The final indignity came when one batch of very smelly compost (at £6.95 a bag) killed my plants overnight. I potted up ten dahlias, some home-grown Tithonia rotundifolia plugs and pricked out some strong Verbena bonariensis seedlings. They looked well when I’d finished, but seemed to be suffering later that day when I went to close the
Val explains how it’s not easy being green greenhouse. Sadly, they were all dead by the following morning, so I contacted the store’s customer service department. Others had already complained, so they knew about the problem. They refunded me for the compost and compensated me for my plants, so I’m not naming and shaming them, but that compost is still being sold and will almost certainly kill someone else’s plants.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة July 30, 2022 من Amateur Gardening.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة July 30, 2022 من Amateur Gardening.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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