glossostigma elatinoides?

Those long stems are only runners if each leaf set also has a set of roots that are attached to it. If it's just a long stem of leaves with no roots, cut the entire stem off and chuck it.
When glosso doesn't get enough light that's how it grows......vertically. And unless each leaf set also comes with a set of roots, it's drawing strength from the rest of the plants and shading them.
Look for runners with leaf sets with roots attached.....cut them off and then cut the pairs of leave sets apart. Each two-leaf set, with roots is one plant that can then be planted into the substrate. This will 'seed' your glosso bed.
Look carefully for the roots. Some may have roots and some may not. Once you see a string with them you will then see that the ones without them are worthless and counter-productive to propagating the bed.

Len
 
i dont see what you are talking about, where should i cut them. in some spots i can see what looks to be kinda a root cut just below that and plant it?
 
just cut the stem so that it only has 3 or 4 leaves on it.
then plant it so that only 1 leaf is showing.
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when they grow, they will spread their roots (runners) under high light, it will grow sideways :clap:
 
okay good to know so they can make new roots easily

so should i cut all the plant up so it has one or two leafs sticking out?
 
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so what i have started to do is every 4 or so leaves cut a stem and then burry it about a cm down. does this sound right?

do i need to always burry leaves like that?
 
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okay so i cut it all somewhere below where leaves were growning and then stuck that into the sand so it was covered
this is what it looks like

i hope i did it right

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and the side


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That looks pretty good. Hopefully you don't have any fish in there that will pull them up while the roots take hold into the substrate. I had a heck of a time with Rosy Barbs doing that. They can be very counter-productive in that way.:)
An actual glosso plant will only be less than 1/2" above the surface of the substrate when it roots and starts to send runners out. If you have enough light it will not get higher than that until it starts to grow over on itself and that's when you need to manage it by pulling the excess plants and replanting them in bare spots.
Did you find any roots while cutting the plants apart?

Len
 
no i dont think any fish i have will bother these plants
yes on some of the nodes there was small white roots commin out of them, but alot had nothing at all.

how long does it take to root into th ground?
 
whats your lighting on that?
if you want nice carpet you want a lot of light
 
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