You can thin the plant groups individually by trimming out the tallest plants and letting the others fill in the gaps also, this works better than this method shown above.
Regards,
Tom Barr
I have found that a variation of the 'fluffing' method works fairly well here too when using the above method.
The stems I find are very brittle and easy to break, so I now use scissors to snip leaves, as I tend to break the plant at the leaf I am yanking off
Not saying it is fragile, but note that it snaps easily...actually makes it easy to harvest...
So, I just gently run my fingers through the thicker parts..this dislodges some..I gently pull the larger ones out close to the substrate, and 'snip' it with my fingers...many times this pulls a more complex structure out that has several tops...
I was very quickly able to 'spread' my stauro carpet from what Tom sent, end to end in this manner w/o the pruned area visibly affected
I will soon have way more than I could ever use... I am currently stuffing the extra in my 45g no c02 no ei tank to see what happens..lfs will also get some, but doubt they will realize what they have even if I tell them....
As Tom states, the gaps quickly fill in. Many times immediately as the smaller ones are smushed by the bigger ones, and just snap into place
I haven't mown mine yet, as I am using the method Tom describes above..as it doesn't grow tall this method has worked well so far for me..