Hours & Hours of Richard Jackson

[backstreetgirl]

What do you mean careful? I was just voicing an opinion which is what I thought this forum was for! I will say what I like and if people don't like it tough!! It is just my own personal thoughts and views, I don't have to be 'careful' for anyone.

Good grief whitesnake, anyone could see mossie was joking, calm down.

 

[Miss Ellie]

Oh dear. Seriously, even if Richard Jackson fans on here did take issue with someone's else's view on the man, it is a case of well that's your opinion but I don't agree. End of. No need for anyone to gets their knickers in a twist.

 

[whitesnake]

Good grief whitesnake, anyone could see mossie was joking, calm down.

Look I have apologised! I was out of order and I hold my hands up. Have you never had a bad day or got hold of the wrong end of the stick? I

 

[May]

I've just spent some money in Home base ...want some colour in our garden ......it calms me down .....go on peeps get inYour gardens it might calm you down ....( I'm having a little joke with you ) .but seriously ....petunias ..fushcias...hanging basket with pansies ...( I'm no charlie dimmock as I said before but I'm loving a bit of a dabble in the garden ) ....not spending hours or money with RJ though .....i like looking around and its great excersise walking around centres in this weather anyway :mysmilie_480::mysmilie_499::mysmilie_499:

 

[louise66]

Haven't had the Q on at all today. I hate gardening shows. I'm sure I'm not alone, in this view.

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

I don't think there is any chance of RJ fans on here taking offence as I have never ever seen any positive post for him, in fact I think in saying I didn't think about him much at all was probably the nearest to that I have seen. LOL

Like or dislike anyone you want, I certainly do (mention no names but she has been on quite a lot today)

 

[Brissles]

There are several 'pairs' of words that are guaranteed to make my eyes glaze over....................... Richard Jackson......... Northern Nights .............Kelly Hoppen........Yankee Candles...........Diet Chef..........Marjolein Brugman...............Andrea McLean........... and Vax anything.


I cant get my head around people actually buying plants/flowers off the tele ! there are so many cheap and expensive garden centres / supermarkets around to cater for all purse strings, so why risk receiving plants that could either be wilting or dead on arrival. I feel the same about buying meat and pies through shopping tele,, its more expensive, so why do it ?

As for Richard Jackson, he always looks the 'spare part at a wedding' when there is a 3rd guest involved, so why not send him off screen for a coffee - that would please us all !!!!!

 

[May]

I agree about getting plants off the tele ...it. Just affect them in transit....I didn't spend a fortune and will be visiting the local market as I'm sure there will be a few bargains here and there ......and the shows that make my eyes glaze are makeup shows ...Yankee candles ...dyson / vax etc .....gems week ....yaaawwnnnn ....meat and pies ....clothes ...most of the shows actually these days ....:sun::yawn:

 

[Brissles]

Er, have just realised, how come Richard Jackson is part of the Get Gorgeous weekend ???? unless his Tools (gardening girls !) have got something to do with it !

 

[ERICS MUM]

Some people won't live within easy distance of garden centres etc so I can understand them buying from QVC.

What I don't like is the lack of information and dare I say it a lot of mis-information about plants and products. This is why I don't like RJ. He's been gardening for donkeys years and likely to know a fair bit yet he spouts such nonsense that he will know to be untrue or mis-leading. The little man has no scruples and appals me.

 

[May]

Some people won't live within easy distance of garden centres etc so I can understand them buying from QVC.

What I don't like is the lack of information and dare I say it a lot of mis-information about plants and products. This is why I don't like RJ. He's been gardening for donkeys years and likely to know a fair bit yet he spouts such nonsense that he will know to be untrue or mis-leading. The little man has no scruples and appals me.

Didn't think of that sorry! ...i take it for granted that I've got access to these places ...I'm grateful that's for sure....:hi::flower:

 

[Weathergirl]

Erics mum please would you tell me what he has said that is not true? I am very new to gardening and would really appreciate knowing what I should be avoiding from Q.

I have not bought any flowers or plants from QVC but I have bought lawn seed and feeds etc.

