On Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:58:19 -0400, Boron Elgar
> wrote:

> They have to have some life left in them or I do not try, and the
> damage has to be from neglect, not disease. I think of it as "Plant
> Rescue."
>
> Tomatoes are pretty easy to save...just plant them deeper if they have
> gotten leggy or the lowest leaves are missing or in bad shape.
>
> Around here, grocery stores are good places to get such plants. I have
> gotten rose bushes, pots of petunias, veggie sets, etc and done well
> with them. Besides, at such cheap prices ranging from 50 cents for a
> tomato or up to $5 for a rose bush, I am never out much money.

I got a fiddle leaf fig that would have otherwise gone into the
garbage for $1 that way. The store had gotten too cold, so it lost
all of its leaves and it couldn't be sold for full value. 10-15 years
later, it's still going strong and touching the ceiling. I pruned it
back a couple of feet a few years ago and it has grown to the ceiling
again.

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I take life with a grain of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila