Topic: Wilkos vs specialist?

[Si D]

Got the catalogues from the specialist nurseries: 3kg seed pots about £5 a go.
Went into Wilko's: 3kg seed pots about £2 a go.

So, are the ones from 'proper' nurseries that much better than Wilko's?

I 'spose that one advantage is that the nurseries' ones have a lot more choice of variety, but at a considerable price!

Also, Wilko's onion sets - any good?

[Thegoodlife]

ive used wilko,s for spuds & sets and never had any problems you may get a few duds with the onions but as for the spuds no problem at all, i fact was very cheeky :D this year our local farm did there harvest of spuds put them on the camp so i waited just after xmas they loded them all up with a grading machine those that did not make it or too small were left in a very large pile for animal feed so i got my share first got around 6kg of miris pipers, we wil se how they get on when i plant them. :-\

still have some wilko seed as well

[Pesky Wabbit]

The expensive ones catch blight just as quickly as the cheaper ones. So no difference there, and I doubt if the slugs and wireworms will be fussy about the difference.

Why not try both - do a trial and post the results.

However, I do remember a Bob Flowerdew trial that showed bigger tubers have a MUCH higher yield - so avoid the marble sized ones.

[Si D]

Why not try both - do a trial and post the results.

Yep, thaty's what I'm looking to do - just incase one lot don't work well!

[Kea]

Wilkinson's Red sun shallots I've now grown two years in a row and had great success with them, one year was very dry and the other year very wet. The expensive shallots bought by mail order were a waste of time...I can't remember the variety though. I've bought Red Sun last week £1 for 500g bag the one I counted had 16 good sized bulbs.

Don't bother with the Globe artichoke from there mine grew as cardoon......very pretty but not what I wanted.

[caseylee]

I have used seeds from wilkos for ages and they are excellant, I have just bought my potatoes and  chinese onions from there for a excellant price, I believe it was 1.50 a bag.