Sword mother plants rescape: how deep should I bury the crown?
Pulling a few swords out of my 120 during a rescape and replanting some of the smaller ones in sand. Last time I buried the crown and half the leaves melted. Pic below of the trim pile from the rescape. Do you leave the crown just above the substrate and let roots do the work?
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Crown right at the surface, roots buried. Burying the crown is what rots them. I trim the old outer leaves too so it puts energy into new roots.
yep this, and I push a root tab in a few cm away from the crown rather than right under it.
good to know on the root tab spacing, i always jammed mine right under the crown and wondered why the middle leaves yellowed
yeah the tab right under the crown gets way too concentrated for a sword. a few cm off to the side and it spreads out better.
Agree on the scale idea in theory, but I still just eyeball my moss feedings. Notebook catches the mistakes for me.
Update: replanted three of the small ones with the crown just above the sand and tabs a few cm off to the side. No melt so far, leaves are standing up fine.
Nice. Give them a couple of weeks before judging, old leaves may still yellow and drop while the new roots come in.
swords look so happy after a replant like that, hope they keep standing up.
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