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Post by Micky T » Thu Oct 26, 2006 12:17 pm

After growing some canadian pond weed in my pond for several weeks, i removed the plant for use in an experiment. However, i noticed the elodea had strange growths on the sides that were not present before. what am i seeing?
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Post by Dr.Stein » Fri Oct 27, 2006 12:42 am

It is a root :) When you grow them with a substrate like mud, they will grow more vigorously, have structures like hooks to anchor to the mud ;)
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