We write when the hobby’s received wisdom and the actual evidence have come apart. Here is what is on the bench right now — what each piece settles, and when you can read it.

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Trimming aquarium plants: where the plant grows from decides every cut

Stop looking up your plant and start looking for its growing point. Stem, rosette, carpet, rhizome, moss, floater and bulb each need a different cut, and knowing which is which tells you what to do with a plant you have never seen before.

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