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Major Lowes Rescue(pics)

  • #21
hahahahha im in western washington
our humidity is probably just as high outdoors as it is in those cubes ;)
 
  • #22
That is a great score! Look at all those plants. :D

My all-time record for a Lowes rescue was getting $504 worth of half-dead plants for $5. The manager told me I could have all the plants I wanted off of the two sale racks. I loaded up a shopping cart with orchids and all kinds of plants. Unfortunately, no CPs. Poor clerk had to ring up every plant and get the total and then discount it to $5. I think I pissed off the people behind me in line.

I always remember the manager's name...Waughn Vaughn. lol What a great name!

Yay for rescued CPs!
 
  • #23
w00t PAK :3
hahahha i pissed off pleanty of people behind me in line yesterday. was pretty epic really xD especially when i got home, my stepfathers jaw dropped. xD
 
  • #24
Well
its been a little over a month
ill post pictures soon
most of the plants of sprung right back up
whoever said D. Adelae couldnt be grown in full sun.....rofl. a few came back from the roots and they look pretty amazing.
most of my sarracenia are perking up quite a bit, starting to send out some nice new growth.
the VFTs have all pretty much sprung back nicely. a couple are flowering.
the 2 neps are still iffy.
one is dead, it came with a dead growthpoint, it was pretty much a lost cause the moment i opened the case and saw it.
the other is doing all right, enjoying partial to full sun depending on the weather....
ick. washington weather lol.
 
  • #25
I can't wait to see pics. Strangely enough, I was thinking about this thread the other day.
 
  • #26
Has Lowes stopped selling carnivorous plants? I've been checking with several local ones here in Florida, and they haven't had any in stock for several months.
 
  • #27
Wow! Not sure how I missed this thread before. Great score! I've gotten a cobra from Lowes for $1 (one of the big cubes), but usually they're so far gone that I don't even bother. My favorite was a ton of VFTs at a grocery store. The floral section manager explained that when the leaves are black or if there is red in the traps, then it is dying. I kept a straight face and gladly accepted the 10 plants that she picked out as "dying" and bought them for $.50 each. A while later, the rest of the plants were marked down to the same price and I snatched them all up. The few that made it through the winter died in early spring or vanished when squirrels dug in the pots.

I thought that that was a great score, but you win! I can't wait to see all of those rubras enjoying the full sun. Congrats, dude!
 
  • #28
boy, i wish i could shop at the Lowes you go to.
I can't believe the manager would start discounting them when they look that good! sure there's a little browning, but the Lowes here in Cedar Rapids, IA sells the large cubes for $10 even if the entire plant is black and only has 1 small green speck on a pitcher.
 
  • #29
Here is a couple pics from the bogs about 2 1/2 weeks ago or so ago they look even better now
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  • #30
Looking good! And by this time next year it will be a lot more filled in.
 
  • #32
bless your soul, lol, I wished my soul was bless with 75% off on cp's at lowes.
 
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