I would agree with earlier advice about Wilko to get in there early. there is a lovely lady at our local store in King's Lynn who does the watering of the plants, but who also has a million other things to do; she seems to be always jogging. Also the plants are indoors, and on shelves; buy them early, or not at all.
Have to say I bought x3 lupins a dicentra a gooseberry and x 3 echinops all bar the gooseberry for £10.00 they were all shooting away and I potted up the gooseerry and echinops and planted the dicentra straight into the ground and the lupins straight in. All are ROMPING away including the echinops.... The lupins are a bit leggy but look amazingly healthy.... I would buy again from there in a heart beat
Wilkes do still cheap plants, however as Jean Genie stated they haven't got the expertise to maintain the plants so be careful and check all products for pot bound roots .Apart from that you get what you pay for based on the size of the plant
greenfingers, I saw someone on a gardening programme once say that it was quite ok to remove a plant from it's pot in a Nursery to check on the roots, now I regard myself as pretty fearless, but I'm not quite sure that I have the cojones to remove a plant from it's pot in Wilko or indeed anywhere else to check on the roots.
I am, however, prepared to try this in several large garden centres if I have the backing of people on this site.
I would not say this is a common practice to do but I always check the bottom of any plant pot for root growth that confirms that the plant has been in that size pot too long and that could cause stress to the planet in question and therefore cause the plant to under preform .There is no reason to take the plant out of the pot to check for this
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I would agree with earlier advice about Wilko to get in there early. there is a lovely lady at our local store in King's Lynn who does the watering of the plants, but who also has a million other things to do; she seems to be always jogging. Also the plants are indoors, and on shelves; buy them early, or not at all.
Have to say I bought x3 lupins a dicentra a gooseberry and x 3 echinops all bar the gooseberry for £10.00 they were all shooting away and I potted up the gooseerry and echinops and planted the dicentra straight into the ground and the lupins straight in. All are ROMPING away including the echinops.... The lupins are a bit leggy but look amazingly healthy.... I would buy again from there in a heart beat
Was that from Wilko or Aldi, Stacey?
Wilkes do still cheap plants, however as Jean Genie stated they haven't got the expertise to maintain the plants so be careful and check all products for pot bound roots .Apart from that you get what you pay for based on the size of the plant
greenfingers, I saw someone on a gardening programme once say that it was quite ok to remove a plant from it's pot in a Nursery to check on the roots, now I regard myself as pretty fearless, but I'm not quite sure that I have the cojones to remove a plant from it's pot in Wilko or indeed anywhere else to check on the roots.
I am, however, prepared to try this in several large garden centres if I have the backing of people on this site.
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I would not say this is a common practice to do but I always check the bottom of any plant pot for root growth that confirms that the plant has been in that size pot too long and that could cause stress to the planet in question and therefore cause the plant to under preform .There is no reason to take the plant out of the pot to check for this