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11-May-2005
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bonsaiTALK Master Craftsman
 
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Papyrus as Kusamono
I started this little papyrus as an accent plant last year, and thought I’d share it here to see what you think.
My original hypothesis was that the growth height will be determined by the depth of the water in the pot. To give you some relation as to the size of the Kusamono and its larger brother I’ve also enclosed two images with both of them next to each other. The medium I use to grown this papyrus in is also very basic in its ingredients. 2/3” deep 1mm Aquarium gravel and fill her up with water. The gravel is actually only in there to hold the stalks upright and to give the roots something to hold on to. With its larger brother I use 1”-2” (3-5cm) pebbles to hold things down. Fertilizer you ask? Neither the small Kusamono or its full size brother have ever received anything in the way of fertilizer. Remember they are standing on water, i.e. a form of hydroculture. Dead and rotting plant material provides all the nutrients required.
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This also leads me to mention the only difficulty I encountered in keeping the papyrus in an inch high pot. The water needs to be kept relatively fresh.
Of course you want healthy bacteria in your little pond, but if not careful there is a danger that anaerobic bacteria will start to take over and things go rotten on you. I managed to resolve this issue by running water through the pot under a tap, flushing out part of the dead plant material. Since the dead plant material is lighter than the aquarium gravel, this works quite well. The propagation of this type of papyrus is simplicity in itself. You cut the tips of a reasonably well grown stalk. I usually cut away stalk where the tips have started to turn brown, and as long as there is still some green left in the leafy bit at the top it will root. Trim the leaf part back to about 1½“ and insert the stalk upsidedown into the medium, that means leafy bit in the water and the stalk up in the air. The stalk should anywhere between 4”-5” (10-12cm). See the macro images. (Note, stalks have been cut down now, because all cuttings have rooted) The image in my head is that of a large format Swamp cypress, and the papyrus growing in the shade of its overhanging branches… Now all I need is a Swamp Cypress and a couple of years. 
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