Member discussion regarding the methods, varieties and merits of growing tomatoes.
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January 18, 2018 | #16 | |
Tomatovillian™
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January 18, 2018 | #17 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Central Illinois
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Went to Walmart yesterday (which I rarely do) and found bags of Tomatotone in clearance isle for $2.50/ea, I bought them all.
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January 18, 2018 | #18 | |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Mississippi
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January 18, 2018 | #19 |
Tomatovillian™
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Location: Southern WI
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I did the same at a Walmart near our house around Christmas. The cashier said what's with all the fertilizer, I told her it was a big discount and will feed tomatoes in the summer.
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January 18, 2018 | #20 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Mississippi
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One year, late in the summer, I noticed a ton of semi-live lantana in pots at the local Home Depot store.
They looked pretty bad. I had seen dead plants thrown in dumpsters at Home Depot. It was too late to set them out, but I thought I would try to over winter them if I could get them at a decent price. I asked about them discounting the plants and I was told, "No. They cannot be discounted. We have to sell them at the full price." They said that the live plants are not really Home Depot inventory. Some plant place in the area leaves all of the live plants and dictates the price. I passed and I am sure the plants went in the dumpster. I have commented that we need a SPCP (Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Plants) because the Walmart and Home Depot employees frequently fail to water live plants every day. |
January 18, 2018 | #21 |
Tomatovillian™
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It's Bonnie Plant's property, they're too overpriced to waste money on unless it come in a six pack.
As for Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Plants, George Carlin did a segment (battered plants) on that in his 1986 special. |
January 19, 2018 | #22 | |
Tomatovillian™
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Location: Mississippi
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I looked up the segment you mentioned (viewer discretion advised): https://youtu.be/73LtJVIoYfw |
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January 19, 2018 | #23 | |
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I guess they had only seen him on Johnny Carson. Had tickets to go see him again and he died. |
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January 19, 2018 | #24 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Omaha Zone 5
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In Omaha, a local non profit gathers rescue plants and overstock from retailers and garden donors the area. The plants are given free to libraries, schools, etc and the majority are sold to plant lovers and with the funds donated to the Omaha Public Library for technology purchases.
Definitely a labor of love for all involved. It is Benson Plant Rescue, and they have a facebook page. On a different note, home depot annual and perennial plants (not Bonnie) have a tag tucked far into the soil with a notice that they have insect (bee) killing products. The verbiage is very vague for the general public. |
April 6, 2018 | #25 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Georgia
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Spring Black Friday Sale at Home Depot
https://www.homedepot.com/b/Featured...y/N-5yc1vZcjjd http://localad.homedepot.com/HomeDep...iewmode=single |
April 6, 2018 | #26 |
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Location: Ontario
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Last edited by Labradors2; April 6, 2018 at 01:24 PM. Reason: This was OT so I started another thread. |
April 18, 2018 | #27 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Georgia
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Bonnie Plants for $1.89 a plant on Thursday, April 19
Bonnie plants are currently 5 for $15 at Home Depot until April 29,
There's a one day sale on Thursday, April 19 where the same plants are $1.89. |
April 19, 2018 | #28 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: 7B
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Aren't the BP sales similar for spring black friday and the typical memorial day kickoff ?
Re post #20 - some stuff, not just gardening is not actually owned by HD. HD simply get's paid a commision fee for each item sold. |
April 20, 2018 | #29 |
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Location: MA
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April 20, 2018 | #30 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Georgia
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I picked up plants. The six pack plants were not part of the sale even though the regular price for these plants is the same as the single plant ($3.78). I went ahead and got a couple of six pack plants at the regular price because the tomato and cucumber plants 6 packs that I selected had way more than 6 plants in them.
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