Plug plants or garden ready?

[paininthepoinsettia]

I'm looking online to buy impatiens, pelagoriums and surfinia. You can buy plugs or garden ready (which are more expensive). As I can only buy a minimum of 30 of each, is buying the plugs a waste of money? Are they all likely to grow into plants? Any advice welcome.

I've bought plug plants a fair bit and you do need to grow them on before planting them out, and protect them from slugs and snails, which I do in a cold frame. They mostly all survive; I've lost the odd one. So if you've got 30 small pots/trays, compost and somewhere to put them, it's ok. If not, go garden-ready.

I had lots of plug plants last year. I just kept potting them up until they were the size I wanted to put in the garden. They grow REALLY quickly at this time of year.

Interested to know where you are ordering from please?

I'm growing on my first lot of plug plants by post this year. Be prepared they are dinky! The stocks and petunia are growing well. The begonia seem a bit trickier! I went for plug plants because of cost saving. I have discarded quite a few because I don't have space for so many!

@RedDiamond J Parker. They have just opened their online check out again after being overwhelmed for a while.

I think I should go with garden ready, really don't have the space to grow on.