We had nothing planted in our garden at all so have been enjoying visiting garden centres, have bought a fair few things from garden centres but by far the cheapest id Lidl (by at least half what garden centres charge) and Morrisons where I have found plants for just £1!!

 

[boffy]

I believe he over estimates how many flowers plants will produce and also when they will flower. also how big they will grow and how long they will reach the optimum height. flower power is good but not as good as he says and its not worth 4 times any plant food in the garden centre.

he also says that his compost is made fresh every few weeks. but the reviews are saying the compost is full of mold.

 

[mossie269]

There have been some poor reviews of his compost if it had been cheaper i would have given it a try but too expensive to take the chance i did however try tref and it is excellent to use but will have to see what the plants are like later in season.

 

[mossie269]

He is basically a salesman peddling his own goods which is fair enough but they are vastly overpriced so not for me.

 

[ERICS MUM]

Erics mum please would you tell me what he has said that is not true? I am very new to gardening and would really appreciate knowing what I should be avoiding from Q.

I have not bought any flowers or plants from QVC but I have bought lawn seed and feeds etc.

The main thing that really annoys me is that he harps on about his Flower Power containing 3 times more potash than other plant foods. He's right there but it doesn't matter. Potash doesn't last very long in the soil, even in dry weather it dissipates in a few days. IMO it's much cheaper to use a standard rose or tomato food which has less potash, use it weekly and regularly and you'll get similar results. I buy mine from Home Bargains for £1.99 and it lasts all summer. Flower Power costs £20 and also lasts all summer (depending on size of your garden of course !).

(Potash is the ingredient that promotes flower and fruit/tomato growth and the specific plant feeds contain more potash than food for grass, plants grown for their leaves etc).

He exaggerates the prices of plants at garden centres in order to make QVC plants seem cheaper but often they are tiny seedlings or cuttings whereas the garden centre plants will be twice the size. This doesn't matter if people want more plants and don't mind waiting for them to grow to a decent size, but QVC often show what they call the "grown on" size which can often take a couple of years to achieve.

He describes a particular fuchsia as "climbing" which is untrue because it has no way of anchoring itself to supports e.g. a wall, trellis, canes etc. True climbers have tendrils, aerial roots or suckers etc that twine round or grip. It actually just grows long soft stems which you have to tie to the supports. It dies down every autumn so the whole process starts again every spring.

He omits to tell us when plants or parts of them are poisonous. He might mention it once but usually towards the end of the presentation when people have already ordered. For example, lilies and the oleander this weekend.

He sings the praises of sweet peas that they sell with a shallow wicker basket to plant them in and climbing supports. What he doesn't say is that sweet peas have deep roots so the shallow basket will stop them growing very well. They also need regular feeding (potash-based) to keep them producing flowers and a lot of water - the basket won't keep much water in.

Sorry to sound so negative and rambling ! I know it's QVC that chooses what to sell and how to sell it but RJ must know that he isn't always completely accurate or forthcoming. I don't watch the shows often nowadays but in the past I have bought some very good gadgets that I haven't seen in garden centres so it's not all bad.

Linda xx

 

[Brissles]

Thanks for that EM, I've probably learnt more reading the above, than anything RJ has said. He's ok for producing large colour photos of what could be achievable and many are sucked in by that !!!

I've always wondered why I've never heard of him before QVC. I'm no gardener - more of a "plonk a plant in a pot" kind of girl, but I've known the name of many old time gardeners on the tele for years, and RJ has never been amongst them !

 

[mossie269]

QVC has made him fair enough,i remember seeing him on some kind of show about allotments many years ago he looked as though he was labouring for someone out of shot so i quess he was in the right place at the right time somewhere.

 

[boffy]

its the biggest con selling sweet peas for qvc prices. they germinate in a couple of day and cost under £3

 

[Awkward Annie]

I've often thought that Richard Jackson's giving misleading information! I agree with everything you said Eric's mum,and what happened to Charlie Dimmock she didn't last long on there did she? Thank god we've got a voice on here!