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General => Bargains Galore => Topic started by: Digeroo on August 30, 2012, 05:52:43
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They started yesterday with the 50p seed offer.
Lots of goodies on offer.
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This is something I'll miss - the nearest branch is 272 miles away! Shame as I do like to stock up there. Don't suppose you fancy doing a £30 veg collection for me in your spare time?!
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not that I need any more seeds but I may take a trip down there at the weekend!
Ollie - is your location right as there are wyvales at both crowthorne and bagshot which are not 272 miles from guildford? am happy to pick some packets of seed up for you and post them if you like?
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Thanks Linnea - we moved to Nairn, just North of Inverness, 4 weeks ago. I have now updated my info :)
Thanks for the kind offer - have also had a pm about it but will let you know. Can always fit in a few more seeds, eh?!
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No Wyevale close to me - but if anyone is able to get some Sungold seeds for me I'll willingly pay all costs. I've been checking my seed box and find that I have more than enough of everything I want to grow next year - except Sungold!
Tricia
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I just knew they would start it whilst I'm away on my hols .....grrrrr! ::)
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We used to have wyevale in my area but they are now called something else. Are they still the same chain, I wonder?
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£70 worth of seeds for £17.50, 35 packs of seeds. Our Wyvales (Springfield Garden Centre) in Chelmsford still has all the seeds out on their racks, much easier to choose than when they bung them all in buckets. ;D ;D ;D
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They are called the Garden Centre Group and include Blooms.
If you go here you can locate your nearest,
http://www.thegardencentregroup.co.uk/garden-centres/find
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tHANKS for that link Digeroo...I've just discovered it's my 2nd closest gdn centre.... Might have to pop down there tomorrow following work....
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No Wyevale close to me - but if anyone is able to get some Sungold seeds for me I'll willingly pay all costs. I've been checking my seed box and find that I have more than enough of everything I want to grow next year - except Sungold!
Tricia
they didn't have any in mine when i went down.
Was very restrained and only came away with 4 packets of edibles and 4 of flowers
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Thanks for trying Linnea!
Tricia
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No Wyevale close to me - but if anyone is able to get some Sungold seeds for me I'll willingly pay all costs.
Tricia
JACK'S PATCH....
Newton Road
Bishopsteignton
Teignmouth
Devon
TQ14 9PN
Is now part of the Garden Centre Group.... EX Wyvale... got many lovely seed packets only last week Tricia.
If you cannot get any SUNGOLD... I'll send you some of my seeds when I start to save them from this years crop.
Do you still have my Address Tricia, if not I will email it.
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THought I did pretty well on my trip to the Oxford one, only 74 packs.... couldn't get any Sungold though.... they were in buckets too .... but managed to get most of the things I want to grow next eyar and it's especially cheap for stocking up on expensive F1 seeds and the Unwins Gro-sure stuff... there were four packs of sweetcorn seed and four packs of F1 shallots in there, plus most of my onions, cabbages, cucumbers, courgettes, commercially available beans (Cobra, Blue Lake etc), stuff like carrots, herbs and radishes. If seed is available I must admit I prefer to buy rather than save for myself unless it's silly expensive.... elephant garlic, I'm looking at you.....
Hopefully will be able to swap for most else that I want.... have heritage beans, want heritage beans really....
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Totted up what my Wyevale haul would have cost me otherwise... just north of 180 quid, will prolly have a prod around in Swindon branch this weekend, but I'm set for most things.... Hadn't realised just how pricy some of those Unwins Gro-sure seeds are, but the ones I had this year seem to give good germination....
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If you save seed from Sungold you may be disappointed when it comes to flavour. I bought some plants from a guy a couple of years ago and they just did not have that sungold zip to the taste, he later admitted they were saved seeds. I thought at the time the plants were too cheap.
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No Wyevale close to me - but if anyone is able to get some Sungold seeds for me I'll willingly pay all costs. I've been checking my seed box and find that I have more than enough of everything I want to grow next year - except Sungold!
Tricia
No Sungold at my Wyevales either. Sorry I can't help. I have been twice and last time 2 gentlemen helped me sort thro' all the boxes.
Thanks for the post about saving seed. I won't try.
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Managed a good time at my local branch this morning... apart form running into Taurus and her friend I got lucky and found several packs of Sungold, plus everything else I could possibly want (and some for other folks), plus to windowsill growkits to give the neices adn nephews as part of their CHristmas presents... a tomato kit, a pepper kit and a giant pumpkin kit for each of the families.... hopefully won't cause too much stress in the families... my middle brother has an allotment anyway and my youngest brother has moved into a bigger place with garden recently (and also lives just round the corner form my mum who has a greenhouse and sees a lot of her grandkids.... and I found some more shallot seed (one of the success stories this year) .... somehow I picked up 63 packets though.....
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Just picked up 332 worth for £7.50 and all with sow by dates of 2013 or 2014. Could have bought more but tried to restrain myself :)
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That's £32 worth and not 332 which would be what I would have spent if I hadn't put lots back :)
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just got a few packets in upminster branch ,still loads to choose from
country gardens
http://www.thegardencentregroup.co.uk/garden-centres/country-gardens/Country-Gardens-Upminster-Garden-Centre/CD
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Went to my local Wyevale (York) for grit and compost, came back with 12 packets of seeds as well. Thought that was quite restrained- maybe I'll get some more if they go down to 10p. :happy7:
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Went in to the garden centre group enfield yesterday and the seeds are down to 10p a packet spent £4.40 and they are worth a £112 so definitely a bargain . I might have bought more but i spent £40 when they were 50p a packet , so i have saved a fortune :icon_cheers:
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oh, you shouldn't have told me that!! do you think that is nationwide, the 10p sale?
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I would have thought so as they all seemed to become 50p pretty much at the same time. I had to search to find the seeds though and they were dumped in a couple of barrels near the checkout and i emptied them out on the floor to have a good look through ( i was not bothered about being seen searching for a bargain) so do have a good look round or ask someone if they still have them as they might not be out on a table as they were before
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My local Garden Centre Group at Havant also has 2 trugs of seeds at 10p a packet. They aren't with the rest of the full-price seeds, they are out with the bulbs that are also half price.
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Got 22 packets of seeds at 10p a packet (Wyevales that isn't Wyevales, and apparently hasn't been for 2 years) at Crews Hill). OH moaning (as usual) as said I had gone to the wrong nursery as it wasn't Wyevales but I recognised the green sign, but I asked for the 10p seeds (whilst he hid) and found the tub that was left. I also had a good time sitting on the floor of the shop sorting through whilst he disowned me. I do love a good bargain, looking forward to March/April so can get planting. Also bought him a packet of 99p crisps reduced to 25p to stop him moaning and some redcurrant jelly for 50p instead of £3.79 (only a small jar) and to think I didn't bother to pick all my redcurrants this year. Prices in Enfield Garden Centre when not on offer are very expensive. Lots of the seeds were duplicates, and a lot of herbs, but at 10p a packet I'm not complaining. The catmint was probably the most expensive one (full price £2.89). :happy7: :happy7: :happy7: