Wal-Mart Fertilizer has no phosphorus anymore.
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Comments (15)The big box stores in general are pretty bad in keeping things appropriate to the location. Every year, they get those god-awful little sad sticks in boxes brought in during February, when we have 2 1/2 months before it would be safe to plant them out here in Michigan. And invariably, they have cultivars like Thompson Seedless grapes that can't possibly survive here. I've also seen other gems like rabbiteye blueberries, fuzzy kiwi, etc. Mind you, as someone willing to try via "extraordinary techniques" to overwinter out of zone plants, I find it interesting, but its bad and deceptive for the novice who doesn't know the difference. As far as the enormous operations that supply plants for the big-box stores, I find it fascinating that they have such complex systems set up, yet can't manage to find enough people to unload, unpack, water, and properly care for these plants once they arrive at your local Wal-mart, Home Depot, Lowe's,, etc. I always wondered how they made ANY profit at all, given the high cost of inputs such as energy, when they are all paid essentially on commission under these pay-by-scanned-sales programs, and so much of the plant material dies in the retail outlet due to abuse, neglect, and just plain market saturation beyond all reasonable ability to sell it all. But, they must, or it wouldn't happen. I guess the good side -- some of these places, particularly Lowe's, are pretty good about marking things down dramatically to move them -- I get good bargains on things all the time. Best was a few years back at the end of season at my local Home Depot, when they got down to the "everything in small pots is $0.50, everything in medium pots is $1, and everything larger is $2" by Halloween -- I ended up getting several cartloads of nice nursery stock for next to nothing -- Buddleia, crabapples, maples, all kinds of things. Best was a grafted dwarf mounding blue spruce, original price $80, for $2....See MoreBad smell of WalMart top soil
Comments (7)Any soil, compost, or manure product you purchase in a store that smell offensive has been packaged too wet and in those plastic bags the anaerobic, and potentially disease causing, bacteria can go to work. If you are willing to use the stuff it is best to recompost it first, simply because of the possibilty of the presence of disease pathogens, not only those that can infect you but those that could infect your plants as well....See MoreYellow Violas at Wal*Mart + Spring Fever
Comments (1)I don't know Dallas Johnson, but he's got about 6 acres of greenhouses in Council Bluffs. My brother owned a house right by the place, but they only wholesale, no retail....See MoreWal-Mart question
Comments (18)"...I want a Woolworth Five & Dime!!!!Sure do miss some of the old stuff!! Jan..." Then you'll like this. Here in Vermont there are only FOUR WalMarts in the entire state! One is in Bennington about 12 miles from us. When they wanted to come to VT they were told they could NOT build in a field outside of town. They HAD to locate in town and there was a vacant WOOLWORTHS store they could have. But they were not allowed to expand the building by one foot. They had to stay inside this 40,000 sq ft store. This was not easy for WalMart since the average store at that time was 112,000 sq ft. But they located inside the building and it's the smallest store in the chain. And then a funny thing happened. The surrounding businesses didn't close, but had MORE business! They LOVE WalMart! Simply by putting the store near downtown, everybody benefited. But everybody misses the Woolworths lunch counter!...See Moredigdirt2
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