Crazy high prices in DIY 'sheds'

valk_scot

I agree, the price of plants in the big DIY sheds are ridiculous. I don't "do" many bedding plants tbh but for the few I want I usually start them off myself from seed (violas) or propagate them (pelargoniums) or scrounge spares and extras of my neighbours. I like charity and church plant sales too..you can get some really unusual specimans there. But yes I do look at the B&Q reduced section too...I bought a tomato plant there a couple of weeks back. I got it for 20p but the original price was £3.99 (!!!!!!) because it was some sort of heavy cropping designer variety. The jury is out on this of course but 20p for a tomato plant is perfectly acceptable and there's no denying it's growing like the clappers atm, now it's had some decent care and attention.