A thread with such a title on a forum such as this means I probably need to tread carefully. So I guess I should start with some genuine praise.
When it comes to plants "Tropica" has been my go to "brand." I learned the hard way that I've got to go for quality after buying a particular plant on ebay years ago and experiencing a snail infestation. I have always been impressed with tropica until I recently bought some plants from two (very well known to this forum) stores. they sent me these gel filled pots called 1-2-grow and my goodness there is absolutely NOTHING in these pots. To be thorough, the pots were filled with roughly 50% gel and the plants, lets just call them plantlets/stems or "1 shoot-1 leaf." No roots, nothing to anchor the plants with. Just a nice plastic pot, gel, and so very little of the actual plants I ordered.
Yet they still charge the same price and in many cases an even higher price? That's just not fair and dare I say a rip-off because these two stores no longer offer the "traditional" pot what version and accompanying wool.
To be clear Like most of you over the years I have spent hundreds with tropica. So much that I dare not try and calculate what I have spent with them. And reiterate that I the quality has always been 100% class. But it seems Tropica are going the way of most companies of offering far less and charging way more. Unfortunately.
When it comes to plants "Tropica" has been my go to "brand." I learned the hard way that I've got to go for quality after buying a particular plant on ebay years ago and experiencing a snail infestation. I have always been impressed with tropica until I recently bought some plants from two (very well known to this forum) stores. they sent me these gel filled pots called 1-2-grow and my goodness there is absolutely NOTHING in these pots. To be thorough, the pots were filled with roughly 50% gel and the plants, lets just call them plantlets/stems or "1 shoot-1 leaf." No roots, nothing to anchor the plants with. Just a nice plastic pot, gel, and so very little of the actual plants I ordered.
Yet they still charge the same price and in many cases an even higher price? That's just not fair and dare I say a rip-off because these two stores no longer offer the "traditional" pot what version and accompanying wool.
To be clear Like most of you over the years I have spent hundreds with tropica. So much that I dare not try and calculate what I have spent with them. And reiterate that I the quality has always been 100% class. But it seems Tropica are going the way of most companies of offering far less and charging way more. Unfortunately.