The part about not enough light is not intuitive.
I had to learn that the hard way. I didn’t know it for a few years and could not figure out what I was having so much trouble starting them.
You can also bury the stems and they will root, so when you transplant them, transplant them deep enough so that the plants don’t tip over and break.
Perhaps but you see with my Scottish/Irish DNA then I am rather conscious about the sun:). Went to the beach with some of my friends from work when I was about 14 (and knew everything), and forsook the law of my mother by not covering up as was the exhortation, and after about 5 hours of sun I ended up with 2nd degree burns on my legs, blisters, could not walk, and sheets of skin coming of my back.
You can also bury the stems and they will root, so when you transplant them, transplant them deep enough so that the plants don’t tip over and break.
Correct, and it is recommended to even break any smaller lower stems and plant them up to the first larger branches. I usually dig a deep hole and put some screened dirt/loam in it as a good base to begin with, and it is also it is recommended to plant the roots rather sideways, which I supposes helps them get water easier and maybe better soil to begin with.