster & Smith catalog).
>>
>>I wish I had responded with this question last week when someone wrote
>>that
>>plants get most of their nutrients from the water.
>>
>>Can I put just plain aquarium gravel in these pots, or should I use
>>SeaChem's Flourite or ...what?
>>
>>Thanks in advance for your recommendations.
> Most of my stuff is in pots. I've used flourite, beach sand over
> a mix of Farfards aquatic soil mixed with profile (ran out of flourite)
> and plan beach sand (ran out of...).
>
> I can't say I notice much of a difference.
Do you leave the hole at the bottom of the pot open? It seems that flourite
or soil would fall out, or that the iron, nitrogen, etc would get into the
water.
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Date: 23 Jan 2005 00:29:10
From: Ozdude
Subject: Re: substrate for potted plants
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"K Byers" <not@thistime.net > wrote in message
news:VnkId.64564$w62.11440@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> Do you leave the hole at the bottom of the pot open? It seems that
> flourite
> or soil would fall out, or that the iron, nitrogen, etc would get into the
> water.
You block the hole. Use a pebble or the inside of a soft drink bottle top to
block it.
Oz
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Date: 19 Jan 2005 23:46:01
From: Elaine T
Subject: Re: substrate for potted plants
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Richard Sexton wrote:
> In article <MPhHd.44556$w62.9459@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>,
> K Byers <not@thistime.net> wrote:
>
>>I'm considering planting some aquatic plants in pots or in "planting rocks"
>>(from the Foster & Smith catalog).
>>
>>I wish I had responded with this question last week when someone wrote that
>>plants get most of their nutrients from the water.
>>
>>Can I put just plain aquarium gravel in these pots, or should I use
>>SeaChem's Flourite or ...what?
>>
>>Thanks in advance for your recommendations.
>>
>>
>
>
> Most of my stuff is in pots. I've used flourite, beach sand over
> a mix of Farfards aquatic soil mixed with profile (ran out of flourite)
> and plan beach sand (ran out of...).
>
> I can't say I notice much of a difference.
>
>
Is this true for your Crypts too? I've not tried Crypts without some
sort of iron at the roots.
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Date: 20 Jan 2005 01:39:15
From: Richard Sexton
Subject: Re: substrate for potted plants
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>> Most of my stuff is in pots. I've used flourite, beach sand over
>> a mix of Farfards aquatic soil mixed with profile (ran out of flourite)
>> and plan beach sand (ran out of...).
>>
>> I can't say I notice much of a difference.
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>Is this true for your Crypts too? I've not tried Crypts without some
>sort of iron at the roots.
Most of my plants are crypts.
I do dose with iron+traces these days and before that I'd put washers
under the soil which was under 4" of fine beach sand. Crypts are ehavy
feeders and want lots of nitrates and iron.
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