Huernia Schneideriana red dragon cactus growing in water

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00:00 Title • 00:05 A friend shared with me a cutting of Huernia Schneideriana, also known as red dragon cactus, on July 12th, 2020. • The cutting is about 5 cm long and it has a root. • The stem has a 6 pointed star shape looking at it from above. • 00:25 Initially I put the cutting in a small plastic cup. • Secure the cutting with gravel. • Add dechlorinated water. • And I placed the plant on a windowsill. • Add water as necessary every week or so. • 00:47 6 weeks later on August 25th, I decide to move the cutting into an aquarium garden. • The plant already has nice roots. • Oops...it does not fit in the planter... • Hmm...okay. • 01:07 Let's cut the stem of the plant in half. • So, now I have two cuttings. • One is rooted and one is not. • 01:18 I put the cutting without roots into a plastic tube of the same size I used for the planter. • In a plastic cap it goes. • Secure the plant with gravel and add water. • This way roots will grow inside of the tube which would make it easier to move the plant later into an aquarium garden ;) • 01:42 Now, let's see what we can do with the rooted cutting. • Hold all roots together and put them into the tube of the planter, slightly forcing the stem in as well. • 01:57 About 3 weeks later on September 17th. • The cutting already has roots long enough to move the plant into an aquarium garden. • Here it goes. • At least some part of roots always have to be in water. • October 3rd. • 02:13 It's been 5 weeks since I made the cutting and look! • A new plant started growing from the cutting. • The roots did not grow at all...that's weird. • The root on the other cutting got longer. • This aquarium does not have scuds... • That is something to keep in mind ;) • A couple days later I moved this cutting into another aquarium without scuds. • 02:46 Here you can see the Huernia plant on May 16th, 2020. • It's been growing with roots in water for about 10 months now. • Scuds love to chew on roots of lifesaver plant. • You can see them swimming around in big numbers in this sustainable aquarium garden. • 03:08 Here you can see the same Huernia plant on November 7th, 2020. • The plant has been growing all year around with its roots in water. • Gammarus feeds on the roots and soft stem of Huernia succulent plant. • The bottom of the plant has been chewed thoroughly. • Did you notice the green strings of land moss mounting the plant from the water :) • Here you can see the land moss growing up all the way from the bottom of the aquarium. • 03:42 There are seed shrimp, scuds, and snails in this one liter sustainable aquarium garden. • Let's see if I can focus my camera on some of them. • Here we go. • The Huernia grew to about 11 cm long from a 3 cm long cutting in the past year. • An impressive growth for a land plant growing with it’s roots in water. • It makes Huernia a nice addition to my collection of land plants and succulents, in particular, growing in water. • Have fun and happy aquarium gardens :) • Blog: https://rndmbits.blogspot.com/2020/11... • More fun on my website www.fewdoit.com

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