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Panic buying in garden centre 🙄

dappledshadedappledshade Posts: 1,017
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Tried to call my local GC to get a bit of earth and some roses.
The poor member of staff who answered the phone sounded so stressed - he said that all day, people have been panic buying fruit and veg, large pots and soil...
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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    🙄
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
     I don't get this. Do they think these plants are going to magically grow and produce fruit and veg in a couple of weeks or something?
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Yes.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    People are stoopid, aren't they?  :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    edited March 2020
    I will admit that l wasn't going to bother growing tomatoes this year as we were going on holiday to Dorset for a week and quite frankly l couldn't face the worry of having the NDN watering them.
    Haven't cancelled the holiday yet (end of May), but decided l may as well grow some, given the circumstances. Also bought a packet of mixed salad leaves. I wouldn't know where to start with fruit,  but having gardened for years l know it ain't going to happen overnight.  I think a lot of people are in for a disappointment. 
  • CheyngelCheyngel Posts: 4,193
    Maybe they think it's like in The Sims.

    Plant an apple and four sim days later you have a ready to harvest tree! Magic innit.
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Compost and bagged manure is one thing I wished I had panic bought - all garden centres closed for the duration and my tomato and potato beds need topping up!
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • CheyngelCheyngel Posts: 4,193
    I got my compost from Argos cause we don't really have a garden center here, and I'm not walking two miles to B+Q!
  • dappledshadedappledshade Posts: 1,017
    It’s quite hilarious
    Probably the same fools who are stockpiling loo roll 🙄
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Lol, l was just about to say, l said to my OH "Never mind loo roll, l need compost". He loaded 4  120 litre bags of multi purpose into the back of the car for me  <3
    Couldn't find a magic fruit tree, here's the next best thing

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