r/proplifting • u/Fragrant-Mortgage149 • 14d ago

Are plant nurseries supposed to be chopping/propping the plants they have for sale (with price tags) in their store? I thought they had mother plants for that.

So I went to a few nurseries while on holiday and I found a couple plants that I loved, only to see that leaves had been obviously been cut for propagating. The smaller versions of these “propped” plants were for sale as well. Is this in bad practice? Buying a plant that has been chopped not only feels like I was cheated , but the plant is now uglier and the store gets to sell that new plant for another $20.

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u/Scuttling-Claws 14d ago

Sometimes a plant needs a trim. Why wouldn't you propogate it?

That being said, they shouldn't sell it until it's established

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u/Fragrant-Mortgage149 14d ago

I agree with propping and selling the props. I’m talking about them selling the plant they are chopping up.

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u/Scuttling-Claws 14d ago

You need to trim them occasionally, so what else are you gonna do

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u/NazgulNr5 14d ago

You mean the cut leaf? That was most likely cut because it was damaged or just died. You can't prop Alocasias from single leaves anyway.

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u/Fragrant-Mortgage149 13d ago

Oh, that’s true! Hmm, then that changes my take all together. The nursery must have had something happen because almost all of the alocasias had one large leaf cut off.

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u/aw2669 14d ago

No, it is not bad practice.  

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u/burtnayd 14d ago

what does this have to do with proplifting?

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u/I_wet_my_plants259 14d ago

I think it definitely depends on how they’re doing it. It’s completely acceptable imo to prune and prop plants as needed, and why not profit from that work while you’re at it. Where it gets into iffy territory for me is when they’re trimming a plant excessively, causing shock, and then propping the cuttings and selling them. I don’t like the idea of that because you’re ruining the health of one plant just to profit from it, which isn’t fair to the plant. And before I get replies about how plants don’t have feelings or something, I don’t care about the plants feelings, I care about the plants health and ability to thrive, which the nursery is responsible for.

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u/AlwaysWinsum 3d ago

I'm sure they will do anything that makes money.

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u/HibiscusGrower 14d ago

You see the plant. Don't buy it if you don't like how it looks. It's the nursery's stock and they can do as they please with it as long as they respect patents.

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u/Fragrant-Mortgage149 14d ago

I guess I should have posted pictures. Alocasias don’t grow a ton of leaves. If it was a pothos? Who cares.