Houseplant Shopping For Dying Sales Clearance Plants at Big Box Stores
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- čas přidán 29. 07. 2019
- I Went To big Box Stores ( Lowes, Home Depot and Walmart) To buy plants on clearance, most of the time at 50% that are dying and try to save them. Most of the time these plants just need a little watering! (Like the Peace Lilly).
If you try this yourself please let me know how it goes.
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I was pretty bummed when I found out that Home Depot doesn’t do clearance on plants. They put them in a trash compactor. So upsetting to think they would rather smash them then sell them at a discount. What a waste.
Erin O. Griffin the plants for sale at HD are on consignment, if the plants are dying they don't want it sold for less, they are instructed to destroy or dump it to protect the suppliers brand name.
Our HD does clearance sale... and their clearance plants are in good condition and healthy.
I would imagine that it makes for good compost regardless.
I was the plant buyer for Home Depot. The system works like this: as the buyer I met once a week with vendors and ordered in certain plants. The majority of plants I ordered were bought outright and as a result we had the ability to mark those down. Corporate had a quarterly promotion schedule and often without warning we would receive huge shipments of seasonal plants. The majority of those promotional plants and virtually all of the bedding plants are there on commission. If you came in our store asking for a donation we were instructed to give the commission plants for free, which seems unethical but it was our manager’s policy. We were not allowed to mark down commission (pay by scan or PBS) plants. If we had too much plant material in the garden department we would receive a shipment of commission plants and put it straight in the enclosed dumpster, . One large family owned nursery in Oregon went out of business because of the sketchy policies of paying commission. It’s terrible corporate greed and disregarded the ability of small businesses to make a profit.
Well that’s upsetting 😕 guess good thing for Lowes! #savetheplants🪴
I love going to Lowe’s for clearance plants! A lot of them are still so good! They just need a little extra love lol
100% 😎
I agree I got a zz plant for $7 and there was nothing wrong with it, I was so happy😊
Walmart will give you additional discounts on plants if you ask at the customer service desk. No matter if it’s been reduced already.
Home Depot doesn’t have a clearance section but i promise you can negotiate with the cashier if a plant doesn’t look healthy, they’re super easy going about it
Amber Spriggs I asked my Home Depot and they told me they’re not allowed to discount plants :(
Well it depends on a person not on shop that you buy in
As part of cashier training at Home Depot they are ‘empowered’ to give up to a 10% discount without having up clear it with the head cashier. All you have to do is ask.
I always buy clearance plants or find a plant with an imperfection and get a discount! Great bargains. Look forward to seeing you take care of them.
We love discounted plants 🤩Hopefully the next time you see them they will a little better!
I love Lowe's clearance section! I bought so many plants. Some lived and some did not. I think it's because it was already too far gone. But at least if I can save some then that's a bonus. I recently rescued a Peace Lily for 5 bucks. It was the best looking one out the bunch. After I cut all of the dead leaves and burnt flowers it was beautiful. I may go out tomorrow and get some more. I don't have much room for them either but have to save the plants!
Same! Home Depot NEVER has clearance section
SoyBrianBro I don’t know why I thought they did I just made it up in my head I guess 😂 they should have one though 👀
Erika Lodes lol I still go just Incase in a rare time they do but they don’t 😫
SoyBrianBro omg same 😂😂
aww! that's sweet your are saving them! I love that! good prices too!
Cathy 💖💖💖
Great scores!👍 There's definitely people working in big box store plant departments that should be arrested for plant abuse & cruelty! 👮
Peter Cardona thanks! 😂😂 take them away officer!
I love buying clearance plants that i hope I can nurse back to health but I’m just scared that if the store can’t take care of it then neither can I
Omg noo you can take a lot better care of it than the store! I don't think I've lost a clearance plant yet, but they do take a while to actually start being happy rather than just trying to recover 🙄
Rebecca Fish titties i dont think the stores want to spend any time on them. Ive been succesfull (most times lol) nursing plants to health and its super rewarding!
When it comes to plants that I know really well, like pothos or bamboo, I LOVE rescuing them for a discounted price. But when it's a new plant that I'm not familiar with I try to avoid the ratty looking ones.
Good job on saving those plants, just make sure to check the soil very carefully, i had a few bad experiences 🙃
Oreo I’m probably gonna repot them today & change out the soil completely. Thanks for the heads up!
You dont know how much I was thanking you during this whole thing!!
You are such a plant life saver
Luv ya!! 🖤🖤🖤
I got a peace lily at Walmart for 6 bucks she was yellowing and had so many dead leaves now she blooming and doing great couldn’t have been happier when I saw her first flower😊
Love your videos !
And i love clearance plants !!
I recently got a calathea white fusion , quite big, for 25 euros.
It costs almost 50 euros where i live so i was happy 😁
I snagged one of those clearance teddy bear vines at my local walmart, as well as a massive tradescantia and strawberry begonia that were all dried and crispy, but have perked back up after some water and a lil trimming.
