early ordering or just in time

 having spoken  to some fellow gardeners it seems the norm this year is to buy or order there gardening needs early like compost's fertilizers seed potatoes onion sets and more many like me they have probably  already received there seed orders there seems to be a conception that these things will be in short supply come spring as some gardeners where disappointed last year because they couldn't get the seed they wanted and from what's being said in the media lock down is making gardening more popular to many more people

has anyone found buying seeds or other gardening products a problem where you are and are you finding seed orders from your supplier taking longer to arrive with the lock down

Still waiting for Kings to send our my Seed potatoes ordered late November. I know they plenty of time but it's a concern that it may not come and the shops such as Wilkos and Garden centres will have sold out.

I had to wait a bit for my seed order but my first early seed potatoes arrived on time so no, haven't noticed any issue with ordering gardening stuff yet. The only minor issue I have noticed is I can't order anything from Real Seeds as they are overwhelmed with existing orders.

Last time I was in wilko   gardening supplies were cordoned off.
disappointed as I usually buy my potatoes from them

Seeds not a problem from Premier seeds direct, ordered on a  Sunday arrived Tuesday.
Seeds spuds I get locally from a GC and again once they posted they were in nipped down and plenty of varity both loose and netted.

Now fertalizer... I use Maxicrop and there was 1 bottle left on a rather empty shelf, I suspect that this where we may struggle around here, hearing a good few places are thin with products

Compost dont seem to be a problem with plenty of stock around, not sure how that will pan out later, time will tell.

Goodness we were lucky

 This came to me this morning from Kings. Wayhay

This is just a quick message to let you know that your potatoes are leaving our warehouse via APC today. You should receive these in a couple of days' time.