Re: urgh! Planting day.

This--finding 4-inch plants in a gallon can--is a surprisingly common problem, I think. And it seems to get worse as you go up in size; that smallish 7-gallon plant is really a large 3-gallon plant in disguise. And when you're in a high-turnover area [lots of new construction that needs to be landscraped before the county will issue certificates of occupancy] it can become almost fraudulent. The pressures on growers must be enormous, and the stakes are very high.


On Jun 4, 2006, at 12:50 PM, Donna wrote:

Well I guess it is time to find a new nursery. I
started planting today (yeah, it took me another 3
weeks to get things ready- weeded amended- so plants
would have a nice home).

I have never been so disapointed in the plants I
bought 3 weeks ago from a local nursery. Yeah, they
look great in the pots still, but when I dumped them
to plant- what is this!- The dirt just fell off and
yep, I can see that small pot compact size in the
gallon container... Gosh does that piss me off! I
EXPECT plants to be rooted by the size of the
container I purchase. They obviously just stuck them
in the pot, not even spreading the roots!

Does this bother anyone else or am I being picky
again. Not sure if I will be purchasing there again...
or say something ... or just what.

Well now that the ragging is over - thanks for the
vent-

On the other hand---

I was happily surprized by some other plants I
purchased from Chris. The ones I have planted were
well rooted, better than I thought they would have
been... great job Chris... let me know when you go to
a brick and motur store- cause I really can't take
this mail order thing.- it is just not how I shop.

Donna
breaks over- back to work....

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Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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