Bad plug delivery
The last two springs I've been doing some comparisons of mail-order plants and Garden Centre bought plants. Until my last delivery mail-order was well ahead in terms of quality and labeling accuracy. However I had a delivery of Geranium plugs yesterday that blotted the suppliers copy-book.
Look at these sorry specimens of Geranium plugs - spoiled by a combination of overheating and too long in darkness They were packed April 28th and arrived with me May 2nd.
I phoned the supplier immediately and explained the state of the plants and he suggested I pot them up and wait a week or so to see how they did. I explained that I needed the plants for a photo shoot and that they were not of salable quality and he quickly agreed that they would be replaced.....I hope the replacements travel better.
I have potted up the survivors but the plants are even worse than they look in the photo - some have rotted away to nothing worth planting.
I think it's important that the suppliers know about incidents like this so that they can keep tabs on the shippers and put pressure on them so that plants don't get wasted like this.
Look at these sorry specimens of Geranium plugs - spoiled by a combination of overheating and too long in darkness They were packed April 28th and arrived with me May 2nd.
I phoned the supplier immediately and explained the state of the plants and he suggested I pot them up and wait a week or so to see how they did. I explained that I needed the plants for a photo shoot and that they were not of salable quality and he quickly agreed that they would be replaced.....I hope the replacements travel better.
I have potted up the survivors but the plants are even worse than they look in the photo - some have rotted away to nothing worth planting.
I think it's important that the suppliers know about incidents like this so that they can keep tabs on the shippers and put pressure on them so that plants don't get wasted like this.
Hi there,
Excellent post! I'm glad you have brought this up. I don't often buy plant plugs or mail order but when I have they were rather pathetic too.
I do think with all the technology these centres have now they can supply some of this to moisture units and packing for their postal plants :-D
Posted by: Shirl | May 18, 2008 at 07:43 PM