java fern question<<<

ddavila06 · Post by **ddavila06** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:01 pm

hey, i have had a lot of java fern, and everytime when i get it is nice and green, but after a while it starts turning brown and getting holes all over and new ones start growing from the leaves, any suggestions? i had something similar happen to a very large tipe of sword...help!!

ingg · Post by **ingg** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:11 pm

Have to post the pecs of your tank - that sounds like no light and no potassium, and java fern is very hard to kill....

Java fern has a "last line of defense" sort of mechanism. It will sprout babies from the ends of leaves as propogation, but it often also does it when dying - perhaps some kind of mechanism to propogate downstream in the wild or something?

ddavila06 · Post by **ddavila06** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:14 pm

interesting, i was thinking potassium because of the examples in the last meeting, small holes in the leaves and small specks of algea in the glass. as far as the light goes i have a flora glo and a regular bulb, nothing fancy...but all other plants are doing great so i just don't know...

Jeff120 · Post by **Jeff120** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:23 pm

While the spetrum of the bulb is important the wattage is even more so. How many watts is your fixture?

ddavila06 · Post by **ddavila06** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:29 pm

its a twin tube 67 watt all glass fixture, one has a good plant spectrum and the other one is just a regular bulb that came with it

Jeff120 · Post by **Jeff120** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:34 pm

This is on a 120? If so Im pretty surprised you can grow anything at all to be honest. Your problem is light.

ddavila06 · Post by **ddavila06** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:39 pm

well that sucks..jejje, yeah, i was very interested in high output lights but my issue is money especially now so i got that one...now the left end gets sun light in the mornings and the light is on from about 8 to 10-11-12 or whenever i go to sleep, thanks for solving my problem. as far as growing goes, it is slow but very healthy, nothing too fancy though

SCMurphy · Post by **SCMurphy** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 8:58 am

Is that 8 pm? You should have a photo period of 8 to 10 hours if you want to grow plants that look healthy. You are either cutting them short (8 pm) or dragging it out too long (8 am).

ddavila06 · Post by **ddavila06** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 9:17 am

8 am to 10-11-12 pm or whatever time i wake up to the time i go to sleep

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