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adiholl522Kxr3ecQxadiholl522Kxr3ecQx Posts: 3
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hi there 
just wondered if anyone could help here 
I planted some oriental poppy plugs in June, but they just disappeared overnight I'm guessing slugs here,
my question is what are the odds of them growing back next year? there are supposed to be hardy .
regards Mr A Holloway

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 52,165
    Pretty  much completely unlikely, I'd say.
    Hardy or otherwise, plugs need grown on until they're much bigger plants before planting out. Even the larger plugs some companies provide would need that. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • adiholl522Kxr3ecQxadiholl522Kxr3ecQx Posts: 3
    hi ok 
    did think as much to be truthful,
    is a joke though they did state that they were ready to plant in the ground 
    still, it was on eBay
    thanks for that I will get some seeds, and grow them myself  which i should have done in the first place so much cheaper 
    regards a holloway
  • PosyPosy Posts: 3,601
    I find the term 'Garden Ready' very much a matter of opinion!
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 52,165
    A phrase often used on places like eBay @Posy  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,436
    And a lot of other places Fairy,taken with large pinch of salt. I don't tend to plant anything out till it's at least the size of a one ltr pot
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,238
    Mark the spot, just in case!
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,391
    All my hardy perennial seedlings/plugs are grown-on for 6 months to year in pots before being planted out.  They wouldn't survive the slugs here otherwise.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 83,966
    Garden-ready often translates as slug and snail fodder 🐌 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 52,165
    Indeedy doody. Absolutely the case here  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • adiholl522Kxr3ecQxadiholl522Kxr3ecQx Posts: 3
    lol ok ok I get it 
    seriously thanks for the advice guys 
    very much appreciated  xx
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