Vegetables at Lowes

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LadyGT

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I went shopping at Lowes for fig supplies and noticed that Bonnie Plants has already started putting out their summer vegetables. I was really surprised because we have not yet passed our last frost date. I saw a guy purchasing at least a dozen tomato plants. Unless you have a way of protecting summer vegetables, it's not worth buying.

Anyway, I checked the price of what the small starts were going for and it was $4.98. If you wait until they go on sale, you can get 2 for $5. I noticed a pattern last year so the earlier it is, you pay more. I will wait until the last frost date or when they go on sale.
 
When I engage with strangers it seems that few people care to be concerned with when to sow, plant, and the needs of the plants. It seems they are impulsively buying. A lot people are unaware of the information you may know and sadly I think a few companies may prey off the ignorance of the buyer.

The local nursery, Amish or local farmers often sale their produce for far cheaper near PA/MD border or more rural areas. My main grievance against all of them and the big box store is that the people who are at the sale site often don't know what variety they are selling. The people who do know are probably at the farm I guess. It's the perfect storm of chaos if the buyer doesn't know and the seller doesn't know anything beyond the price or that it just produces food.
 
Tiger garden said:
When I engage with strangers it seems that few people care to be concerned with when to sow, plant, and the needs of the plants. It seems they are impulsively buying. A lot people are unaware of the information you may know and sadly I think a few companies may prey off the ignorance of the buyer.

The local nursery, Amish or local farmers often sale their produce for far cheaper near PA/MD border or more rural areas. My main grievance against all of them and the big box store is that the people who are at the sale site often don't know what variety they are selling. The people who do know are probably at the farm I guess. It's the perfect storm of chaos if the buyer doesn't know and the seller doesn't know anything beyond the price or that it just produces food.
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Isn’t it the buyer’s responsibility to do their research? Not saying it’s good to prey on folks who are ignorant but they have the same resources we all do to educate themselves.

No one buys the first car they see without doing research. I guess what I’m saying is, not all blame should be put on the retailer.
 
Yesterday, I saw Lowes has Aurora honeyberry plants for sale, which is great. However, they marked it as "Male"! Well, there is no male or female honeyberry plants, most of which do need cross pollination from a different type though. Lowes only carries Aurora, nothing else. What are they thinking?
 
Tiger garden said:
When I engage with strangers it seems that few people care to be concerned with when to sow, plant, and the needs of the plants. It seems they are impulsively buying. A lot people are unaware of the information you may know and sadly I think a few companies may prey off the ignorance of the buyer.

The local nursery, Amish or local farmers often sale their produce for far cheaper near PA/MD border or more rural areas. My main grievance against all of them and the big box store is that the people who are at the sale site often don't know what variety they are selling. The people who do know are probably at the farm I guess. It's the perfect storm of chaos if the buyer doesn't know and the seller doesn't know anything beyond the price or that it just produces food.
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I see your point, but big box stores typically have the variety shown pretty prominently, e.g. in the Bonnie vegetable displays.
 
RedSkip said:
Isn’t it the buyer’s responsibility to do their research? Not saying it’s good to prey on folks who are ignorant but they have the same resources we all do to educate themselves.

No one buys the first car they see without doing research. I guess what I’m saying is, not all blame should be put on the retailer.
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This would be my position.
 
It wasn't my intention to put all the blame on anyone and I understand your points. I buy from all these stores but I do prefer buying from a trusted source or someone who can give knowledge beyond the price tag. Every person is responsible to an extent.

Sometimes at the end of the day only the seller will ever know what the product is 100% in some cases. This is why we have consumer protection laws to prevent false advertising. I'm sure you have heard that sometimes the labels on the fig trees are not always accurate because some person who mixed up the labels. In this case one cannot do research on something if you don't even know the correct fig variety name.
 
Fun fact about expensive Bonnie Plants:

Bonnie hires people to go to all the stores weekly and take care of their plants and remove the dying ones so that theirs look better than the other brands at the garden stores- hence they can charge more. Sooo, just know that their plants aren't necessarily stronger or better plant lines, they are just given the extra mile at the store to look nice.

Not saying this is necessarily bad or good, but just knowledge.
 
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