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Bedding plants already..!

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  Posted by Seacarrot (U3012141) on Saturday, 21st January 2006

  Wandered off to my local Wyvale today for some nice things and I am staggered to see all sorts of bedding plants available for sale. Petunias, fushias, Geraniums etc... although I did find a small sign sugesting these plants needed frost protection.!
  
  Looking at their website it even advertises the arrival of "fresh young kinder plants available from monday 16 Jan".. I wonder how fresh they will be by planting out time..?
  
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  Posted by MizzTuppence (U2378711) on Saturday, 21st January 2006

  Hmm, like xmas it get's earlier and earlier! It's ok if you know how to look after all these tiny babies and you can give them a warm home to live in until ready to be planted out. I usually buy my plug fucshia's and leave them in our north facing porch until about April when I plant them in their baskets and leave in the shed.
  I would just say to any novice, don't be tempted to buy too early, as with me in the past, you could end up with a lot of dead baby plants.

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  Posted by MizzTuppence (U2378711) on Saturday, 21st January 2006

  Sorry, meant to say I buy my plug plant fucshia's in February.

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  Posted by David K (U2221642) on Saturday, 21st January 2006

  seacarrot, Alan T made the the very same point in his last night's programme.

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  Posted by Rhoda Dendron (U2176380) on Sunday, 22nd January 2006

  Seacarrot - I am glad someone else is ready to rant about this!! I went to a garden centre yesterday and they also had a load of tiny plants. (In fact this was pretty much to the exclusion of anything else as the whole place was dominated with left-over Christmas tat, pets centre, cafe etc. but no plants!!! This is B&Q syndrome at its worst).
  
  I once made the mistake of buying these little plants too early from RHS Wisley garden centre. They all died despite being kept indoors and I took them all back and asked for my money back (which I got) on the grounds that they shouldn't be selling them so early.
  
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  Posted by Toadspawn (U2334298) on Sunday, 22nd January 2006

  The owner of a garden centre admitted at a talk I attended that their main consideration is profit and turning around plants as quickly as possible. Many people want an intstant garden so when they see bedding plants in flower they buy them particularly if it is a sunny weekend and plant them despite the very small warning notice about frost protection. Many of these plants will die so the garden centre knows that this type of person (gardener??) will be back for another lot. Hence more profit.
  
  I hate it the way seasons are being rushed through now. B****y shops have Easter Eggs already.

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  Posted by mucusmarcus (U3019753) on Sunday, 22nd January 2006

  I think with garden shows planting straight into hanging baskets with plug plants, and with the emphisis on frost protcetion rather than these plants should be matuered in a frost free environment, emphisis on matuered, grown on or some other way to get this message across, would be better.

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  Posted by MatsGardenExperts (U3029986) on Monday, 23rd January 2006

  Very interesting i'm delivering mine in April to avoid the frosts!! Come and check out the ebay auctions exclusive Black Geraniums are going online this evening with very reasonable prices!
  
  
  
  Best Regards
  
  Mat
  
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  LONDON & SHEFFIELD

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  Posted by Janspatch (U3025255) on Monday, 23rd January 2006

  Hi, I quiet agree it barmy selling baby plants now unless you have some way to keep them warm.
  On the other hand my daffs are starting to flower, this is usually March, so if they all flower early and the wallflowers too, I shall have an empty garden come the end of April. Now up here in north east Scotland its not wise to plant bedding out till June. Do you think I should buy early bedding now to grow on just in case? Or maybe we will get some v late snow and frost.
  

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