I have no idea who started that trend but it was a complete idiot. Sorry, but its true! You have those little plants growing for a year or two, ready to sell and then you take some dry or fake flowers and you treat the little plant with hot glue. Why??
No hot glue? Well take some pins and pin them then. Make multiple holes is a cactus. I am sure it will love it.
Some companies paint spray them to make it look all pretty and colorful.. please...
Every time I go to the supermarket I see those poor little things and every time I wonder why they do that? I know, I know.. to sell... Then people buy those because they are pretty and then the cactus dies or grows all deformed and with scars because it was all damaged.
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Ok, I got thisginger beauty a few days ago :) No glued flowers, no worries. It was smiling to me so it went home with me. It is adjusting for now, no sun for him yet. Needs repoting and making sure no bugs came with it.
But look at those pretty copper spines! How could I resist it :) Of course it has no name so it is my Gingerhead for now.
But I do have a dilemma if it comes to this practice I was writing about.
- Buy the plant with the glue and pins, remove them and make sure it grow happily every after without that crap, or..
- Do not buy the plant with glue and pins because, because by buying it I support the stupid idea.
What would you do?
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