These are a bargain and great to use the leaves in stews, gravy etc
A mature 6-year-old tree in a big 3.5 litre pot.
Choose from Spiral or Double Spiral.
Same price as they sold them 3 years ago.
Available from the 14th May >
Top comments
biggysilly
7 May 154#3
"Same price as they sold them 3 years ago"
So are these 9 years old now? :man:
escortboy
7 May 153#11
So much knowledge, Alan Titchmarsh gtf outta the way!!!
Sir_Didymus to steevieboy4u
7 May 153#10
Oh, well all they do is strip back all the growth before winter kicks in and snip off the stems and basically just leave a plain stalk with no growth on it. The plant might look dead but it's sort of in a hibernation period as long as you leave it in a warm place and water it once or twice a month. Then eventually when spring/summer comes around it starts blooming again. They sell pear trees, apple trees etc like this because it's cheaper to transport. Also the reason why fully blossoming and in-season plants cost a lot more than overwintered plants. Places like Home Bargains, Lidl, Aldi all sell overwintered pear trees, plum trees, apple trees etc.
All comments (46)
escortboy
7 May 15#1
Looks great!
Jonnyblock
7 May 15#2
Very middle class darling!
biggysilly
7 May 154#3
"Same price as they sold them 3 years ago"
So are these 9 years old now? :man:
quadkon to biggysilly
8 May 15#29
No, the ones they bought would be but are 6 year old :smirk:
ivan_glojene
7 May 15#4
???
Sir_Didymus
7 May 15#5
Do they actually come like that or are they overwintered plants that need re-potting with root stimulator feed?
steevieboy4u to Sir_Didymus
7 May 15#6
:confused: No idea? Guessing they will look like the photo's.
Probably best to repot into a bigger one and take them out of the cheap plastic ones anyway.
Sir_Didymus
7 May 152#7
I do always put store bought plants into bigger pots to promote more root growth but most of the store bought ones are usually overwintered with nothing on the plant itself unless you buy fully in season plants. I'd prefer to grow my own stuff from seed but seeing as I'm busy with my chilli and fruit plants this year I really don't have the time to start something like this from seed especially if it's a mature dwarf bay tree. I will pop in to Aldi and have a look anyway so thanks for the post. Would be nice to add a Bay tree to my collection.
steevieboy4u
7 May 15#8
What does 'overwintered' mean? I'm not really much of a gardener :man:
Sir_Didymus to steevieboy4u
7 May 153#10
Oh, well all they do is strip back all the growth before winter kicks in and snip off the stems and basically just leave a plain stalk with no growth on it. The plant might look dead but it's sort of in a hibernation period as long as you leave it in a warm place and water it once or twice a month. Then eventually when spring/summer comes around it starts blooming again. They sell pear trees, apple trees etc like this because it's cheaper to transport. Also the reason why fully blossoming and in-season plants cost a lot more than overwintered plants. Places like Home Bargains, Lidl, Aldi all sell overwintered pear trees, plum trees, apple trees etc.
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These are a bargain and great to use the leaves in stews, gravy etc
A mature 6-year-old tree in a big 3.5 litre pot.
Choose from Spiral or Double Spiral.
Same price as they sold them 3 years ago.
Available from the 14th May >
Top comments
So are these 9 years old now? :man:
All comments (46)
So are these 9 years old now? :man:
Probably best to repot into a bigger one and take them out of the cheap plastic ones anyway.