I suppose while people keep buying the uncared for half-dead stock, they'll keep supplying it. To those crunching the numbers it must add up. As soon as it doesn't, they'll stop stocking them. There must be waste factored in to the price of everything sold.
Our local Morrisons has a dedicated outside plant area with a dedicated staff member. The plants are always well looked after. At our local Co-op the plants are in an awful state. Outside, but very rarely watered and rarely reduced in price. I don't think I could even revive their dead and dying stuff.
I do think this conversation is veering towards anthropomorphism. The sympathy I have for the dying plants is the sympathy I have for bins of discounted goods at or beyond their sell by dates. I am disappointed by the squandering of resources but I am certain that supermarkets have factored wastage into the pricing of plants, the diversion of staff resources into caring for them, and the hazard risk of having hoses and wet surfaces at the entry to stores.
Anthropomorphism? 😆 When you have a passion for growing healthy plants and enjoying the results of your years of work and joy, it's not unusual to feel sad that billions are wilting just for want of a little water. And if they're going to let them dehydrate because the person with a hose can't manage to get water onto every plant, then they should reduce the price (stores with dedicated garden centres).
Posts
Anyway, there are more important things to get worked up about IMO.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
To those crunching the numbers it must add up. As soon as it doesn't, they'll stop stocking them.
There must be waste factored in to the price of everything sold.
At our local Co-op the plants are in an awful state. Outside, but very rarely watered and rarely reduced in price.
I don't think I could even revive their dead and dying stuff.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
When you have a passion for growing healthy plants and enjoying the results of your years of work and joy, it's not unusual to feel sad that billions are wilting just for want of a little water.
And if they're going to let them dehydrate because the person with a hose can't manage to get water onto every plant, then they should reduce the price (stores with dedicated garden centres).