Sacha:

On 2011-05-14 12:39:14 +0100, Jake Nospam@invalid said:

On Sat, 14 May 2011 12:24:53 +0100, "MuddyMike"
wrote:

I have in the past used Jersey plants direct. Would any of you suggest
a better supplier as I am about to place an order.

Mike

I've used JP for years without problems but this year I've had 3
"quality control" type problem deliveries out of 12 and have found that
their usual speedy customer service people have slowed down a lot. I'll
probably be going elsewhere next year myself.

Otherwise I regularly use Dobies, Thomson and Morgan and Hayloft and
have never had any problems or quality issues with them apart from the
odd damage in transit which is always sorted quickly.

In the past I've used Fothergills and Parkers but for bedding have had
very mixed results so I avoid the former completely and stick to just
bulbs from Parkers.

Garden Bargains (gardenbargains.com) sell some decent stuff usually
very cheaply but delivery is a nightmare - you never know when stuff
will arrive and customer service isn't if you get my drift.

Jake

There seem to be masses of 'deals' in the papers today, so you could
look there. I can't vouch for them because obviously, we don't buy
them! We buy bedding plants in as plugs and pot them on into 9cm or
10cm pots, so it's certainly worth checking the size of the pots. What
sounds like a huge bargain might turn out not to be if you get much
smaller plants than you expect.

Hi
What is the advantage of potting them on? I normally buy plugs & plant
them straight out into the ground, is that a mistake?

Kate xx