In article , "Vox Humana"
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"DigitalVinyl" wrote in message
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"Dennis Edward" wrote:

"Vox Humana" wrote in message
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I went to HD today. Same thing. Nearly everything was wilted BADLY,
or
just plain dead.


I went to HD a few weeks ago, and asked about a problem with my
tomatoes --
numerous holes in the leaves. The salescritter told me in no uncertain
terms
that it was caused by watering in sunny weather -- the drops of water
cause
lensing and burn the leaves. Uh-huh. I did a little research and
discovered
the *real* problem -- flea beetles.

I won't be asking them for advice again....

You expect a lot for a little over minimum wage and low prices, don't
you?

I suppose that sales person is supposed to study every plant they sell
and every bug, disease and bad human practice inflicted on each one so
they are prepared to play plant doctor for the public.

Often a place like Lowes has an employee or two SOMEWHERE in the building
who is very, very, very knowledgeable about gardening & could be as
helpful as anyone ever can be. Unfortunately they are apt to be low
seniority people working in plumbing or electrical aisles even if knowing
nothing in particular about plumbing or lighting.

I have received a lot of bad information at HD and Lowe's.

I've gotten crappy information from very fine nurseries too. I don't
expect much from the Lowe's or HD staff frankly, but there have been
exceptions.

I slipped into the nursery department at K Mart earlier this year & though
I don't usually bother about such things in such a place, I could not
resist telling the worker in that department that the azalea they had
labeled as 'Coral Bells' was incorrect because 'Coral Bells' was
hose-in-hose &ampt his was a single, & they might want to change the label
to "Kurume Pink" if they couldn't find out the specific cultivar, as many
likely customers do like to have that sort of information as correct as is
possible. The unconcerned worker said, "The wholesaler tags them, not us,"
&amp he really couldn't've cared less if someone bought a mislabeled plant
& never found out what it really was. Just one more reason to support the
best independent nurseries foremost, as there's a much better chance that
they will care, not that mislabeling can't happen even in the best places.

-paggers

It isn't limited
to the garden department. I would rather that someone tell me that they
don't know than to just make something up and/or sell me the wrong product.
I have no idea what they are paid and it makes no difference to me. When
they ask me if they can help and I ask a question, I expect them to give me
an informed answer or to tell me they don't know. I don't think that is
asking too much. You don't have to be highly trained or well paid to say "I
don't know."
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