Wasting a lot of the groundcover plants I buy - normal or am I missing something?

[DGalt]

I've bought ground cover plants (mainly glosso and dwarf clover) on several occasions, and every time I got to separate out the plants and plant them I feel like I'm wasting a lot of what I've bought.

For example, the 6" x 6" piece of glosso that I just went through netted me maybe 150 or so plantlets (1-2 leaves, stem, roots). The vast majority I've thrown out because it was either damaged or dead.

Am I being too selective in what I'm deciding to plant or is this just the nature of dealing with these types of plants?

thanks

 

[bushwhacker]

you may be being a bit selective... my major problem with most ground covers is the light they require... most are very high light plants

 

[NeonFlux]

Distance from the ground to light. The taller the plant, the easier it can be able to get light energy and grow. Carpet plants are meant to grow low at ground level, so they can sometimes get stunted or just grow slow when they are not close to the light.. Make sure the plants don't get shaded.

 

[coach_z]

before you plant them you are throwing out a bunch of stuff? IMO that is normal because you shouldn't waste time planting unhealthy plants because they will suck up nutrients that could go other places or just die and then you will have to remove them. if you are throwing out a lot of stuff. then you might be buying bad quality stuff. or, you are just being way too picky.....

 

[bradlgt21]

I think you might just be being to picky. Whenever I get plants they arive kinda brown looking. Put them in the water and give them a week or so. They prune off anything that hasn't turned around. But you should start seeing new healthy bright growth in that time.