how do u trim Vallisneria?

[kill_a_watt]

i use to have 5 of these plants Vallisneria but soon like after 3months these things multiplyed Doubled!! now i have 10 of these guys .
there long leaves are all over the top i cant even feed my fish i have to shift them to make a spot for ther fish to eat : how do i trim them casue there are like different ways u trim on different plants and just wondering how to cut these guys . ive tried cutting them like making them shorter but all what happenes is the whole leave rots ahhhhhh

 

[John N.]

I trim my Jungle vals by cutting them just below the water line. Never had any dying leaves, maybe some browning where the leaves where cut.

-John N.

 

[kill_a_watt]

ill try that thank u .

 

[Ms.Bubbles]

I've also tried trimming the top of my vals when they got too long, and the leaf eventually rotted and turned brown, starting at the cut place. Just "trimming" from the top didn't work for me either...

 

[z71silverado98]

i cut mine like grass. take a pair of scissors and leave about 3" from root to top. i stagger it quite a bit to leave it "wild" looking.

 

[echoofformless]

I always cut on an angle. That way the "pointiness" of the leaf tops remain.