Bought a tatty Victoria plum........

[Snadger]

Tesco's were selling these off, reduced from £7.00 to £2.23 (no idea where they came up with THAT price?)

Anyway, it looked a bit dried up but when I scraped a bit of the bark there was green in the cambium!

I'll give it a go as my last Victoria died after a single season for some reason.

Patron saint of lost causes, that's me!

[Victoria26]

Pfft my local tesco only reduce plug plants that are already dead...

Still... I might go have a wee look! TY for the idea Snadger!

[Snadger]

Pfft my local tesco only reduce plug plants that are already dead...

!

Maybe it is.........

[Victoria26]

LOL!! Right I'm off to Tesco. Strangely enough I was going to go this evening anyway! Will see if their is any sign of life in their reduced plants today!

[evie451]

patron saint of supermarket/diy chains who do their best to kill off plants more like!

i feel like the plant equivalent of the RSPCA sometimes rescuing stuff thats near death! i recently got a most tatty 'Katy' apple tree and a small eucalyptus for £5 from one and a Budleia that consisted of a moss covered pot and a twig for £1......i figured the pots they were in were worth a pound or two so.....

Thankfully they seem to have responded to treatment the apple is budding nicely and the budleia is growing up a storm......ornamental grasses are a good one they look terrible before sprouting again so these places sell them off really cheap......

i am in the give it a try category!

[Newbie]

B&Q is the best for this kind of thing near the end of summer / autumn, they tend to massively reduce all their bigger expensive plants to silly prices. The last 2 years i've got an Acer for £5 because it had very few tatty leaves on (it was autumn!), they are now thriving. They were also selling Banana plants for £5 from £30ish and many others besides.

[janeyo]

OH often says to me that I am the only person he knows who buys plants cos they feel sorry for them.... now I can tell him I am not alone

[Snadger]

OH often says to me that I am the only person he knows who buys plants cos they feel sorry for them.... now I can tell him I am not alone

And I can tell my OH the same!

[snakeshack]

I am the patron saint of the orchid for a quid cos the supermarket couldn't be arsed to water it.
I have 5 in flower on the window cill now.
downside is three are the same colour

[bluemoon]

I 'rescued' a Victoria plum from Morrison's a couple of years ago. It was, to all intents and purposes, dead. It had half a dozen dried up buds, which fell off when I opened the polythene wrapper and precisely three roots, none longer than 3 inches and one broken in half. I planted it anyway and watered it well. I also tipped on the contents of The Bucket from time to time - thought the nitrogen might help. At the end of May it suddenly produced some strong leaf shoots, which were immediately attacked by greenfly. This was the one and only occasion I have used a chemical on my plot. It is now a strong, healthy tree, about 6ft tall and I'm hoping for fruit this year. Give it some TLC, Snadger and you might be lucky.

[Noodles]

OH often says to me that I am the only person he knows who buys plants cos they feel sorry for them.... now I can tell him I am not alone

My Mother does this all the time! She keeps having to give me trays of pansies as her garden is full but "they were reduced to a pound and looked so sorry for themselves..........."