Disappointed in Prairie Moons garden kit plant quality
Located in Minnesota, about 45 minutes from Prairie Moon.
Has anyone else received their orders of Prairie Moon’s garden kits? How was the plant quality?
My order shipped Friday and was delivered this morning (semi-shade garden) and I opened it up to find soaked plants, with 100% of the foxglove beardtongue infected with septoria leaf spot.
Outside of being a little bedraggled from shipping (which is fine), a few of the plants just generally seem low quality and are suffering from some kind of issue with yellowing and discolored leaves. I already have an established native garden I had planned to add on to, but I am concerned about the leaf spot now spreading and infecting my soil, or that the entire garden kit is now infected. I usually buy my plants from another local farm, but the kits came at a cheaper individual plant price.
I’ve reach out to their customer service, but wanted to see if anyone else had this same issue since they’re a popular retailer here. Just feeling a little disappointed in them.
EDIT:
I think some people are missing the point of the question about quality issues. Getting plants that are small or roughed up from shipping is fine. I know the plants will bounce back basically immediately. However, it is disappointing to receive plants with an active fungus infection that can potentially kill establishing plants and live in the soil for several years after.
EDIT EDIT:
I have heard back from PM. They didn’t really have much to say or offer anything besides confirming it is indeed a septoria leaf spot infection. They recommend I pick off the spotted leaves and gave instructions on how to prevent the spread and offered the chance at credit if they fail to thrive. I will instead be removing and not planting them and purchasing healthy plants from somewhere else. Not sure why I would risk infecting a new garden bed and then having to essentially help limp along plugs that shouldn’t have been shipped in this state in the first place. Perhaps their satellite location that does these kits and flats needs better quality control to avoid shipping out infected plants.