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Tropica Helanthium tenellum Green 1-2-GROW!

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Common name:Echinodorus tenellus

Position in Aquarium: Foreground

Growth rate: Fast

Grows up to: 10 cm

Pot size: 7 cm

Origin: Cultivated

Description

Helanthium tenellum ‘Green’ is a fine-leaved foreground plant that forms a low, grass-like carpet with a natural meadow appearance. Its fresh green colour and narrow leaves make it a popular choice for creating open, planted foregrounds without the ultra-tight look of more demanding carpets.

Plant in small portions across the substrate and allow space for runners to spread. With moderate to strong lighting it will stay compact and spread steadily, while added CO₂ will significantly improve speed and density. It is more forgiving than many carpeting plants and adapts well to a wide range of planted aquariums, making it a solid option for both beginners and experienced aquascapers.

Plant Sizes

The image of the plant you'll be receiving is just an example of what you can expect. Each plant is unique and may vary in size and shape, so it won't be an exact match to the photo. If we provide a size guide, keep in mind that it's just an estimate and that plants can vary in size depending on the time of year.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Tissue cultured plants are supplied young and grown in a sterile environment, so they arrive free from snails, algae and pesticide residue. They may look smaller on arrival, but each cup contains multiple plantlets designed to be divided and planted out, where they establish quickly with minimal melt and grow into place.

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Product Details

1. Grown in a laboratory

Tissue Cultured Plants are unique in so much as they are grown in a laboratory and not a greenhouse. As a result of this, a cast iron guarantee is offered which is 100% so snails and no pesticides.

2. How to handle them

They're a bit different from potted plants because they're grown in an agae solution that contains nutrients and hormones to encrougage plants to grow. Some agar is liquid, others are more solid depending on what the growers prefers. Regardless once they arrive with you, acclimatise to room temperature and then rinse under luke warm tap water. Then plant up.

3. Pot sizes

Nearly all TC pots are 5cm in diameter and the pots will range in fullness depending on many factors such as the natural growth speed of the plant and the time the grower has held them for. Sometimes the pots are exceptionally full and sometimes not so full - something we cannot control. But either way, they're still really good value when you look at the overall plant mass.