I seem to just fail at just planting the plants

[Nickguy5467]

plants float to the top if i plant them like im supposed to. and the only way i can keep them down is to plant them too deep in witch they will just die. what is the answer to this? im frustrated

 

[Mike1995]

What kind of plants do you have? Or do you have pictures?
What kind of substrate do you have and how deep is it?
As far as planting, trim leaves off the bottom of any stem plants, and plant it 2 or 3" down into the substrate. Plants with rhizomes like ferns or anubias, they have to be attached to something. they have a rhizome, the long green or brown part with roots attached that has to stay above substrate.

 

[Nickguy5467]

What kind of plants do you have? Or do you have pictures?
What kind of substrate do you have and how deep is it?
As far as planting, trim leaves off the bottom of any stem plants, and plant it 2 or 3" down into the substrate. Plants with rhizomes like ferns or anubias, they have to be attached to something. they have a rhizome, the long green or brown part with roots attached that has to stay above substrate.

i edited my page and added a photo of my tank. i have an amazon sword in the back , dwarf baby tears under the tree there, and dwarf sag in the front (i had no idea it was so tall)
my substrate is potting soil with about almost an inch (more or less i kinda eye balled it from my old tank) of black sand

edit: okay i just put a tape measure up to my substrate and i think the sand is about 1.5 inches. probably too much on top of my soil yeah? sigh

 

[Rev]

i edited my page and added a photo of my tank. i have an amazon sword in the back , dwarf baby tears under the tree there, and dwarf sag in the front (i had no idea it was so tall)
my substrate is potting soil with about almost an inch (more or less i kinda eye balled it from my old tank) of black sand

edit: okay i just put a tape measure up to my substrate and i think the sand is about 1.5 inches. probably too much on top of my soil yeah? sigh

Just a heads up, the Dwarf Baby Tears aren't really gonna grow without CO2 injection. Something to keep in mind.

As for keeping them down, you can try to put it in the sand and then scoop a little bit of extra sand up around it. Or you can get some lead plant weights. You just wrap those around the base a little and it will do a great job of keeping the plant anchored.

 

[Nickguy5467]

Just a heads up, the Dwarf Baby Tears aren't really gonna grow without CO2 injection. Something to keep in mind.

As for keeping them down, you can try to put it in the sand and then scoop a little bit of extra sand up around it. Or you can get some lead plant weights. You just wrap those around the base a little and it will do a great job of keeping the plant anchored.

yeah im looking into co2 currently, i read that it will just grow extremely slow without co2, so im looking into a kit, maybe not a DiY because i seem to suck at doing things myself but yeah. and thanks for the ideas

 

[fanutd100]

Try to get some flat rocks to weigh around where you plant them.

After a month or two when their root system grow out, you can take the rock out.

 

[Nickguy5467]

Try to get some flat rocks to weigh around where you plant them.

After a mont or two when their root system grow out, you can take the rock out.

oh thats a perfect idea. thank you!

 

[Nickguy5467]

dwarf baby tears are hard to deal with. they are floating in pieces around my tank if i accidentally nudge them (same with my other plants but meh). this is.. discouraging

 

[fanutd100]

dwarf baby tears are hard to deal with. they are floating in pieces around my tank if i accidentally nudge them (same with my other plants but meh). this is.. discouraging

For dwarf baby tears, unfortunately the best way is to dry start: When doing the tank, plant baby tears, then put a film on and fill water just under the plant. Grow it for some time until their root system develop, then fill the tank up and plant others.

Other than, you would have to make do with whatever you're able to anchor to the substrate, and let them grow out.