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A customer has just rung up to ask if we have our bedding plants in yet -
and no she doesn't mean primulas and winter pansies - she means bizzy lizzies and antirrhinums etc.! Matthew suggested we ring her back and say that we ran out last July and will be getting some more in during March and April. ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... A customer has just rung up to ask if we have our bedding plants in yet - and no she doesn't mean primulas and winter pansies - she means bizzy lizzies and antirrhinums etc.! Matthew suggested we ring her back and say that we ran out last July and will be getting some more in during March and April. ;-) -- You're missing a chance there. If you were too get some in which presumably would be forced on etc, you could sell them, then when they were trashed by frost, you could sell them some more, saying " you shouldn't have planted them out so soon" You could double your sales. Steve. |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... A customer has just rung up to ask if we have our bedding plants in yet - and no she doesn't mean primulas and winter pansies - she means bizzy lizzies and antirrhinums etc.! Matthew suggested we ring her back and say that we ran out last July and will be getting some more in during March and April. ;-) -- You're missing a chance there. If you were too get some in which presumably would be forced on etc, you could sell them, then when they were trashed by frost, you could sell them some more, saying " you shouldn't have planted them out so soon" You could double your sales. Steve. |
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shazzbat30/1/04 3:36
"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... A customer has just rung up to ask if we have our bedding plants in yet - and no she doesn't mean primulas and winter pansies - she means bizzy lizzies and antirrhinums etc.! Matthew suggested we ring her back and say that we ran out last July and will be getting some more in during March and April. ;-) -- You're missing a chance there. If you were too get some in which presumably would be forced on etc, you could sell them, then when they were trashed by frost, you could sell them some more, saying " you shouldn't have planted them out so soon" You could double your sales. Steve. And lose customers very quickly. ;-) In fact, when people come in on the first fine days of early spring, panting to get bedding plants in, we warn them not to take them yet unless they've got a greenhouse or somewhere else to shelter them. And so, most of our business, is repeat business.! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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shazzbat30/1/04 3:36
"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... A customer has just rung up to ask if we have our bedding plants in yet - and no she doesn't mean primulas and winter pansies - she means bizzy lizzies and antirrhinums etc.! Matthew suggested we ring her back and say that we ran out last July and will be getting some more in during March and April. ;-) -- You're missing a chance there. If you were too get some in which presumably would be forced on etc, you could sell them, then when they were trashed by frost, you could sell them some more, saying " you shouldn't have planted them out so soon" You could double your sales. Steve. And lose customers very quickly. ;-) In fact, when people come in on the first fine days of early spring, panting to get bedding plants in, we warn them not to take them yet unless they've got a greenhouse or somewhere else to shelter them. And so, most of our business, is repeat business.! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... A customer has just rung up to ask if we have our bedding plants in yet - and no she doesn't mean primulas and winter pansies - she means bizzy lizzies and antirrhinums etc.! Matthew suggested we ring her back and say that we ran out last July and will be getting some more in during March and April. ;-) -- You're missing a chance there. If you were too get some in which presumably would be forced on etc, you could sell them, then when they were trashed by frost, you could sell them some more, saying " you shouldn't have planted them out so soon" You could double your sales. Steve. |
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Sacha wrote in
. uk: shazzbat30/1/04 3:36 "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... A customer has just rung up to ask if we have our bedding plants in yet - and no she doesn't mean primulas and winter pansies - she means bizzy lizzies and antirrhinums etc.! If you were too get some in which presumably would be forced on etc, you could sell them, then when they were trashed by frost, And lose customers very quickly. ;-) Here's a vague and woolly thought. Bizzy lizzies, yes, understood - but do antirrhinums actually get trashed by frost, or would they just sit there till it got warmer? Some of mine are years old - are they tenderer as babies? And what about sweet peas? Mine are quite big now in pots outside - when should I plant 'em in the ground? |
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shazzbat30/1/04 3:36
"Sacha" wrote in message . uk... A customer has just rung up to ask if we have our bedding plants in yet - and no she doesn't mean primulas and winter pansies - she means bizzy lizzies and antirrhinums etc.! Matthew suggested we ring her back and say that we ran out last July and will be getting some more in during March and April. ;-) -- You're missing a chance there. If you were too get some in which presumably would be forced on etc, you could sell them, then when they were trashed by frost, you could sell them some more, saying " you shouldn't have planted them out so soon" You could double your sales. Steve. And lose customers very quickly. ;-) In fact, when people come in on the first fine days of early spring, panting to get bedding plants in, we warn them not to take them yet unless they've got a greenhouse or somewhere else to shelter them. And so, most of our business, is repeat business.! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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Victoria Clare30/1/04 5:22
