Amazon Sword Runners Question

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rodinia

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I've got an amazon sword plant, it's about 24 inches tall. It's fairly massive and has begun to produce copious amounts of baby plants on a thick runner. The runner has even produced 2 runners that are producing new plants. The new plants are developing long, strong roots. My question is, how do I separate the plant from the runner. Where do I cut? Is simply between plants fine?

Thank you
Suzanne
 
Anywhere on the runner (The one line attaching the 2 plants) is OK.
 
In the past I have just cut the runner and the baby plant grew fine. Recently I've noticed that at each node on the runner it appears to be 2 seperate plants one attached to each side of the runner, and I've started cutting the runner from between them to make 2 smaller plants instead of 1 larger one. The hard part is not damaging the base of the small plants to do this since they are so close together.
 
:grinyes: Sounds like fun
 
my rangeri sword did the same a few months ago. it sent up 2 runners and 2 plantlets formed. i never touched them, figuring they would be released when the time was right. then when re-arranging the tank one day, i knocked them both free. neither had any roots, just 4-5 leaves. so i planted them and in a matter of days, they had formed 2 roots into the sand. now they are growing really well.
 
Thanks for all the suggestions.

One last question:
Will the runner after I've separated the plants continue to produce or will it die?

Since I posted my original question, the runner has produced 2 runners, one of which has produced 2 plants, the other a single plant. The single plant has a root system, the two others do not.
The main runner has produced 4 plants, the largest of which is about 5 inches tal, smallest is about 3 inches tall.
I do see how they can be separated into 2 individual plants from each side of the runner. The plants all have very healthy, abundant looking root systems.
I'll get out a fresh razor and get busy separating them this afternoon!
The very best part of all this is...I paid 6.99 for this sword at my lfs!!

thanks again,
Suzanne
 
Some of the new plants will grow and develop roots faster than others. I find it best to take the end ones off as they grow some roots and let the nutrients be directed to the others. This helps them develop faster. My Echinodorus 'Red Special' & [SIZE=-1]Echinodorus 'Ozelot' put out runners all the time and I have a hard time finding places to put all the new plants.[/SIZE]
 
rodinia said:
Thanks for all the suggestions.

One last question:
Will the runner after I've separated the plants continue to produce or will it die?

I'll get out a fresh razor and get busy separating them this afternoon!
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The runner will die, so clip as close to mother plant as possible. They will send out new runners. All my sword (except my Enchinodorus Oriental) has sent out many runners and young plants through the years.

PS--I just pinch my runners with my fingers.
 
I let mine do what it would do.

it is interesting to watch how the new plantelet settles in.

they go out on the runner..the plantlets develop root systems..the long you leave them the more dense the root system gets..eventually the weight of the plantlet brings the plentlet down and the roots take hold..as the plant matures it eventually gets to the top of the substrate where it settles in.
 
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