I don't see any of them too often in my area that aren't crazy over watered and nearly rotting, so I'll take some dry ones lol.
The only time I've seen clearance at Home Depot is when they have plants for holidays and want to get rid of them. I snagged my Shamrock Oxalis that way.
I'm glad they're doing well! You saved them from their certain death that's for sure 💀At least they have clearance plants some times! I'm definitely gonna check it out when the time comes 🙌🏼
Wow youre posting so many videos! Hope you have any ideas left for when you have become a big channel (which you will!! Love your videos)
Ella G omg that’s so sweet thank you 😭💖 I hope I have some ideas left too! Haha justkidding we’ll see 😁
Girrrrrrl! I was about to tell you to turn around and go back to get that variegated miranta and send it to me! I swear I've never seen a miranta in my Walmart, lol! I've also never seen clearance plants at home depot before. Even though they could clearly benefit from that. 🙄😂😂🤣🤣😭😭
Kristie Bihm omg I know it was so pretty I wish my clearance plant was variegated too 😭 I’ve only seen the red maranta, this was the first time for me seeing a variegated one! Home Depot def needs to start a clearance plant section 😂
@@ErikaLodes Even my Walmart here is stingy with the clearance items! It's like they never put things on clearance here, lol.
Let's safe the plants... We love clearance!!! 😊😊👍👍👍👍👍💕💕💕💐💐💐
“Why are they on clearance normally this is how their full price plants look” 😂😂😂 you just exposed Lowe’s 😂
LOVE that green prayer plant:) I got mine in the mail about 4 months ago, had to chop everything off and hope for the best...it came back so much healthier and stronger after I did that:) That plant is a little trooper I love it so much! Erika, do you have a grow light?
ILLUM• LIFE oooh I hope mine flourishes like yours 🌿 I don’t have a grow light!! I really need to get some, I was looking into which ones to buy. Do you have any recommendations?!
I'm not the only one who does this 😂 My hubby always says"why do you buy dead plats" 😅 I can bring them baaaack😭
I know this is an old video, but I wanted to tell y'all about Home Depot. I saw 2 baskets completely packed with plants that were thrown on top of each other. I assumed they'd be going on clearance and I saw some I wanted to rescue. I asked an employee and they said they will be thrown away. I asked if I could buy some for a discounted price and they told me they aren't allowed to do that? How dumb is that. Some were in very good condition.
I like the clearance racks also , Even not just for plants like when I go to Harbor freight or go to Sears or any place I try to find out if they have a clearance rack , Can you give us a rescue plant video update ?
Home depot never has a clearance section for plants is because they throw the dying plants away my husband used to work in the garden section
All your videos are super cool!!!
Thank you very much!!! 🤩
I wish that HD had clearance. All my HD does is hire people who seem to know nothing about plant care so they just water them everyday and wait for them to die. Since it's so close to my home, I try to stop by often and see what they have, but it's never a great selection and because they have no clearance section I have left many plants to wither away...
Omg this is my favorite thing to do!
I do the same thing 😁😁 most time then not u find really good plants for clearance sale
Home depot doesnt do clearance on plants, but if you show them a damaged or droopy plant they give pretty good discounts. You just gotta ask.
Oh this variegated maranta 😍 i was taking care of my maranta and wondering if there were a variegated version of this plant and then i saw your vidéo 🤣
Now i want one !!
That's so funny how you were wondering about it, then saw one! But I know, I'm kind of regretting not buying one bc it was the only time I've seen a variegated one in person 😅
@@ErikaLodes oh yes you must regret , i do regret for you 😂!But I have to say that i'm kind obsessed by variegated plants in général 🙄😂
I love peace lilies, I got one for $3.00 at Walmart. It was the last one and it was a baby
Home Depot does have a clearance section! It’s usually outside in the back by all the gravel/mulch/bricks but it usually doesn’t have any house plants. They’re more like outdoor landscaping plants. I work for Home Depot and they totally throw all their dying plants away. It breaks my heart I hate it. But they don’t like to sell dying plants. Idk why.
These are on sale right now at my Lowes in Bowling Green Ky store 3-15-2022 good deal I got really really great deal 😊
Great score! Good reminder on checking clearance plants for bugs just in case. Yeah, I don’t remember Home Depot ever having a plant clearance section, which is a shame. Maybe they just send the clearance worthy plants back and get credit for them. I haven’t found much at Lowe’s in clearance, although I am hopeful that my search will eventually pay off. I sometimes luck out at Walmart. I found a White Bird of Paradise plant for less than $6 (regular price) and it was *maybe* almost a foot tall. 😍 Walmart also has terra cotta saucers in different sizes for a good price. I’m happy about Walmart’s plant clearance section, but it is sad at the same time...seeing how much help they need and some that are obviously too far gone to even be salvageable.
