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Plug plants 'not such garden bargains'

01/03/2010

Gardeners are spending up to 100 times more than they need to on vegetables for their allotments and patches, it has been claimed.
A report from Which? Gardening has urged green-fingered people to compare the cost of plants and seeds when choosing vegetables to ensure they get a garden bargain.
It comes after a survey by the magazine found that plug plants, which yield just one carrot, can cost £1.09 each. In contrast, a packet of 100 seeds normally costs less than £1.
Which? Gardening editor Ceri Thomas said: "£1.09 for a carrot is definitely not value for money. Carrot seed is really cheap to buy and very easy to grow - even for novice gardeners.
"Plug plants are a great option for slow-growing or tricky-to-raise crops, but we wouldn't recommend them for vegetables that can be easily grown from seeds."
Last month, Which? Gardening said peat-free composts are better than traditional versions. The consumer magazine carried out tests using 26 composts, which revealed that not one of the peat-containing composts met the Which? Best Buy criteria.

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