This is how the Amazon sword plant thrives

Echinodorus bleheri buy and plant

Echinodorus bleheri, the great or Amazon sword plant, is one of the most common aquarium plants on the market and is therefore easy to acquire. Ask about it at your local aquarium store or garden specialist. Alternatively, you are sure to find what you are looking for on the Internet.

Do not plant the Great Sword Plant in a small aquarium as it takes up a lot of space. With the right amount of food and light, it can be up to 50 or 60 centimeters tall (high and wide). The plant is well suited as a solitary or background plant. Others are suitable for small aquariums Types of sword plants much better.

Fertilize Echinodorus bleheri

The nutritional needs of sword plants are quite high, so is one fertilization at least to reconsider. If your plant gets enough nutrients from the water, no additional fertilizer is necessary. Otherwise it is best to use special aquarium fertilizers.

Cut Echinodorus

The Great Amazon sword plant does not need to be pruned to thrive, but it can withstand the occasional pruning quite well. It is mostly necessary when the remaining vegetation in the aquarium is being oppressed or even overgrown by the Amazon sword plant. Plants growing underneath it often get too little light, and then you should grab a knife.

Propagate Echinodorus bleheri

To the Multiplication You don't have to worry about your big sword plant, this plant does it practically on its own. To the Inflorescences it forms small daughter plants. To do this, however, they have to protrude from the water.

The essentials in brief:

• not suitable for small aquariums, takes up a lot of space
• maximum size: up to 60 cm in height and width
• relatively high nutritional requirements
• Light requirement: moderate to high
• easy to propagate on daughter plants
• Can also be kept as a marsh plant in high humidity