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Teabag dilemma

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Maybe we could protest outside Chelsea Flower Show
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • MarlorenaMarlorena Posts: 8,705



    I bought the above 3 hardy geraniums a few weeks ago, early Spring, in 9cm pots.  I admit I probably should have potted them on, but they were supposed to be ready for planting out.. paltry specimens but I took a chance.. I was wondering why they hadn't grown, so I dug them up to find teabags and roots coming through, but little top growth... one is a goner, the other 2 I've repotted..

    They cost £6.20 each, think they're worth it?  I don't..  
    They came from Claire Austin.. 
    East Anglia, England
  • SueAtooSueAtoo Posts: 380
    Let's ask GW to find out which companies are using these things then boycott.
    East Dorset, new (to me) rather neglected garden.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I think, apart from small independent nurseries, they're all doing it now. The only way to avoid it is to buy very  small plugs . At least you can see if they're present and remove the teabags before they do any damage.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    I am appalled at Claire Austin, she is regarded as a very reputable supplier.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    @Marlorena, I would email Claire Austin and complain. She should give you a refund for the dud ones.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • WAMSWAMS Posts: 1,960
    @Marlorena, that's genuinely appalling! 

  • Songbird-2Songbird-2 Posts: 2,349
    I would never knowingly leave them on a plant. I've lost plants due to the, too so if I spy one, it comes out.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited April 2023
    I was thinking of Jiffy 7s.  Would you call these "tea-bags"?

    We have only ourselves to blame for wanting too-cheap products and pillorying industry if they respond.  It's the same with food and clothes.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Well I potted up the osteos. I had a rummage around. They have not rooted in a natural way. The roots come out the bottom of the teabag and work their way upwards along the sides of the pot. There are no roots at all in the middle. Blocked by the  teabag I assume. 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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