RE: White Flower Farms - a brief visit
- Subject: RE: White Flower Farms - a brief visit
- From: S* S*
- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 13:09:48 -0700
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- Thread-topic: White Flower Farms - a brief visit
I couldn't agree more, but those glossy catalogues are sure fun to look at in winter!
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From: gentian 21 [g*@insightBB.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 12:13 PM
To: perennials@hort.net
Subject: Re: White Flower Farms - a brief visit
There is nothing that nurseries such as White Flower Farm, Wayside, or other
similar nurseries that you cannot get better cheaper plants at smaller
specialized nurseries. You may see some new plant that you haven't seen
elsewhere but usually what they list as a new plant was available the year
before from a smaller nursery that doesn't need to build up as large of a
stock. When they do get something the first year it is because it was
tissue cultured meaning that the next year it will be available a lot of
places. Larger nurseries tend to make shipments under less ideal conditions
because they can't get all their shipments done in a couple of weeks like a
smaller nursery can. I prefer to support the smaller nurseries anyway . In
the near future the need for having color catalogs will be diminished as the
availability of online pictures increases. I limit myself to about 10 or 15
smaller companies for ordering and have not ordered from a large company.
The economy large companies are largely disappearing due to the increase in
retail outlets and increase shipping costs. It has to be very special
plants for people to want to spend 30-35% on shipping. Of course since you
have paid more in the first place your shipping will be more. The small
nurseries tend to grow their plants in smaller taller containers that save
them space but require closer attention to watering. When you use rose pots
the plants tend to grow umbrellas that shed the water making it impractical
for automated watering systems-thus rose pot plants tend to be hand watered.
When large pots are used it is very easy to overpot and overwater which is
exactly why you get these unhappy small plants in large containers that cost
a fortune to ship. If you are a small grower you can be much more diligent
in watering in the first place and use sprinkling systems as a supplement
rather than the primary watering system.
Frank Cooper zone 5b
central Illinois
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