Broken in the post!
Rebecca Horton
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I have just received some (somewhat leggy) little plants with 6 leaves in the post. It came in a container like you get from a chinese takeaway, which looked like a good idea until I saw one of the plants was wilting very quickly. I unwrapped the plastic around the root ball, holding a little soil, to find the plant snapped almost right off!
As I ordered from France, and the disclaimer says you can't ask for a refund/replacement because they sent it in good health, I'm not sure where I stand (I know the laws here are different and I most certainly could).
In the mean time I want this plant to survive, but with two bits- is there anyway I can save such a tender plant? I have the top in water, and the root with a little stem waiting to be planted up - off to do this now.
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Not sure that the sellers of Salvia divinorum (a plant which is used to produce hallucinations and which can cause dangerous psychotic episodes, even if it is still legal) will be worried about the legalities of the Sale of Goods Act or any other.
However Rebecca, why not have a word with your local Trading Standards officer - after all France and Britain are both in the EU and there may well be EU regularions and laws which apply to both.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england/consumer_e/consumer_protection_for_the_consumer_e/protection_trading_standards_e/reporting_a_problem_to_trading_standards.htm
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thank you for your advice, Dovefromabove and Verdun. I have contacted the seller to see what they say and potted up the plants as you suggest. will wait and see what happens next!
I chose Salvia diviorum because I am interested in plant folklore and plants that were associated with classical gods, shamanic plants and mythical plants (such as mandrake). I grow a few of them in a part of the garden dedicated to them - some are poisonous. I do however read a lot about these plants, especially before and after getting them so I am sure about their care, and mine! I know little about this one other than it was a South American plant used as a hallucinogen by Shamans, and it was recommended by someone for my collection. My understanding is that it is not poisonous by contact, which is good considering how much I have had to handle them since they arrived.