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K_S_W_I_S_S
03-22-2003, 4:37 PM
why is my plant only pearling where the leaves are broken? i bought it 2 days ago and some of the leaves were already broken. it is a rangeri sword.it is pearling where the vein looking things are...

RTR
03-22-2003, 4:47 PM
Plants do transport air/oxygen - as to the roots, etc. For true pearling the water must be staruated to supersaturated with oxygen, for this broken stem/tubule bubbling saturation is not required - the gas is not dissolved but already a gas.