Waste Of Money.

[~T~]

I've used Greenline 3 times, and I give them a 9/10 in all respects, very good service and quality.

Ditto but I did hear java plants were good too.

 

[nry]

I have previously used a single supplier for all recent plant purchases but a few times have received squashed and damaged plants. I blame this on poor packaging, as a bubble envelope is not really designed to protect plants during transport. This time around I ordered frmo Greenline: the plants were outstanding and very well packed, each set in its own sealed plastic packet and all packets then placed in a cardboard box. No plants were squashed and were delivered very promptly: I will use them again in preference to my previous supplier (who was not the one mentioned in this thread).

 

[Aeropars]

Cuttings are not uncommon at all, and not a problem to plant. SImply float them for a week to get their root systems going.

If you want rooted plants then you are going to have to go for Tropica though.

 

[Joemuz]

CRAP!
I just ordered of Java-plants 2 nights ago (Tuesday 30th). I hope they arive ok, i have been waiting to replace my tank for weeks now and spent about £12.
Hope mine turn out ok, i will post an update when i get them (hopefully tommorow!).
Chers Joemuz

 

[jase3209]

Guys Thanks for all your comments sounds like there are a few good suppliers out there who i can try !!

 

[nry]

I would expect stem plants to come as cuttings. Most root fine if you simply remove a few bottom leaves and push them into the substrate. This is how you generally propogate more stem plants so I see no issues with sellers doing the same.

 

[MoreCoffee]

I would expect stem plants to come as cuttings. Most root fine if you simply remove a few bottom leaves and push them into the substrate. This is how you generally propogate more stem plants so I see no issues with sellers doing the same.

That would really depend on if they were sold as a 'bunch' or 'pot'.
If they are sold per pot, I would expect them to have been pot grown and have a deleloped root system, if they were described as a bunch I would be perfectly satisfied with cuttings.

So why buy plants with roots when they'll just grow back anyway ?
Well, plants with an already established root system will find it far easier to settle into your tank, uptake nutrients and start growing over plants that have to take nutrients from the water column and then
regrow a root system.

Thats why most places charge extra for potted plants (with roots) and this is something that should be taken into consideration when ordering. When comparing retailers prices you should go like for like:

For example, dont compare a the price of a bunch of stem plants from www.we-sell-cheap-plants.com to the price for a pot of Tropica plants.

I have ordered pots from some online retailers who have simple put a bunch of cuttings into some rockwool and stuck it into a pot and charged more ....... Yeah like I reaaaaly want to buy a pot from them

Al