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stuart.dotstuart.dot Posts: 127
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Their bedding plants seem to be in superb condition this year, each one packed in a tea bag type arrangement that retains moisture but presumably allows them to breathe. Aldi should take note......
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  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Have they managed to stop impregnating them with pesticides this year?
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    edited June 2018
    Take the tea bag off before you plant them. The blurb ill tell you they bags break down and you can plant the plants out in the bag - they don't and I wouldn't. Not again, anyway. 
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Must admit l didn't have much joy with the "tea bags " when they first came out, the roots stayed inside and the plants were not happy at all. Maybe things have improved?
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    You will find that your plants won't thrive in the tea bags.
    Roots can't get out and water can't get in. They are not biodegeadable and you will be picking bags of bone dry compost out of your soil for years to come.
    Gently remove the bag before you plant them.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited June 2018
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    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Either remove or just cut them open to release the roots.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'd agree - dreadful things. If you soak the plants well beforehand, it's easier to get them off. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • stuart.dotstuart.dot Posts: 127
    It's a hell of an improvement over previous years where whole racks of plants got wasted if the weather turned hot and/or windy. Even if the stores had staff available, inhouse watering isn't really a practical option. I reckon the tea bags would stay wet in the severest of conditions, so good for them and good for me. Trivial to tear the bags without damaging the plant. 
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    edited June 2018
    Well Stuart, hopefully we will all be proven wrong! Let us know how you get on  :)
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    The outside of the teabag will get green and slimy and the inside will be dust.
    It's not just annuals, I've found them on dead perennials too.
    Teabag technology is of no advantage to the gardener, but it makes production lines easier for the cynical grower who knows that the inexperienced gardener will assume that they have done something wrong.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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