Re: Plant feelings -Reply

At 1:26 PM -0700 1/15/98, Jean Carpenter wrote:
>The Walmart here found people who were taking plants from their dumpster at
>night (it wasn't me, although it could have been), so they now tear the
>plants from their containers and crush them before they dump them in the
>container.

Which is supposed to build goodwill with local plant people, I suppose. ;-p

I tell you, I have spent a lot of money with that nursery that throws their
"spoiled" plants away. Getting a free rescue is not going to affect the
amount I spend appreciably.

I met a woman once who also "rescues" them from the dumpster and she said
she spoke to the manager once. He said he didn't care if people take them
out, as long as they don't put their own garden waste IN the dumpster and
fill it up. They do not intentionally crush or damage the plants beyond the
disposal. Occasionally, they set them upright, outside the container and
don't put them in at all. Someone there must have a heart (a little.)


I will have to give them credit for one year though. They gave
>about 5,000 bulbs to the local garden club in January (they thought it was
>too late to plant them) and they came up beautifully around town in the
>beds they put them in.

That was smart of them, and I'll bet the gardeners appreciated it.

 For the most part though, they are terrible with
>plants and I don't buy from them anymore unless to rescue some poor plant
>that is half dead. JC



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