How to handle Microsorum plantlets?

[Wisey]

My Microsorum Trident has quite a few new plantlets growing on the end is established leaves. Here's a pic...



What can I do with these? They have been growing for ages. Is it possible to remove and glue to wood? Should I let them get bigger first? Any advice how to grow these on would be appreciated.

 

[Edvet]

If they have rooots, they can fend for themselves. The larger they are the easier it will be for them. The size from the picture can be removed and "planted" Not sure i would glue this size plantlet, but you can tie it to some small stick of wood and let it grow for a while.

 

[Wisey]

Thanks, Edvet, I'll give that a try tomorrow at water change.

 

[EnderUK]

Just shove them into the existing root structure of the bigger plant and that way the main plant will become denser.

 

[PARAGUAY]

You can place them carefully between twiggy wood or rocks with indents and will establish on their own or as I have "grown them on" like that to remove later

 

[zozo]

That glewing to wood, works ok so far, you only need a tiny droplet, the less you use the better and quicker it cures and looks. But it doesn't hold long enough for slow growers on wood. Wood is to porous and the toplayer of wood even if it is 1/10 of a mm it gets softer when submersed, glew comes off again before the fern attached.

Bucephandra and anubias it works very good on for me they root relatively faster than growing leaves. but ferns and glew i have not such a good experience with they root much slower and if much more delicate and brake off very easy when still young.

I've a small Java Trident in my first serious W-K setup still starting up emersed under a high light. All grows well mosses already attaching except that tiny Trident. Not attaching nor growing not a half a milimter in weeks. 🙂

I'm with Ed 🙂 no glew, that probably is a waist of effort and time on this one.. Maybe if they are bigger and having more leaves it will certainly speed up the process.