Yes they were very yuk! Hopefully consigned to the past? With the succulents, the dye/paint must be slowly killing the plant surely? I think plants are sometimes covered in glitter at Xmas too - that can't be any good. Definitely plant abuse in my book!
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@Plantminded They were displayed with the other plants just as you arrive. I will see just how popular they have been in the next few days.They hadn't sold any today the display was full. Would anyone think they were new to cultivation? Succulents are slow growing so how long it might be before they actually turn back to green they may have already died of paint poisoning!
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It looks as if they were also for sale in October 2022 @GardenerSuze so there must have been enough take up to repeat this year. Very sad that plants are deliberately sold as novelties to be quickly disposed of.
Very sad that plants are deliberately sold as novelties to be quickly disposed of.
I agree.
This Hallowe'en malarky has got completely out of control, IMV. Apparently, each yr roughly 14,000 single use costumes go into landfill. There has to be better uses for human time, money, and resources.
(Just been reading a very interesting book on GDP - how we came to use it as a measurement and why the "growth" concept (mantra really) is so flawed.)
It looks as if they were also for sale in October 2022 @GardenerSuze so there must have been enough take up to repeat this year. Very sad that plants are deliberately sold as novelties to be quickly disposed of.
I guess I'd rather biodegradable plants got thrown away than plastic tat. The paint is probably plastic though.
And obviously I'd rather stuff wasn't made to be thrown away at all.
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I will see just how popular they have been in the next few days.They hadn't sold any today the display was full. Would anyone think they were new to cultivation? Succulents are slow growing so how long it might be before they actually turn back to green they may have already died of paint poisoning!
This Hallowe'en malarky has got completely out of control, IMV. Apparently, each yr roughly 14,000 single use costumes go into landfill. There has to be better uses for human time, money, and resources.
And obviously I'd rather stuff wasn't made to be thrown away at all.
selling rootless Christmas trees? 🤔
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