Convert a plant from submersed back to emersed?

I apologize if I'm using the wrong terminology here, but I'm wondering if its possible to take some of my fully submersed aquarium plants and transitioning them back to normal house plants? Basically, I have some plants that just grow too well in my aquarium and reproduce a lot and I don't want to have to throw them out. The specific plants in my situation are water sprites and possibly hydrocotyle japan.

I tried taking one of the larger water sprites and putting it in a pot of soil, but it just dried out and died after a few days. So is there a trick to converting aquatic plants back to non-aquatic growth?

 

For most plant species this is perfectly possible. There are several hygrophilas, ferns and mosses I've taken out of the tank to grow emersed. Just make sure to keep at least the feet wet for most plants. This also holds for mosses. Many ferns, such as java, can grow completely emersed, although I assume the air needs to be above a certain humidity level.

 

For most plant species this is perfectly possible. There are several hygrophilas, ferns and mosses I've taken out of the tank to grow emersed. Just make sure to keep at least the feet wet for most plants. This also holds for mosses. Many ferns, such as java, can grow completely emersed, although I assume the air needs to be above a certain humidity level.

Did you move the plants into a plant pot with drainage holes or just simple container that held the excess water? I used a plant pot when I moved my water sprite and even kept the soil really wet, but it still dried out. I did not take air humidity into consideration though. Also, I tried moving a rather large/mature water sprite, would this process likely work better with a smaller/younger plant?

 

Not sure, I have had success with mature plants. But I do keep em in vases or in aqua soil or in lava split and see to it that the soil or split remains very wet. So definitely not a plant pot with holes.

Most plants used in the fish keeping/planted tank/aquascaping hobby are marsh plants.

 

Not sure, I have had success with mature plants. But I do keep em in vases or in aqua soil or in lava split and see to it that the soil or split remains very wet. So definitely not a plant pot with holes.

Most plants used in the fish keeping/planted tank/aquascaping hobby are marsh plants.

I didn't even think about keeping them in the same kind of substrate. I'll just have to experiment a bit to see what works. Thanks for the input.