I float a water hyacinth and a frogbit or two in my tanks as well. Great filtering plants. But only babies. And they never leave my tanks. I throw the bigger spent plants in the composter. Spent as in roots filled with crap. I also like parrotfeather but that stuff will root in your pots fast.
I am getting tropicals with 6-8 flowers already and no hardy's with more than one. I'll say it one more time, the tropicals I get are better performers, faster growers, better and earlier bloomers than the Hardys. Plus colors not available. That is just a fact. I am not going to great lengths to build up my inventory for no reason. I just don't have enough seasons with them to judge thier collective overwintering in my climate. So I am not comfortable delivering them en masse to my customers. The ratios are and will be low for now until I get adequate product testing. I'm getting there.
Same with my droughtbuster strains and deep depth growers. One season could be a fluke. 3 to 4 seasons is a proof over time test. I am adding new strains there as well, and marketing more proven strains. In my area I am the lone ranger there.
Last edited by The Pond Frog; 04/19/10 03:57 PM.
