Regular Member Jeana727 Posted December 2, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted December 2, 2015 I have 2 BIG Anubias plants that are very healthy & doing great. They each have ALOT of roots coming out of the main stem. I am wondering if it is ok to clip off a good bit of these roots? My thought is can I trim the roots back to being mainly at the bottom portion of the plant rather than sprouting out from everywhere? What do ya'll think? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jeana727 Posted December 2, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted December 2, 2015 (edited) I couldn't wait!!!!!! I took out, 1st, the biggest one & clipped away most of the roots from the main stem of the plant. I left the root system alone that is attached to the driftwood. (LOL!) The main stem is quite thick & the little pieces of the trimmed roots makes it look like a catapillar!!! Then I did the same to the other Anubias! These plants came from ONE small plant I got YEARS ago. I cut it into 2 pieces quite awhile back & (obviously) it did really well. I doubt this trimming session will hurt it! (Fingers Crossed) While I was up to my armpits is the tank I also took the small Dragon bubbler out & gave him a good scrubbing. He was REALLY getting covered & looked mostly black. I like to see the details (like the scales & EYES). He looks much better. Edited December 2, 2015 by Jeana727 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Daniel Posted December 3, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted December 3, 2015 Trimming the roots is perfectly fine. In fact, it should encourage new growth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LisaCGold Posted December 3, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted December 3, 2015 I trim the roots to my anubias every two months or so, sometimes sooner depending on how unwieldy they get. When I do trim the roots, I do take off quite a bit...pretty much so that they are close cropped to whatever they are on (either rock or driftwood). I love anubias--they are such resilient plants! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jeana727 Posted December 6, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted December 6, 2015 The "Root Clipping" went fine....both of the anubias are looking good!!! ("They" started out as one & awhile back it had gotten huge so I cut it into two plants....It survived THAT "surgery" so I had high hopes it would do well!!!) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jeana727 Posted December 13, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted December 13, 2015 It was a GREAT SUCCESS!!! Both plants are showing great leaf growth & one plant is unfurling TWO flowers & the other one flower!!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member LisaCGold Posted December 13, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted December 13, 2015 Yay! Would be cool to see a pic of the flowers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Jeana727 Posted December 14, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) At this point the flowers are still mostly green, I will post pics as soon as they finish changing color! Edited December 14, 2015 by Jeana727 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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