Re: shopping

$6.99....that's stealing!
It may look like there's not much involved in a flat of annuals - flat, cell
paks, soil, seed.  But think of transportation, wages, investment/crop loss,
fertilizer, water, overhead like heat, bookkeeping, advertising, greenhouse
structures and equipment, and well, maybe a little profit.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 4:59 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] shopping


> Yipes! And here I was complaining (to myself) that
> this year they were expensive. Last year they were
> 6.99.
>
> At the greenhouse I go to, you can mix and match any
> of their plants for that price. You have to go early
> to get the 'different' stuff, by now they only have
> the common annuals and veggies left.
>
> Donna
>
> --- Cersgarden@aol.com wrote:
> > In a message dated 5/5/05 6:14:40 PM,
> > gossiper@sbcglobal.net writes:
> >
> > << of 48 is 9.99, although some of the high end
> > garden
> > centers are considerable more >>
> >
> > Donna, you don't buy flats for that price around
> > here.  Our greenhouse sells
> > flats of one kind of plant, may be mixed colors, for
> > $17.50 and they are
> > cheaper than most.
> >     Ceres
> >
> >
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