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Old 07-01-2009, 06:39 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Yes, we have no bananas.

Being in the nursery business, I normally do not buy any plants in big box stores. However, I do run through their nursery sections, to see what they have, and to check prices. After all, they are my competition. ( I also go thru the produce section, in supermarkets, to see if they have anything I can grow from seed.)
I have seen several postings from people telling about the bargains they found in various chains. We have two Home Depots, and a Loew's on Staten Island. During the past week I visited all three of these stores plus, today, just across the bridge, a HD, in Woodbridge, NJ.
In one HD, on Staten Island, they had about four bananas, in 6 inch azalea (squat) pots, that were labeled, "Banana Cavendish". They were about the size of some tissue culture liners, that I got from Agri Starts, in February, and grew on. (about 8-10 inch total height They wanted $9.99, plus tax for them. The other two HDs, and the Loew's had none.
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