Mangrove Tree (1 Viewer)

[mike13oy]

My mangroves i bought from MACNA when they were no leaves or roots. They have been growing in freshwater from the time i got them back home.
We will see how big they will grow in freshwater.

 

[d2mini]

I'm sure they'll do fine as long as they have enough nutrients in the water. And you don't even have to mist the leaves to get the salt off!
Plants can adapt very well.

I started mine (50 of them) from propagules just like you 6 months ago. Now they look like this.

 

[mike13oy]

Nice Dennis, If u want branches, clip the tip off close to the leaves and more branches will come out

 

[d2mini]

Cool, i might just do that... some of these are getting pretty tall.
Can the clippings then be planted to grow new ones???

 

[mike13oy]

Can the clippings then be planted to grow new ones???

Never done it before. Why dont u try it out. If it works, LMK

 

[rlpardue]

Mangroves are cool

At MACNA I walked up to Julian Sprung and asked him about how to trim them to keep them short. He told me to do what Mike13oy said - just snip the little bud that's at the very top. He said to use a razor or something similarly sharp and to cut it close to its base. I've gotten a little lazy and haven't pruned mine in awhile and they've outgrown their light

Now I have to move em for the new tank. I'll definitely be interested to see if you can manage to get little propagules. That would be sweet.