aquariumlover10 Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 Don't know if this site is trustworthy but I was looking for tv plants for this, they don't have any I want but figured I would post for other people. http://www.aquariumplants.com/Tissue_Culture_Plants_s/289.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manticore Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 that is a really valuable site indeed aquariumlover10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve R. Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 I am a big fan of "in vitro" cultured plants. I brought some with me on my last trip from Germany and they all made it and are growing very well. I ordered traditional plants form aquariumplants.com before. First time the quality was good, second time not so good. The plants suffered from the shipment. I have not tried the new "in vitro" plants. I ordered substrate from them before and like it. Soothing Shrimp and aquariumlover10 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 How can one be sure that plants (from any commercial website) haven't been treated with pesticides that may render them unsafe for inverts? aquariumlover10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve R. Posted May 19, 2015 Report Share Posted May 19, 2015 The idea is that plants grown with in vitro methods are free of pests (and snails). So no need for pesticides. This is at least the way I understand it. aquariumlover10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dendrobatez Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 How can one be sure that plants (from any commercial website) haven't been treated with pesticides that may render them unsafe for inverts?The way they are grown is a common method for orchid propagation, it is from a tissue culture which means it's grown suspended in a sterile environment on a media such as agar. Its a method used for hard to propagate plants or where the transfer of pathogens is feared.A lot of plants from chytrid infected countries are propagated in this manner to prevent its spread. That being said, awesome site! aquariumlover10 and Steve R. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manticore Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 i talked with the dennerle guy (Planta Hunter) in 2012 (or 2011) at hannover that they should start propagating in vitro, as it is much better as quality. i propagated echinodorus and cryptos in vitro in 1997 and you really do not use pesticides or alike when doing that, the tehnology that relies in the back of in vitro propagation basis on totally different approach. do not worry on pesticides, you will not find such substances in the in vitro cultures. Soothing Shrimp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dendrobatez Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 When I was a teenager I had a decent success rate doing this with my orchid collection, the whole process always facinated me. Professional growers have the problem of too high of a success rate and need to cull all the large mutated ones and small scrawny ones that would normally never see the light of day through regular means of reproduction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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