Wilkinsons watch

[glow777]

Anyone noticed if any spuds or onions etc are in yet?

Ive heard people say that B&Q and some Garden Centres have theirs in

[glow777]

[Merry Tiller]

Dunno, mine were ordered weeks ago

[zorro]

T&M delivered my spuds before christmas wilkies are usually 2nd week in january

[Froglegs]

Never order mine as they  cost twice as much than if ya buy from a local outlet 3kg of Picasso from Marshalls £6.45 plus p&p £1.25=£7.70. :( In local farm shop £3.00. :)

[Merry Tiller]

Yes Marshalls are extortionate aren't they?

[Curryandchips]

I expect to pay about £3 (or less) for 3kg of spuds

[Merry Tiller]

£2 even better

[Curryandchips]

I think a bloke on our site is organising deliveries this year at 'about' £2/3kg ... I have no idea how he manages it !

[saddad]

My fav. GC at Breedon Hill Leics has a very good range at about £3-50 per 3 kg net but I doubt they are in yet.
;D

[glow777]

I used to get mine cheap from a local pet shop but he has sold up and the new owner is no longer doing spuds. I cant find anywhere very local ie in town, hence the thread (wilkos is 12 miles away in a dircetion I dont often travel). I refuse to pay more for a bag of seed than what I can buy a sack for from the side of the road

[compostclara]

January Gardener's World have an offer for spuds - £15 for three packs of twenty tubers - reasonable range of types.  Extra bags £2.50 each.  They are from Thompson & Morgan & promise delivery in mid Feb.

[RSJK]

Garden allotment shop for me around about £2.50 for 3Kg. To expensive from seed catalogues, plus the fact that I like to see the quality of the seed potato I am buying.

[manicscousers]

local allotment shop for us, as well, 60p per lb, last year, choice of 4 earlies, 2nds and 6 mains, roll on mid january  :)

[Froglegs]

The only trouble with the allotment  shop is you don't allways get what ya order  :'( end up with a variety called substitute. ;D

[Curryandchips]

end up with a variety called substitute.

That is all part of the fun and excitement of allotment gardening, you don't know how your crops will perform either ...  :D

[Toadspawn]

Luckily a local garden centre sells potatoes by the pound so it is possible to buy fewer tubers of many different varieties than a lot of one variety. There are usually about thirty different varieties to select from. I usually buy them during February but they will soon be available.

[mc55]

omg - I've still got potatoes coming out of my ears and can't bear to think about buying any for chitting just yet.  The cellar head has two blue trays of Pentland Javelin that look like auditionees for some wierd alien film and have nicely fused themselves together.

[saddad]

I think my spuds got the part in the prequel last year mc55!
::)

[Melbourne12]

Anyone noticed if any spuds or onions etc are in yet?

Ive heard people say that B&Q and some Garden Centres have theirs in

I've just been to B&Q in Watford, who have half a dozen varieties of potato.  £3.48 for a good sized bag (1.5kg?) or 2 for a fiver.  No onions yet, though.  Bit early, I'd have thought.

[valmarg]

I'm not a fan of Wilkos at all.  They may be cheaper than other places, but you do not always get what you pay for.

Froglets mentions a variety called 'substitute', I would say they also sell varieties, called 'surprise, surprise' and 'nothing like the label'!!

One item that springs to mind are the begonia corms, white with a pink frilly edging.  What I got was bright orange.  Buggeredup my colour scheme for the containers that year.

I did get some good young plants from B&Q last year, but some of the fuchsia varieties were wrong

You pays your money and you takes your choice.  If you want named varieties of plants then you go to a specialist nursery.  On the other hand if you want a bright colourful display for summer, B&Q, Wilkos, etc will provide the goods.