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Post by gtr121 on Oct 5, 2009 20:38:40 GMT
Carrots have been a £! a bag for years. This year they are being sold for £1.95 a bag. at feed merchants in the North West. What has happened? Can't blame the summer it has been great for carrots. How much are you being fleeced for them?
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Post by kickon on Oct 5, 2009 20:42:27 GMT
about the same here. Bet its because they have been to dry this year !!!!
My horses will not miss them! They are all like barrels
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Post by cassie30 on Oct 5, 2009 20:53:46 GMT
£1 a bag? £2.20 here and have been for ages!
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Post by Babieca on Oct 5, 2009 21:08:58 GMT
£1 a bag? £2.20 here and have been for ages!  We are charged £4 a bag up here! |
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Post by cassie30 on Oct 5, 2009 21:15:33 GMT
Blimey! £4 per bag! thought we were being ripped off!
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Post by gtr121 on Oct 5, 2009 21:38:04 GMT
Is the bag a 12kg one?
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Post by cassie30 on Oct 5, 2009 21:49:06 GMT
Just the usual orange bag with blue string for ours at 2 squid!
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Post by wendbarry1 on Oct 5, 2009 22:24:34 GMT
£2.50 down in wales
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Post by klbeebs on Oct 5, 2009 22:37:24 GMT
We can still get them for £1 a bag round here - or £1.20 at worst - they don't seem to last very long though before they turn!!!!
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Post by brindlerainbow on Oct 6, 2009 9:31:27 GMT
£2.50 in Devon
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Post by ponymum on Oct 6, 2009 10:32:23 GMT
£1.20 in Northwest....get along to Eureka!!!!  |
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Post by wornthetshirt on Oct 6, 2009 11:42:36 GMT
Better still, if you must feed them, feed ORGANIC carrots as the regular ones, being a root veg, absorb so much artificial crape.
Same goes for what you feed your family!
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Post by heathers on Oct 6, 2009 19:20:14 GMT
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Post by sageandonion on Oct 9, 2009 16:06:56 GMT
I am still feeding the ones I grew myself. Think they were 25p a packet of seeds from Lidl or Aldi. Totally organic and in soil manured by the carrots eaten the previous year!
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Post by GroganShowTeam on Oct 9, 2009 19:35:34 GMT
We pay £1.20 here
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Post by littleted on Oct 9, 2009 21:17:40 GMT
i paid £1.20 the other day at beeston
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Post by ada on Oct 9, 2009 23:29:58 GMT
31 a bag in longton, Lancs, same as last year.
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Post by ada on Oct 9, 2009 23:30:56 GMT
Sorry wrong key ment £1.
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Post by thecremellosociety on Oct 10, 2009 6:27:32 GMT
2.20 here same as last year
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Post by katherine on Oct 13, 2009 21:59:45 GMT
My pony's are very spoilt. I work for one of the biggest carrot growers in the uk so i get funny shaped ones and overpacks free !!! ;D ;D ;D The price there selling for has increased alot in the last couple of years as price of growing, Harvesting and transporting them also has.  |
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Post by sageandonion on Oct 14, 2009 10:27:47 GMT
Can I just ask another question about carrots. Several people have told me not to feed them to fatties as they have too much sugar. I laughed at first, but have heard it too many times now, can someone advise?
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Post by heathers on Oct 14, 2009 10:36:11 GMT
i was told on the weekend that carrots kill the white blood cells.
well i'm still feeding them.my ponies are fine
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Post by cassie30 on Oct 14, 2009 10:40:19 GMT
Never had a poorly pony from carrots yet, but yes, it is true apparently, no carrots for fatties! Vet told us that one, or apples!
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Post by helenatrunshaw on Oct 14, 2009 10:42:31 GMT
not bought any yet but will be doing soon but last year 65p a net
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Post by cassie30 on Oct 14, 2009 10:44:22 GMT
65p? blimey, you are lucky!
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Post by fellfan on Oct 14, 2009 12:57:46 GMT
There £1 here in lincs
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Post by denzil2008 on Oct 14, 2009 16:20:56 GMT
i supply alot of feed stores with carrots in east and i charge them 1.10 a net and most are going out between 1.50 and 2.20 a net but at the end of the day they are cheap feed and also alot of the big carrot places that grow them wont let anyone in for stock feed thats possibly why they are so dear, if anyone wants any , any amound plz pm me thanks |
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Post by denzil2008 on Oct 14, 2009 16:22:12 GMT
and sage and onion they are full of sugar but ours our fed on them loads as we supply them and have never had a problem  |
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Post by heathers on Oct 14, 2009 17:56:19 GMT
what area are you denzil2008
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Post by myhorselizzie on Oct 14, 2009 18:38:02 GMT
1-1.20 round the northwest, i used eureka (sherffin) mainly though who are 1.20 x
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We are charged £4 a bag up here!
