Re: New Lowe's

>All because someone filed a lawsuit for the container they
> purchased did not actually hold a gallon of dirt.

Really?  Did that happen?  Hey 2 by 4s aren't 2 in by 4 in and that is
acceptable.

I don't think you should have to divulge who the grower is for the reason
you gave.  Our little MG nursery got started with our first supplier by
calling the company whose name was on the plant markers at someone else's
fundraiser.  Now, we are NEVER going to be any competition for any real
nursery, but I can see how it can happen.

Kitty
neIN, Z5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gene Bush" <genebush@otherside.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 1:05 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] New Lowe's


> 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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