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THE POND-THE FRESHWATER PLACE => Aquatic Plants => Topic started by: Ron Sower on May 02, 2014, 10:46:30 AM

Title: Iron for plants....
Post by: Ron Sower on May 02, 2014, 10:46:30 AM
I'm looking for someone's experience using laterite clay as an iron supplement in the substrate to help increase the red color in plant leaves. I'm going to get some and usually it is layered on the bottom of the tank prior to placing the main substrate over it. 

Since I'm not going to take the tanks down to do that, so I'm planning on suspending the clay dust in water, sucking it up into a large syringe, and injecting it into the substrate at the base of the plants I want to supplement.

Anyone tried this with any type of supplement or fertilizer? Any ideas?
Title: Re: Iron for plants....
Post by: P4Angels on May 02, 2014, 08:44:13 PM

This is what we have been using:  [size=78%]http://www.peabodysparadise.com/shop/home/193-iron-up-tabs.html (http://www.peabodysparadise.com/shop/home/193-iron-up-tabs.html)[/size]
Title: Re: Iron for plants....
Post by: Ron Sower on May 03, 2014, 03:00:43 PM
That looks good, P4.  I got the clay coming in a trade though.
Thanks for the lead!