Have you checked out Trader Joe’s? Some have cut flowers, but others have plants. I’ve been eyeing a new addition to their stock at on particular store here in Texas. It’s a cactus-like plant grafted with a crested euphorbia on top, I think. It looks so cool! It was about $6.99. I hope to get it tomorrow. They had a handful last week. When I lived in NYC, the Trader Joe’s there had a beautiful Dracaena Marginata for an amazingly low price. I can’t speak for all Trader Joe’s, could be a bust, but not as much so as Aldi’s. Such a disappointment.
anothernight Walmart will have a completely dead plant for only $3 off 🙄 or they’ll have really great random plants out of nowhere for cheap 😂
I haven’t checked out Trader Joe’s yet! I keep meaning too though. Aldis was very disappointing for me as well. I hope you can get your cactus!
Erika Lodes , hi! 😂 I can’t argue with you there, because today’s Walmart visit was a shock! I mean, if you want to buy pricey dried clearance twigs in soil for use in a tiny campfire I won’t judge you. I just could ‘t believe the location I went to...seeing some unrevivable plants for sale and they removed over half of their plant section maybe because they’re getting ready for the next season. The majority of the plants on clearance this time around was a huge disappointment, except I did buy one remaining plant that I’ve decided against in the past a very sad Opuntia Emerald Wave cactus in a 4” plastic pot with the clear plastic hanging strip. It was $2.80. Part of the plant looked rotted and dried(the side above the soil level. I didn’t think it would make it, so I didn’t get it. They never watered it, so the soil was bone dry and maybe that helped to stop the progression of rot? 🤷🏻♀️🤔 I had to get it this time. It was growing a pretty tall baby plant that looked like one arm dabbing. 😂 I am keeping my fingers crossed that it will make it. Wish me luck!
Trader Joe’s ran out of the grafted plant I wanted. 😭 I went there and there were none left. 😩 But I am going to remain thankful for trying to save this little Opuntia guy. Trader Joe’s can be a hit or miss, but worth trying if you happen to be driving past one anyway.
I'm going shopping tomorrow. Thanks dear. Mama Long
Have fun! ☺️
good job! thank you
Home Depot doesn't have a clearance section. They return the plants to the nursery for credit.
i like the green maranta you bought. I have one and I have to water it with ONLY distilled water and mist it with the same several times a day to keep mine happy
Cathy I’m probably gonna go crazy misting mine bc brown leaves kill me 💀 definitely will only feed it filtered water as well!
@@ErikaLodes i know i hate brown leaves too. sometimes over night mine get a little browning from the dry air. I know some people will put a humidifier right nest to their marantas but mine will have to deal or die
Cathy hahahaha this made me laugh 😂😂😂 it gives your marantas character!
@@ErikaLodes true. and a death threat! shape up or ship out in mama's house! I am TOO busy with my special needs daughter to have high maintenance plants! I am really getting into different varieties of pothos, philodendron and sanseverias right now. no misting needed and easy! also now that I have a lot of plants i have to have an empty spot somewhere first like on a dresser or something and decide the lighting it gets THEN i go shopping for ONE plant for the spot. I really don't want to have a cluttered look with my plants but it is hard not to when you love plants!!
Cathy true my house is looking so cluttered 💀 oh yeah I was gonna ask what your daughters name is!
home Depot does do clearance around fall because the temps drop
I'm jelly 😭✨💖✨
My Home Depot in ohio doesnt have a clearance section either, I just looked yesterday.
U will neve see a clearance section at Home Depot.. the dont own their plants like lowes does.. the are consignment thru vendors.. the will throw out plants dying or returned instead of marking down..
I saved like 4 Bonsais from Lowe's They just costs me from $7 to $11.
One thing bout my Lowes they neverrrrr have these awesome sales 😭 best I get is $10-11 😆
Which Lowe’s is this?
I can hear u yeah😀😁💓💜🙌🙌👏
Daisy Nickson thank goodness I was trying to talk loud without looking crazy hahaha 😂
I bought some clearance plants from Lowe’s but when I brought them home found out they were infected. And after that I’ve gone through Walmart Home Depot Lowe’s and they are infected. Do you check for that? And if you do get them how do you get rid of the bugs?
Yes! I always check if there are any bugs, especially for clearance plants bc I'm terrified of bringing them into my house 😭If I notice they have bugs or anything I don't purchase, to me it's worth the risk.
If by accident (or if you're up for the challenge to nursing the plant back to health) step 1 would definitely be to quarantine it & keep it away form any of your other plants! If you know what bugs you have, you can look up specifically how to get rid of them. Even just typing a description of how the bug looks on google can tell you what they are. Otherwise, I would just apply neem oil to the leaves. If you don't have any neem oil, you can mix a mild soap with some water & spray it on the leaves. Check daily to see how your plant is doing & continue spraying until the bugs are gone completely.
My home depot gets credit for their dying plants from their grower when they return them.
I love going to walmart for clearance plants They usually have huge plants and succulents for $1 I've found a baby cactus for $0.89 💀
why don't u show how u take care of them or that u actually bought it
Just keep us up to date!!!!!
I will 😁
Ewhat about dumpster chechking?
If u find cheap plants start taking orders.
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