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[Rating] Neutral [Author] gomyway (5 reviews) [Content] 
On Jan 28, 2004, gomyway Bancroft, MI wrote: I have ordered seeds from Johnny's Selected Seeds in the past and have been quite happy. This year I ordered seeds and some raspberry plants. This is my first year ordering live plants from them and I must say I am a little disappointed. Each company has their own ship dates based on the customer's hardiness zone. My zone is 5 so that equals around April 15th for most catalog companies. Because of where I live, it is not possible to try planting anything until closer to May 15th. I do not like having to store the plants so I called up Johnny's and asked if they could change my ship date to be after May 1st. I am not picky about what day they come just as long as it is not before May. Johnny's said that they cannot take any requests for ship dates. I must accept the shipment on whatever date they decide to send. There was no exception. I told them to cancel my raspberry order. I have ordered live plants before from companies including Park Seed and Jung's and never had any problem requesting that my shipment be delayed. I was disappointed about the raspberries but do not want to take the chance that these plants arrive earlier than I can use them. I have limited space to store things and 2 small children and a dog that love to destroy anything they can get their hands on (especially anything that mom says "don't touch" to). I kept the seed order that I placed. They already arrived and in perfect condition just like last year. I would order from them again in a heartbeat but not for live plants - only seeds.
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