http://www.plant-care.com/beta-fish-plants.html Landscape House Plants Lawn Care Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.plant-care.com/beta-fish-plants.html#comment-45207 Daniel Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:29:31 +0000 http://www.plant-care.com/?p=2066#comment-45207 I've had a peace lily growing in water for over two years. Flowers come out occassionally...the green foliage is big, green and healthy. Many, many tiny roots delveloped on the big roots. Change the water once every two weeks? 40% tap, 60% spring water. Sometimes sprinkle some plant food. Only trim back bottom of roots ONCE IN A GREAT WHILE. Never the tiny ones I would like to put it in a bigger vase. This lily was actually two seperate plants. They actually grew together forming one plant. I love that plant because it actually was from the soil. And I didnt think it would survive. How about that. If I had a digital camera I would take a picture for you I’ve had a peace lily growing in water for over two years. Flowers come out occassionally…the green foliage is big, green and healthy. Many, many tiny roots delveloped on the big roots. Change the water once every two weeks? 40% tap, 60% spring water. Sometimes sprinkle some plant food. Only trim back bottom of roots ONCE IN A GREAT WHILE. Never the tiny ones I would like to put it in a bigger vase. This lily was actually two seperate plants. They actually grew together forming one plant. I love that plant because it actually was from the soil. And I didnt think it would survive. How about that. If I had a digital camera I would take a picture for you

]]> http://www.plant-care.com/beta-fish-plants.html#comment-43772 Chuck E Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:38:04 +0000 http://www.plant-care.com/?p=2066#comment-43772 I have had a peace lily growing in water only sitting on my desk since 2001. The plant does well and has survived the lifespans of 3 betas and is on its 4th fish. It flowers usually once a year with a single bloom. At one point, the root ball got so large I had to trim it back as it was overtaking the entire vase, but it continues to survive and look nice. It seems to derive all it needs from the fish and the fish from it. I usually change the water every 6 to 8 weeks and use spring water when I do. The water volume of the vase is approximately 1.5 gallons. My leaf tips are are brown at the end and I see that misting the leaves occasionally may help that, but other than that the plant seems healthy and happy. I simply do not understand how you recommend not growing these plants in a water vase with a fish. The care required is minimal and they make a great desktop accent. I have had a peace lily growing in water only sitting on my desk since 2001. The plant does well and has survived the lifespans of 3 betas and is on its 4th fish. It flowers usually once a year with a single bloom. At one point, the root ball got so large I had to trim it back as it was overtaking the entire vase, but it continues to survive and look nice. It seems to derive all it needs from the fish and the fish from it. I usually change the water every 6 to 8 weeks and use spring water when I do. The water volume of the vase is approximately 1.5 gallons. My leaf tips are are brown at the end and I see that misting the leaves occasionally may help that, but other than that the plant seems healthy and happy. I simply do not understand how you recommend not growing these plants in a water vase with a fish. The care required is minimal and they make a great desktop accent.

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