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Home and Garden > Gardening > Helpful Hints on April 20, 2009

Finding Extra Plants in Pony Packs

I'm frugal, but do afford myself the "luxury" of buying the small plants for my backyard raised garden and flower beds. Today I decided to get started with the planting and stopped to by a few plants from a mom and pop's roadside stand not far from home. Upon examining the little four-packs, which they sell for $1.25, I realized that many of the packs had two or more plants growing in each of the four cups.

By spending a little extra time looking, I was able to buy packs with as many as 9 plants in them rather than the 4 which are usually in the ones which come from the big box garden centers who get them from huge greenhouse operations. I saved money; I kept the profit to the merchant in our community; and I got very healthy plants that hadn't gone through several days of shipping and stocking.

By Sandy from Elon, NC

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03/18/2013

I also buy the drooping plants that the stores forgot to water or early frost has touched. They look sad, but after a few weeks revive, fill out, and seem stronger for everything they've been through. Best of all, they often sell for fifty cents or less per pack.

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04/01/2010

I love this one. I used it last year and found many more plants in my ponies.

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