Re: [GSAS-Member] Mangrove plants

[Trish <snips36@yahoo.com>]

Yes we saw them all over Florida when we went a few weeks ago....and from what 
they said, they do grow extreamly slow.....I too wanted to bring something 
back, but did not.....~smile~

Not sure if you could even grow them here outside. It may be to cold....


--- On Sun, 4/27/08, matt kaufman <igotadose@hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: matt kaufman <igotadose@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Mangrove plants
> To: "Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat" <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
> Date: Sunday, April 27, 2008, 7:06 PM
> Be prepared to wait a *long* time for mangrove plants to
> grow in an aquarium. I've, *cough*, gotten some from
> outside my sister's boat dock in FL in the past, and
> they are the SLOOOOOWEST growing plants I've seen
> indoors. An inch a year. Maybe.
>  
> I don't have any now, nor am I going back to FL anytime
> soon :-( Plus as pointed out they're brackish, which
> makes for unusual water conditions to keep them - I had
> them with some brackish killies but eventually gave up.
> 
> 
> 
> > From: Seattle_Aquarist@comcast.net> To:
> gsas-member@thekrib.com> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:41:16
> -0700> Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] Mangrove plants>
> > Hi Linda,> > > > Sorry, I'm into
> gardening as well as aquariums but I don't ever
> recall> seeing mangrove plants (trees) available in
> Seattle, probably because they> are a tropical species.
> I did find the following website that ships>
> however:> > > >
> http://sciencekit.com/product.asp?pn=IG0021295>
> <http://sciencekit.com/product.asp?pn=IG0021295&sid=2008FS&eid=2008FS&mr:tra>
> ckingCode=05FB7098-FB13-DD11-AD5F-000423C27502&mr:referralID=NA&bhcd2=120931>
> 0557>>
> &sid=2008FS&eid=2008FS&mr:trackingCode=05FB7098-FB13-DD11-AD5F-000423C27502&>
> mr:referralID=NA&bhcd2=1209310557> > > >
> Hope this helps!> > Roy> > > > > >
> > >
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