On 17/10/2013 13:44, sacha wrote:
Some gcs or nurseries mark plants as
raised in UK which have in fact been propagated abroad in vast
quantities, brought into UK and then potted on.

A disgraceful and misleading practice - and one that a lot of the large
food providers also pull

This trade has arisen
partly because the industry here has received so little support in terms
of e.g. oil prices that it simply doesn't pay to do everything from
scratch in UK for the huge garden centre chains.

Why should they receive any assistance - and from where? Wouldn't it be
an illegal subsidy?

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regards
andy