Things not to buy. - Page 2

Ken4230 · March 23, 2014

Quote:

Originally Posted by rxkeith

...i think she is past buying any more gadgets, but i asked her to run it by me first if the urge strikes her again. keith

If it was only that easy. That sounds like something a newlywed would say.

After 40 or 50 years of marriage, all you will see is her shaking her head as she walks by you with the car keys in her hand.

I hope you're right and wish you good luck.

Ken

RJGlew · March 23, 2014

Burpee's Porterhouse F1.

brokenbar · March 23, 2014

a "Condo" bargain priced at Chernobyl (52 pound koi with three eyes are included)

Labradors2 · March 23, 2014

A home in a POA or HOA.

Linda

gssgarden · March 23, 2014

Burpee's Porterhouse!!! LOL

THAT'S funny Glew!!

I too was a sucker for it!! Don't think i got two tomatoes in two years!!

Greg

madddawg · March 24, 2014

I was offered once ocean front property in Kansas for $1000 an acre, but I did not have the money at the time. Guess I missed an operunity of a life time there...

Worth1 · March 24, 2014

Saw this at tractor supply today.
Do people have no shame?
The bag said top soil.

Looked like clay and sand to me.
Worth
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madddawg · March 25, 2014

At least its free range!

ScottinAtlanta · March 25, 2014

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redbaron

Never buy those flimsy tomato cages from the big box store to hold up your tomatoes. They'll barely hold up a dwarf. A sungold F1 will literally break the welds on them.

PS I actually would never buy one, but I have 4 received as gifts from well meaning, but inexperienced friends.

But they do work ok on peppers.

nnjjohn · March 25, 2014

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom A To

Don't buy your pants and underwear at the local flea market and auction. You don't know who's been wearing them.

It could be her:

just asking

they rubber?

nnjjohn · March 25, 2014

After seeing how the Florida weave method works.. Although I may still use some of the ones I own for small heirlooms .. I think I will use inexpensive but more efficient 2x2 stakes and twine FOR MY BIG plants.

Tom A To · March 26, 2014

Quote:

Originally Posted by nnjjohn

just asking

they rubber?

Well...I'm not gonna walk up to them and give a squeeze to find out but if I did, I'd get it on camera.

habitat_gardener · March 26, 2014

Quote:

Originally Posted by brokenbar

Apparently, those "shrink up hoses" as "Seen On TV" that everyone on this forum that has bought one has complained...

According to Google ads, there's now a class action suit and you can get $ back from the company.

However: I needed a short hose for one of the community gardens that I could carry with me. Hoses really get trashed there, and the hose bibs are odd -- they point up instead of down. (I got an attachment for the hose bib to take care of that.) All of my hoses have come from freecycle or from someone leaving them at the garden in the free area, but my coil hose got a leak (either from being out in the weather, or from someone else using it <grrr>). So I got a 25 ft. "shrink up" hose at Ross for $5 and so far it's working out well. No complaints!

livinonfaith · March 27, 2014

I actually do use those flimsy metal tomato cages. (most of mine are 54", I think? with a few 48" and 42") They're not bad for dwarfs, small determinates, and peppers. They certainly aren't enough on their own for the big indeterminates.

However, since I stupidly bought a holy ton of them one year, some imagination and cheap fixes had to be explored. I connected the end of two rows of them to my metal fence and then firmly attached them to each other with zip ties on three sides. Reenforced that way, they are surprisingly sturdy. They were completely covered with huge plants last year and none of them fell apart. (Although I eventually had to trim the plants back because they were sprawling out of the top and running back down all over the place.)

Not saying that the advice to avoid them and buy something better isn't valid. It is! But just in case anyone out there is as dumb as I was, I'd like to let them know that they might not have completely thrown away all of their hard earned money. Zip ties are magic, people!!

Redbaron · March 27, 2014

Quote:

Originally Posted by livinonfaith

I actually do use those flimsy metal tomato cages. (most of mine are 54", I think? with a few 48" and 42") They're not bad for dwarfs, small determinates, and peppers. They certainly aren't enough on their own for the big indeterminates.

However, since I stupidly bought a holy ton of them one year, some imagination and cheap fixes had to be explored. I connected the end of two rows of them to my metal fence and then firmly attached them to each other with zip ties on three sides. Reenforced that way, they are surprisingly sturdy. They were completely covered with huge plants last year and none of them fell apart. (Although I eventually had to trim the plants back because they were sprawling out of the top and running back down all over the place.)

Not saying that the advice to avoid them and buy something better isn't valid. It is! But just in case anyone out there is as dumb as I was, I'd like to let them know that they might not have completely thrown away all of their hard earned money. Zip ties are magic, people!!

Never underestimate human ingenuity!

March 23, 2014	#18
brokenbar Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South Of The Border Posts: 1,169	a "Condo" bargain priced at Chernobyl (52 pound koi with three eyes are included) __________________ "If I'm not getting dirty, I'm not having a good time."

March 24, 2014	#21
madddawg Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Missouri Posts: 407	I was offered once ocean front property in Kansas for $1000 an acre, but I did not have the money at the time. Guess I missed an operunity of a life time there... __________________ I grow a garden not just for the food I harvest, but for the creation of life itself. Johnny Cash

March 25, 2014	#23
madddawg Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Missouri Posts: 407	At least its free range! __________________ I grow a garden not just for the food I harvest, but for the creation of life itself. Johnny Cash

March 25, 2014	#26
nnjjohn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: northern new jersey Posts: 683	I 'll never buy another tomato cage After seeing how the Florida weave method works.. Although I may still use some of the ones I own for small heirlooms .. I think I will use inexpensive but more efficient 2x2 stakes and twine FOR MY BIG plants. __________________ john

March 23, 2014	#17
RJGlew Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 645	Burpee's Porterhouse F1.

March 23, 2014	#19
Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,895	A home in a POA or HOA. Linda

March 23, 2014	#20
gssgarden Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: N.C. Posts: 1,827	Burpee's Porterhouse!!! LOL THAT'S funny Glew!! I too was a sucker for it!! Don't think i got two tomatoes in two years!! Greg

March 24, 2014	#22
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Saw this at tractor supply today. Do people have no shame? The bag said top soil. Looked like clay and sand to me. Worth IMG_2014032359941.jpg

March 27, 2014	#29
livinonfaith Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina Posts: 1,332	I actually do use those flimsy metal tomato cages. (most of mine are 54", I think? with a few 48" and 42") They're not bad for dwarfs, small determinates, and peppers. They certainly aren't enough on their own for the big indeterminates. However, since I stupidly bought a holy ton of them one year, some imagination and cheap fixes had to be explored. I connected the end of two rows of them to my metal fence and then firmly attached them to each other with zip ties on three sides. Reenforced that way, they are surprisingly sturdy. They were completely covered with huge plants last year and none of them fell apart. (Although I eventually had to trim the plants back because they were sprawling out of the top and running back down all over the place.) Not saying that the advice to avoid them and buy something better isn't valid. It is! But just in case anyone out there is as dumb as I was, I'd like to let them know that they might not have completely thrown away all of their hard earned money. Zip ties are magic, people!!