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Tropical Fish Keeping Help and Advice => Fish Tank Plant Advice => Topic started by: fcmf on June 02, 2024, 10:37:10 AM
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One for @Matt , probably, but happy for anyone to answer.
This is the only longstanding plant I've ever had - only the second to ever last beyond a few weeks. Purchased just before the start of CoVid reached the UK, it's now 4.25 years old which is a remarkable feat by my standards. [Most of the stalks are getting thinner and thinner, though, so unfortunately its days are numbered.]
Ordinarily, when it gets too long, I cut it in half - above a node to see if any re-growth appears in the lower half (95% of the time it doesn't and the lower half dies) and then re-plant the upper half after cutting below a node.
On this occasion, for two parts of the plant, I cut the upper half off just below a node and re-planted it but forgot to cut close to the node on the lower half - and, on both occasions, tiny new leaves *are* starting to appear which is promising. My questions are:
* have I been doing this incorrectly all along and this is what I should have done, and leave it be?
* ought I to trim back the ~1cm at the top so that I'm cutting down to just above the node and its newly sprouting leaves?
Thanks.
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Firstly sorry for the stupidly delayed response - very busy with work at the moment!
You are right to cut just above a node as this is where the new growth will come from. You will also get two shoots growing from the node in nearly all instances. Most people would suggest cutting a node near the base of the plant in order that the two new shoots grow up from the base, and replanting the rest of the long stem you trimmed off.
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Thanks, @Matt - very helpful. :cheers: