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  • Advice on School Fair Plant Stall :)

    Hi all of you.

    Hope all is well and you are not getting too frustrated with the cold weather !

    I have just agreed to run the plant stall at the school fair and wondering if anyone can give some suggestions as to plants I can sow this week which will look half decent by May 25th.


    Many thanks in advance.

    Emma
    passionate about plants

    http://escapetotheallotment.blogspot.co.uk/ Check out my new blog...

    There is no greater satisfaction than is gained from a plate of your own home grown !

  • #2
    I'd go for living salad pots personally.

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    • #3
      Living salad boxes are quick to show. We do them in mushroom trays, like the ones on sale in Aldi for 99p. Cut and come again (looseleaf) varieties, not hearting lettuces.

      Four weeks isn't long to have something looking good, really: having said that, anything that looks a bit green & alive might sell.
      Chilli plants are popular, tomatoes of course. Runner/French beans? Sunflowers?
      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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      • #4
        Sweetcorn perhaps.......Should be ready to plant by 25 may and look good.....with the promise of lovely ears of corn in August........

        Bonus.....that will have to buy in bulk to create a block!
        Last edited by Newton; 24-04-2012, 06:21 AM.

        Loving my allotment!

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        • #5
          We have a plant stall each year, the first to sell out are always sunflowers and runner beans, with squash the next popular.
          Even if you don't manage to get huge plants by then, there should be enough of a plant to tempt people with.

          Good Luck.x
          the fates lead him who will;him who won't they drag.

          Happiness is not having what you want,but wanting what you have.xx

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          • #6
            Just coming back to this - runners and squashes agreed - and also maybe ask on freecycle if anyone has any spares [where they have sown the whole packet] that you can pot up - again toms and peppers would be good here.

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            • #7
              You could try perennials. Cadge some clumps and split them up pot them and they should romp away.
              Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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              • #8
                Brilliant advice and ideas, many thanks guys. I did start today with some egg boxes - filled them with compost and sowed some salad leaves, will get friends on the job too!! Heres hoping for a bit of warmth to get everything going a bit more!!
                passionate about plants

                http://escapetotheallotment.blogspot.co.uk/ Check out my new blog...

                There is no greater satisfaction than is gained from a plate of your own home grown !

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                • #9
                  Anything 'easy' - sunflowers, beans, peas, salads etc. School sales are mostly about people donating money, not shopping for the best plant bargains. Make them look green and pretty and you'll be away
                  I was feeling part of the scenery
                  I walked right out of the machinery
                  My heart going boom boom boom
                  "Hey" he said "Grab your things
                  I've come to take you home."

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