On 21/06/2014 08:57, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jun 2014 07:51:53 +0100, stuart noble
wrote:

On 20/06/2014 20:53, Judith in England wrote:
On Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:07:05 +0100, Sacha wrote:

On 2014-06-18 16:47:57 +0000, stuart noble said:

On 18/06/2014 14:54, Martin wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jun 2014 12:57:03 +0100, Saxman
wrote:

On 17/06/2014 21:19, David Hill wrote:
At Aldi this afternoon they had Veg plants, tomato, peppers, chillies,
aubergines and I think cucumber plants in 9 inch pots at just £2.99
and very good plants


Their hanging baskets are very cheap.

One of the reasons that British growers struggle to make a living.


I thought the Dutch were the main reason for that?

And those hanging baskets look cheap, imo. There's a paucity of plants
in a green plastic bowl which the plants rarely fill or cover.

'One' of the reasons. Tesco sells plants, B&Q sells plants - many
others sell plants, sometimes badly looked after and of the bog
standard type but they're cheap, so... As one small nursery owner
said to us "I don't sell bread or paint so why are they allowed to sell
plants?"

How about because the small nursery owner *could* sell bread or paint of they
wanted to?


I think we've already established that excessive regulation prevents that

Paint?

Solvents. Flammable. Sharp intake of breath......