Supermarket plants

Absolutely hate it - the waste is massive, greenhouses, plastic pots, peat, water, transport, and on, and on.

It should be totally illegal to sell plants unless you have the right conditions to look after them, water them, etc.

Don’t get me started on this issue I can’t tell you how many shops that have had me complaining about this at the customer services. Why do they sell plants if they don’t even look after them while they are on the shelves. I wrote to national news papers some years ago to name and shame the supermarkets it obviously went unnoticed.

I go to a local nursery the owners plant seeds and nurture them for hours on end and have done all their working lives. The customers have beautiful displays in baskets and pots to last through summer and even in the winter.

I know how hard they work on their business but I don’t know how its done commercially for shops etc. However it’s done its a disgrace to see shelves of plants just left to dry out and die.

Yes I hate to see this I d rather they didn’t sell them than eave them to die

Yes this annoys me as well, so many times almost dead plants are being sold at full price. What a waste, not only of the plants but also the resources to produce them.
If the trays of failing plants were sold off very cheaply before they died at least someone would get some enjoyment.
Of course the other option is to employ someone who has an interest and would look after them.

I hate this, too! Masses of similar outside Asda the other day.