Where is the best buy for 3" pots ?

[Caithness Gardener]

Looking for the standard 3" pots. Tried 3 garden centres and if they have them they are sold individually. Homebase had none, didn't know if they were getting any and couldn't care less!

Will be down in Glasgow/Edinburgh area this weekend so where are the bargains? Or should I buy mail-order?

[Hazel at the Hill]

Don't know if this helps, CG, but I buy black 3" square pots from Wilko - 89p for 15.

[SarzWix]

I bought my last lot of pots from LBS Garden Warehouse, who are quite near me, but also do mail order - http://www.lbsgardenwarehouse.co.uk/default.asp

Last year I bought a lot in bulk off eBay, they're still going strong.

[Alice]

The Pound shop had them, 15 for a £1.

[Caithness Gardener]

Sorry Hazel but who are Wilko ? Online retailer or our local Sutton Coldfields garden centre. I seem to remember having heard the name but they are not local to John O'Groats.

[PAULW]

CG
Have you had a look at N. A. KAYS

[Hazel at the Hill]

Sorry Hazel but who are Wilko ? Online retailer or our local Sutton Coldfields garden centre. I seem to remember having heard the name but they are not local to John O'Groats.

I'm sorry, CG - it's Wilkinsons - here's the link

http://www.wilko.co.uk/

And there's a store locator there too.

[nick the grief]

NA KAys is good, I get loads of stuff from them

[rustylady]

Try your local pound shop. Failing that try mail order - loads of ads in GYO. Or Freecycle if you're not desperate for new. We got loads of cell trays and pots out of a skip recently. Plants put in by big contractor, couldn't be bothered to re-use pots so dumped them (our gain, their loss)

[sewer rat]

Hi CG
Depends on how many pots you are looking for ?
I got mine from LBS - 3" pots in shuttle trays, and 3" flexipots - just phoned them up, ordered and paid by card there and then and they arrived about a week later.
Will PM you with more.

[JennieAtkinson]

I've found N Kays the cheapest in terms of mail order, although their postage is a bit steep for outlying areas, but worth it if you put in a big order.

[bubblewrap]

Looking for the standard 3" pots. Tried 3 garden centres and if they have them they are sold individually. Homebase had none, didn't know if they were getting any and couldn't care less!

Will be down in Glasgow/Edinburgh area this weekend so where are the bargains? Or should I buy mail-order?

Have you tried free-cycle Madderbat & me got two large bag fulls of plastic pots of all sizes.http://uk.freecycle.org/

[Caithness Gardener]

Kays might be cheap but with a £16 P&P regardless of the order (Highlands!) I will not be shopping with them amny time soon.

[JennieAtkinson]

Unfortunately CC that is what I have to pay and NR Kays work out the cheapest for freight! So I order from them every two years. I couldn't afford to buy pots at single prices here.

[sewer rat]

CG
Did you receive my PM re pots ?