11 Sacha wrote in . uk: shazzbat30/1/04 3:36 "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... A customer has just rung up to ask if we have our bedding plants in yet - and no she doesn't mean primulas and winter pansies - she means bizzy lizzies and antirrhinums etc.! If you were too get some in which presumably would be forced on etc, you could sell them, then when they were trashed by frost, And lose customers very quickly. ;-) Here's a vague and woolly thought. Bizzy lizzies, yes, understood - but do antirrhinums actually get trashed by frost, or would they just sit there till it got warmer? Some of mine are years old - are they tenderer as babies? And what about sweet peas? Mine are quite big now in pots outside - when should I plant 'em in the ground? Matthew says no point until the soil temperature reaches 10 deg. and is likely to stay that way. There is also the danger of them getting rotted off by rain. As to the customer wanting antirrhinums, even if planting them now was a good idea, she would have no idea if she was getting a viable plant or not because none of them are up. Once she's planted hers, they'll self-seed but the ones we buy in as plugs won't be in for a while yet and we have to know that they're going to 'do' after they're potted on. It's really not good practice to sell a customer some baby plant that might or might not make it into a bigger pot or into the ground. While we sell trays or strips of bedding plants in those little plastic pots, the smallest *individual* pots we sell are 7cm and sturdy little creatures. ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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Sacha wrote in
. uk: shazzbat30/1/04 3:36 "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... A customer has just rung up to ask if we have our bedding plants in yet - and no she doesn't mean primulas and winter pansies - she means bizzy lizzies and antirrhinums etc.! If you were too get some in which presumably would be forced on etc, you could sell them, then when they were trashed by frost, And lose customers very quickly. ;-) Here's a vague and woolly thought. Bizzy lizzies, yes, understood - but do antirrhinums actually get trashed by frost, or would they just sit there till it got warmer? Some of mine are years old - are they tenderer as babies? And what about sweet peas? Mine are quite big now in pots outside - when should I plant 'em in the ground? |
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Victoria Clare30/1/04 5:22
11 Sacha wrote in . uk: shazzbat30/1/04 3:36 "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... A customer has just rung up to ask if we have our bedding plants in yet - and no she doesn't mean primulas and winter pansies - she means bizzy lizzies and antirrhinums etc.! If you were too get some in which presumably would be forced on etc, you could sell them, then when they were trashed by frost, And lose customers very quickly. ;-) Here's a vague and woolly thought. Bizzy lizzies, yes, understood - but do antirrhinums actually get trashed by frost, or would they just sit there till it got warmer? Some of mine are years old - are they tenderer as babies? And what about sweet peas? Mine are quite big now in pots outside - when should I plant 'em in the ground? Matthew says no point until the soil temperature reaches 10 deg. and is likely to stay that way. There is also the danger of them getting rotted off by rain. As to the customer wanting antirrhinums, even if planting them now was a good idea, she would have no idea if she was getting a viable plant or not because none of them are up. Once she's planted hers, they'll self-seed but the ones we buy in as plugs won't be in for a while yet and we have to know that they're going to 'do' after they're potted on. It's really not good practice to sell a customer some baby plant that might or might not make it into a bigger pot or into the ground. While we sell trays or strips of bedding plants in those little plastic pots, the smallest *individual* pots we sell are 7cm and sturdy little creatures. ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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Sacha wrote in
. uk: shazzbat30/1/04 3:36 "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... A customer has just rung up to ask if we have our bedding plants in yet - and no she doesn't mean primulas and winter pansies - she means bizzy lizzies and antirrhinums etc.! If you were too get some in which presumably would be forced on etc, you could sell them, then when they were trashed by frost, And lose customers very quickly. ;-) Here's a vague and woolly thought. Bizzy lizzies, yes, understood - but do antirrhinums actually get trashed by frost, or would they just sit there till it got warmer? Some of mine are years old - are they tenderer as babies? And what about sweet peas? Mine are quite big now in pots outside - when should I plant 'em in the ground? |
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Victoria Clare30/1/04 5:22
11 Sacha wrote in . uk: shazzbat30/1/04 3:36 "Sacha" wrote in message . uk... A customer has just rung up to ask if we have our bedding plants in yet - and no she doesn't mean primulas and winter pansies - she means bizzy lizzies and antirrhinums etc.! If you were too get some in which presumably would be forced on etc, you could sell them, then when they were trashed by frost, And lose customers very quickly. ;-) Here's a vague and woolly thought. Bizzy lizzies, yes, understood - but do antirrhinums actually get trashed by frost, or would they just sit there till it got warmer? Some of mine are years old - are they tenderer as babies? And what about sweet peas? Mine are quite big now in pots outside - when should I plant 'em in the ground? Matthew says no point until the soil temperature reaches 10 deg. and is likely to stay that way. There is also the danger of them getting rotted off by rain. As to the customer wanting antirrhinums, even if planting them now was a good idea, she would have no idea if she was getting a viable plant or not because none of them are up. Once she's planted hers, they'll self-seed but the ones we buy in as plugs won't be in for a while yet and we have to know that they're going to 'do' after they're potted on. It's really not good practice to sell a customer some baby plant that might or might not make it into a bigger pot or into the ground. While we sell trays or strips of bedding plants in those little plastic pots, the smallest *individual* pots we sell are 7cm and sturdy little creatures. ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon (remove the weeds to email me) |
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