Thanks, I grounded the strands but clumping is still a problem. If I just generate the clumps, the ends cross from one side to another. I can't make groups with mesh strip hair, so there's no way to set a group to clump, so I can keep a set of clumps localized to one area of the hair.
Before I ground the strands, Iwas able to use the hair select tool in the clump panel but that is what crashed cinema 4d.