"Angrie.Woman" wrote in message
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"Ozdude" wrote in message
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I have some of my plants in clay kitty litter pots and they are doing
okay but I find they are prone to stem and root rot in comparison to the
substrate planted species.

I think the clay might be breaking down into mush, harbouring bacteria
and algae, and causing stem and root rot on some of the less robust
plants due to anaerobic conditions. I must take them all out soon and get
them into the substrate where I know they will form healthy white root
balls.

I wasn't going to use clay pots. I was going to use the slotted plastic
pot the plant comes in. Take out the cotton stuff, put in some clay or
laterite or something, crack the edges so the plant can grow out of it (I
wish....) and stick it in the rocks.

Either way, I'd still be putting a fertilizer tab under each plants root
ball. You can make a circular hole in your current substrate too, put in a
fertilizer ball, cover with fine gravel, plant your plant and then top up
with your normal gravel and you'll never know it's there This way the
fertilizer nutrients will leech along the bottom of the tank, providing
fertilization for anything in the substrate.

Oz

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