Most probably culls, sick or virused varieties that they are still trying to make money from. I don't think the good quality bulbs of varieties that they use for the cut flower business will be done this way.

Oh God I hope not. I still feel bad for them though :-(((

Oh, and I thought they were just plastic Halloween trinkets.....

On the positive side, it could be a good idea to give to trick or treaters. They'd be so curious to know what they are and would be planting them and watch them bloom. Hopefully, these H. Boo bulbs would encourage them to do gardening.

Nah...I can just imagine some ding dong doing something really silly like tryin' to eat it :-)))))

And were back to "The horror that is a wax encased bulb!"

I know huh????

Yup! They just gotta catch that bulb market! Next ones will be for Christmas, then Valentines, Mother's Day, Easter....

I wish they had the "string" to pull like baby Belle cheese, so you could just pull it and peel the wax off, and save the bulb...

Sorry, couldn't resist!!

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This is so sad :-((( How can anyone treat a living thing so badly and all in the name of profit. So so sad.

I got my Gardner's Supply Company catalog yesterday (holiday edition) and it's offering several variations of the wax-death bulbs for the holidays. UGH.

On a more interesting note, they are offering H. Magical Touch, which seems to be widely available in the EU, but limited in the US.

Me too and I said the same thing.