Sick Lifestyle plants.

To start, I want to say that I love chilli. You could say that I'm crazy for hot food.

About 3 years ago I purchases 6 plants from Lifestyle on Byers Naude, within months all 6 plant died. No matter how much I read, I couldn't determine the problem, the closest I came to a solution was a soil problem, yet since then other things have been planted in that section with no problems.

So I went a different route, I started planting my own seeds. It was a bit difficult at first getting seeds to germinate, not over watering the plants, finding the right spot that they get enough sunlight, but eventually I got it right and now growing about 15 variants of chilli, my plants being extremely healthy with fruit yield that is rather unexpected.

About a month ago, I decided that some of my plants needed to transplanted into larger pots. So I made a mission to Lifestyle to purchase some supplies.

After picking what I needed, I took a walk to the section where the chilli plants normally are, there I found one chilli that I had previously purchased and one that was not on my list of chilli that I wanted.

It is 3 weeks later and both plants are again showing the exact same symptoms as the last batch I purchased 3years ago.

Now, since I have at least 30 plants, I figure that I know what I'm doing.

It seems to me, that Lifestyle is not checking their suppliers, they are sourcing sick plants that look good in store and then die as soon as you take them home.

This brand from Lifestyle "Healthy Living Herbs" as per the little card, doesn't even have a section on their website to communicate with them. It is rather ridiculous that a person spends money, only to be disappointed.

Here is a list of the chilli that I grow without any problems, unlike these store purchased plants:

Serrano Bird's Eye Thai Dragon Rajah Orange/Red/Yellow Habanero Peruvian White Lightning Habanero Trinidad Scorpion Naga Rich Bhut Jolokia / Ghost Pepper Carolina Reaper

Lifestyle is supposed to be the place to go for garden supplies and plants, but I'm thinking that I wont be supporting them anymore. I'd rather source seeds to start from scratch.