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My father was a farmer, and always used to plant barerooted plants, but of course, they were in good condition, and they grew fine.
This is a direct quote from his dispatch email
"We are now sending out many bare root brassica plants field grown by a supplier in Cornwall who have supplied plants in this way for nearlry 100 years, Please do not be concerned about yellowing leaves on arrival this is perfectly normal and caused by them being in the dark during transit the heart of the plant will be fine and new leaves will soon replace the yellowing ones and those will drop off or can be removed. Also do not be concerned about lack of root plant them as deep as you can get them up to the lower leaves they will produce new roots rapidly not just from the base but up the stem as well again if the stems are not straight this will also not affect the plant just plant deeper so the stem is under ground and the top will grow away fine."
As an experienced gardener these plants were not in transit long enough to yellow like they have, and lack of root will always check a plant's growth!
The packing was just damp newspaper, which had not actually kept what roots there were damp in some of the cabbages. The kale and purple sprouting have hard woody stems, 8-10 inches long. I would be too embarrassed to even give these away
They cost £4.25 for 10 plants, so not cheap either.
The only thing that looked OK was a bag of mixed onion sets, but they had got very damp due to being packed in with the other plants, so their bag disintegrated when i lifted it out.
OH says to wait and see if I get the refund, but it is only for 2 lots of plants so £8.50.
This is a direct quote from his dispatch email
"We are now sending out many bare root brassica plants field grown by a supplier in Cornwall who have supplied plants in this way for nearlry 100 years, Please do not be concerned about yellowing leaves on arrival this is perfectly normal and caused by them being in the dark during transit the heart of the plant will be fine and new leaves will soon replace the yellowing ones and those will drop off or can be removed. Also do not be concerned about lack of root plant them as deep as you can get them up to the lower leaves they will produce new roots rapidly not just from the base but up the stem as well again if the stems are not straight this will also not affect the plant just plant deeper so the stem is under ground and the top will grow away fine."
As an experienced gardener these plants were not in transit long enough to yellow like they have, and lack of root will always check a plant's growth!
The packing was just damp newspaper, which had not actually kept what roots there were damp in some of the cabbages. The kale and purple sprouting have hard woody stems, 8-10 inches long. I would be too embarrassed to even give these away
They cost £4.25 for 10 plants, so not cheap either. The only thing that looked OK was a bag of mixed onion sets, but they had got very damp due to being packed in with the other plants, so their bag disintegrated when i lifted it out.
OH says to wait and see if I get the refund, but it is only for 2 lots of plants so £8.50.
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