"Sacha" wrote ...

Bob Hobden said:

"Bob Hobden" wrote

"Sacha" wrote...

Ray was really incensed the other day to see that another nursery with
a fifth of our staff, is charging £3.50 for a pack of 6 baby lettuces.
Ours are £2.50 and there is absonlutely no justification in organic
being more expensive at this stage in their growth! The compost they're
grown in (if different) may be slightly more costly, but that would add
maybe 1p to the whole tray! But while I can understand fully grown
organic veg being more expensive as their care, treatment and
harvesting take more man hours, this is absolutely not the case with
lettuce plants a couple of inches high. This gives organic growers a
bad name though thankfully, not all do this.

Our little local nursery, Dunkirk Nursery in Egham, sells all veg plants
at £1 for a strip of 12 and very good quality. It means it's actually
not worth your while growing them yourself unless you want something
specific.


Just found this, can't believe they have a Facebook page. Must be one of
the Grandchildren's doing.

https://www.facebook.com/DunkirkNurseryEgham

And a web site, Bob, though you probably know that!
http://dunkirkplantnursery.co.uk/


No, I didn't know that. Certainly has to be one of the younger members of
the family getting them into the 21st century. It's a ramshackled old place
but they grow good plants. Very popular with the local Allotment folk.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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