Turkey has been a producer of cheap clothing for many years and probably more able to switch production quickly than many other countries.
Some years ago, on holiday in Turkey, we passed a huge factory when out on a trip. According to the guide that factory produced jeans for Levi from Monday to Thursday, and for others on Friday. The only change to production was not using the trademark rivets and buttons, plus very minor design changed. Used exactly the same material but sold for less than half the price of Levis.
I bought some large geranium plugs in Sainsbury's today. In an attempt to wet the compost,I tore the tops off the teabags and what did I find??? A teabag within a teabag. There's one right near the stem so you can't remove it😠 They must teabag them as seedlings and then slot the mini plugs into a bigger plug. Very little choice so bought a few bedding plants that I hope I will grow to love
@KT53 Turkey is like everywhere else and probably closing down factories to maintain social distancing. Even so, working conditions in the garment industry are pretty poor and the majority will be women so low paid to boot. Better to get UK factories with better conditions and equipment to switch to PPE making instead of designer clobber.
@B3 I bought some pelargonium plugs on Friday - grown in plug trays. Can you not just snip holes in the tea bag to help roots escape?
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I was in marks and Spencer’s earlier getting food including some special treats for ex MIL who is self isolating and I got some lovely verbena and trailing petunias £5 for 6. Just snipped off the teabags and planted them in slightly larger pots. I do baskets for friends and family every year so need to source plants, hoping Garden centres and nurseries can open soon
@obelixx, i did that and in, closer to the stem, there was yet another one that I can't get at. I'm sure the roots must have got through the first teabag, but I have an irrational/curmudgeonly/ Luddite desire to obliterate that one too 😠
@Nanny Beach , the chap in Africa kept the top on, but I'm thinking, in a colder climate, the ventilation would obviate condensation issues. Also, so long as you were reasonably tall, someone is unlikely to cough down the aperture. Obviously children would have to use the cap at all times.
Root teabags should be banned. The one I had to deal with last week was a plastic net that was garotting the roots that passed through it. Can't be good for the plant and it's just more plastic that ends up in the soil.
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Very little choice so bought a few bedding plants that I hope I will grow to love
@B3 I bought some pelargonium plugs on Friday - grown in plug trays. Can you not just snip holes in the tea bag to help roots escape?
@Nanny Beach , the chap in Africa kept the top on, but I'm thinking, in a colder climate, the ventilation would obviate condensation issues. Also, so long as you were reasonably tall, someone is unlikely to cough down the aperture.
Obviously children would have to use the cap at all times.