No CO2 Dwarf Hair Grass
How to grow it quickly!
Trying to grow dwarf hair grass but it’s just not wanting to grow? Or maybe you wanted to have a whole carpet of dwarf hair grass till you saw its $10/pack and you’ll need roughly 100 packs to get the carpet you wanted.
In today’s article, I wanted to show how I grew a ton of dwarf hair grass the easy way.
To start, you’ll need the following:
Propagation bin (or tubberware…or is it tupperware?? - any water tight container will work!)
Soil
Propagation bin cover (or plastic wrap - any thing that will help keep moisture in will work!)
Dwarf hair grass (normally you can buy a pack for $10-$12)
Step 1:
Take your container and fill it with 1-2 inches on soil. Then flood it with about 3/4 inch of water. This will help it hold onto your dwarf hair grass plugs when you insert it in a bit - don’t add too much water during this step!
Below is one of my aquascapes where I used the dwarf hair grass that was grown using this method!
Step 2:
Open your dwarf hair grass and “un-roll” it as it normally comes bundled and you want to divide it into more reasonably sized chunks. Normally a bundle that is about 1/2-3/4 of an inch should work for each chunk. Once you have it broken up into segments, you want to evenly plant each chunk throughout the soil in your container.
Step 3:
Place top/cover/plastic wrap over container to hold in moisture. Then place under direct light for approximately 10 hours/day. Remember to water every few days as the water starts to evaporate. If you are using a propagation bin be sure the top is adjusted to allow some airflow to prevent mold/fungus and if you are using plastic wrap - poke a few holes for the same reason. And if you do get mold/fungus, it is not the end of the world. Simply, create slightly larger or more holes and it will go away fairly quickly.
In about a month you will have an entire carpet of dwarf hair grass growing in your container and the best part is once it is established, you can cut out segments (like you would a slice a cake) to use in your aquascapes. And that piece that was taken out can be replaced with a layer of soil and in a few weeks that spot will be covered in dwarf hair grass again! It’s like the never ending dwarf hair grass container!
And that’s all folks! See you next time!