Re: New Lowe's

> But, AHA!, so that's why these no-name guys are now calling their
> 1-gallon pots 10-inch pots. Bizarre.

I've notices a trend in the past 2 years away from the traditional size
listings.  I thought a four inch pot was 4inches across - used to be.  Now
some places are using it to refer to depth.  I don't mind but they should
clarify what they mean.  I ordered 3 inch pots from a couple of places and
got what is traditionally referred to as 2 inch pots.  I have no problem
with trade gallons being only 3 qt.  Now they are starting to refer to real
gallons as 6 inch pots.  Jim's 10 onch pot?  I can only imagine it must be
azalea or mum type or awfully skinny.

Still, I would rather by a well-rooted quart than a 6 inch gallon which
holds a recently repotted 2 inch pot plant.  I've gotten that at Lowe's
before.

Kitty
neIN, Z5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] New Lowe's


> Gene, seems to me that if you accept responsibility for the plant,
> that's close enough to a grower's location for mail-order nurseries if
> you back them with some sort of guarantee. You're smart enough to know
> that a hydrangea--no matter where it's grown--is not going to survive
> zone 10. You can tell me that when I order one and get off the hook. I
> don't think catalog nurseries are much of a problem.
>
> But, AHA!, so that's why these no-name guys are now calling their
> 1-gallon pots 10-inch pots. Bizarre.
>
> On Jul 20, 2005, at 2:05 PM, Gene Bush wrote:
>
> > Well, Jim
> >    I can see why your want to know the origins of a plant before
> > making the purchase.
> >    Lots of new regulations coming down the pike... containers are
> > being standardized by the industry I am told. Soon the inside size of
> > the container will have to be give in two weights. Source of the plant
> > and who grew it. I think.... I do not understand it all as of yet. How
> > it will effect me as a catalog nursery and local sales.
> >    you do know that much of a small nursery's power is in his source
> > list. Takes years to build up that kind of knowledge. I do not want to
> > have to list a source for every plant in my catalog. Couple of years
> > reading my catalog and you could set up business without having to
> > research or build your own experience. You know what I know for the
> > most part.
> >    May have to hire a consultant or attorney who knows the regs that
> > are coming... sigh. All because someone filed a lawsuit for the
> > container they purchased did not actually hold a gallon of dirt.
> >    Gene E. Bush
> > Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
> > www.munchkinnursery.com
> > genebush@munchkinnursery.com
> > Zone 6/5  Southern Indiana
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer"
> > <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> >> Hi, Gene. Well, I want to know who grew it as a matter of assigning
> >> responsibility. There are growers whose plants I would never buy
> >> again because of bad experience. It's like catalog buying at the
> >> local nursery. And I want to know where it was grown so I can decide
> >> if it needs a grace period in the lathhouse before facing my part of
> >> the Florida blast furnace. There are many big growers who are farther
> >> south than I am--I don't worry about their plants. But growers of
> >> some plants--citrus, for example--are mostly a zone or more north of
> >> me, so I worry about those plants a lot.
> >
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