Re: Much better
Joe pretty much touched on everything except also throw in the mislabling factor. How many of you have received little TC sprouts that turned out not being what you ordered? Or you are still waiting and waiting to find out just what they might be if a bloom should ever emerge.
I did the whole gardenweb/online swap thing years ago and I can tell you that I must have sent 3 truck loads of bananas to the dump. Eliminated everything that either didn't bloom when it should have or was just clearly not what I wanted. To me, in a relatively small growing area it is worth the couple extra $ to get a big Fat plant that I know will live and from a trustworthy grower.
Joe, how many plants do you have that aren't what they were supposed to be?
I know what I have and it allows me to quite accurately predict what the plant is going to do. This is especially important when you are growing in a marginal climate to begin with. I guess if you are in south florida and your plants grow on autopilot you might not care and plant out anything and everything, but for me here the piece of mind alone is worth it.
Mike
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