Attach Jfern rhizomes in groups or singly?

[cohazard]

I bought a 'bunch' of jfern, and i'm a little disappointed because the leaves are larger (don't see them this big very often), but the rhizomes are thin and cut very short.

So, should I seperate them out? The small rhizomes are all bunched together with the leaves intertwined to make it look like one plant. Or should I seperate each small rhizome and tie them to the driftwood seperately so they have room to grow and wont compete as much for light?

TIA

 

[Madcrawdad]

personally I'd separate them as you're going to have a lot of plants there in one spot once the rhizomes start growing.... just a personal preference though.

 

[cohazard]

Here's what I did:

I got a container and put tank water in it, and the large bunch of jfern.

Then, I started pulling it apart, seperating each little rhizome cutting (there were a lot, I didn't count, but a lot).

I seperated them into which ones had both ends cut off, and which ones had an end that was cut and the other that had the round tip (part of the rhizome that will keep growing forward, and tied those bunches to areas on the driftwood that would allow plenty of room for growth.

The smaller pieces that were cut on both ends, I also tied side by side, and tied them to areas of driftwood that would require the rhizomes to spread out in different areas to grow (i.e. on awkward edges/branches of the wood) since those pieces were more likely to shoot runners from the sides, I tried staggering them as much as I could.


It worked out nicely as far as look, but only time will tell as I wait to see if any start turning black.We'll see in a few months I guess.