We like to do a little garage saleing this time of year. The other day I picked up a like new Big Lots $15 planter (price tag still on it) for 50 cents and a free aluminum scoop, but today I hit the jackpot. We ran over to a nearby sale a few roads away and I scored two sets of brand new in the package grow through grids from Gardener's Supply. Only, these were a few years old... pre-Tariff. There were four, actually of the large 24" size and a full set of three the 18"so she had obviously purchased three sets and only actually used two rings. The best part about it was the pre-Tariff thing. They are the old, heavier gauge wire from China, not the new flimsy version from India.
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| New flimsy version on the Left, Old sturdier on the Right |
I already had left a review on Gardener's expressing my disappointment on the flimsy thing. These grids are an essential tool for me. I have accumulated dozens over the years. Not only do I use them as stem supports for my taller perennials, but I place them as a roof over Hosta plants to support the bird netting I use to keep the door from munching on my Hosta. They keep the netting off the leaves so the leaves don't get mooshed down and caught in the net. It also gives me something to clip the net too.. Finding older, heavier sets was amazing!
I did get some of the 18" this spring, but decided to make do with what I had on the 24" rings because they have gotten so darn expensive. If I ordered one set of each right now, with tax and shipping, it would have totaled $95. Just one 24" ring alone, without tax and shipping would be $10 if you broke up the set. And that is what I paid for the whole lot. $10.
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