Monthly Archives for July 2009
Bonnie plants responds?
The recent Late Blight attack in the east coast has brought to the forefront concerns about mass merchants and their suppliers. When you have one supplier producing all the vegetable plants for box stores nation wide, when trouble happens it … Continue reading
Yes, you can comment
For some unknown reason when you try and comment at my posts it say’s “you must be logged in to comment”. I don’t know why the little box that requires it keeps getting checked, but it does. It’s almost like … Continue reading
So, you want to be a nurseryman, well listen now to what I say.
I find it amazing that so many of us across the country have had the same experiences in our garden centers this year. If you had decent weather you did good business this spring. If you had crummy weather, like … Continue reading
Late blight, the box stores, and you.
The recent late blight problem has huge implications for the garden center business, and home gardening. The idea that one supplier can produce all the vegetable starts for all the major box stores is a bit scary. When things go … Continue reading
So now its news?
We have been talking about the Late Blight attacking tomatoes on the East Coast for a week now. I received a comment from Marie at 66 Square Feet. She say’s, “Have you seen this article, Trey? I wanted to leave … Continue reading
Home vegetable and fruit gardening can be serious business
Something we can expect with the increase of home vegetable gardening, is an increase in frustrated gardeners. Even experts have problems with their vegetable gardening. My friend, farmer Fred Hoffman found out he had Tomato late blight on his ‘Giant … Continue reading
What’s a tomato problem on the East Coast got to do with me?
You might wonder how tomato blight on the East Coast will affect your gardening practices? According to The TimesUnion.com Bonnie plants, the wholesale nursery where the blight was first found, has decided that next year, “the company will reduce the … Continue reading
On being too big
I believe the recent Late Blight scare on the East Coast has far greater implications than most of us realize. While no one is saying that Bonnie Plants did anything wrong, the fact is their nursery shipped tomatoes infected with … Continue reading
Tomato late blight, where are the press releases?
It seems to me that this would or should be a bigger story? Bonnie Growers, supplier of vegetable plants for most of the box and chain stores across the country send out infected plants to millions of people. Yet, at … Continue reading
Tomato plants pulled from Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Walmart
According to Home Channel News, “Home gardeners may end their tomato-growing season a little early this year, as a deadly pathogen that attacks tomato plants has been found in retail nurseries from Maine to the Carolinas. Home Depot, Lowe’s, and … Continue reading
