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Old 06-20-2015, 01:45 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Default Re: Expensive Basjoo

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Originally Posted by siege2050 View Post
Monrovia is insanely overpriced on everything they sell. A potted musa zebrina from them goes for close to 50 dollars, while a TC zebrina can reach the same height in one season for 6.99. If its from Monrovia, its going to be way overpriced.
Yeah, the $60 red bananas at Lowes are from Monrovia. I know their dawn redwoods are grown from rooted cuttings, as opposed to being seed grown. That limits the genetic diversity severely; a dangerous practice on a tree still so close to extinction in the wild.
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