Scotia wrote:
Bob Hobden Wrote:
Just back from the allotment.

Do I say something if I see them or just keep quiet and let them learn
the
hard way?
(I suspect, damned if I do, damned if I don't)

Mind you, what on earth were the GC doing selling these young plants a
month early, I haven't even planted any of these yet, it's a job down
for this
week.

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Regards
Bob Hobden
17mls W. of London.UK

Even if you did mention it there is nothing that can be done, I suppose
you could show interest and mention what you think, and advise them to
purchase some fleece for protection and the might be lucky.

My courgettes etc germinated yesterday so at the earliest I will plant
out is; the first week in June for outdoor stuff and mid May for
coldframe/cool greenhouse stuff.

Regarding the garden centres........typical commercialism!!!!

But then again some of those TV programmes can throw you a bit so I can
understand newcomers getting it wrong.

Nonetheless, nurseries and gcs should be warning customers not to put
such things outdoors yet. The trouble is that so many of them are
pushing bedding and veg. plants at x amount off and people are falling
for it. It's heartbreaking. We've had people coming in wanting to
take their hanging baskets now and we've had to warn them against doing
so unless they have a greenhouse to keep them in. Last year, Ray and I
were in a local gc and there were not only big banners and posters
urging people to buy their bedding plants NOW, a tannoy system was
doing the same. This was late February.......
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon