My family and I just visited Dimeo Blueberry Farms and had a great visit. Anthony was not only helpful on the phone when I called to get information but he greeted us when we arrived and helped us pick the blueberries, raspberries and cranberries that we needed. This is our first time planting and our two little girls are looking forward to this adventure.
Thank you Dimeo Farms!

"On Mar 7, 2011 11:46 PM, Dimeo Blueberry Farms responded with:

Thank you Mrs. Morrison, we value your business and thank you for your kind words. Hope the pictures of your two little girls on our tractor came out well. If you have time, please e-mail us a copy so that we can post it to our website for over customers to appreciate.

Looking foward to your next farm visit. Feel free to call us anytime with any questions.

"

Posted on March 3, 2011, updated March 4, 2011
Posted on February 15, 2011, updated March 3, 2011
Posted on December 7, 2010, updated February 15, 2011
Posted on November 22, 2010, updated December 7, 2010
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - PERFECT INTERNET EXERIENCE WITH THIS FARM & NURSERY

This is the first time I have ordered from this farm. Decided to order based on the positive reviews here on Dave's Garden. The ordering process was very easy. When I received my order this week, and planted the material, I was pleasantly surprised. All 20 plants I received looked very mature, healthy and vibrant. Everyone of the plants are healthy and thriving--all are some of the largest plants I have every gotten in the mail -- beautiful, full plants, tall with multiple thick stems!

I have been an avid gardener almost my whole entire life and have ordered plenty of product many times, just not from this farm. I'm glad I gave them a try because these truly are the best looking plants I have ever received. Thank you for the quality product and hard work you put into your farm.....BTW...Amanda was very helpful on the phone and so helpful with all my planting questions. Excellent customer service with a personal touch.

The prices are also great. I couldn't be happier. I will not even think about using another nursery for my berries and small fruits. Great company in my book!

Last summer I decided to buy from Dimeo's farm. I'll admit it probably wasn't the best decision to plant in the summer, but it was for my birthday and I was going to be in the area anyway so I figured I'd pick up some plants. I emailed to ask if they had the blueberry varieties I was interested in, and they said that they did. I also was getting a beach plum and cranberry plant. I then sent another email asking if it would be a wise decision to pick up my plants because the weather report was calling for a very hot day, and I had a long trip back home. They said it would be wise, because their plants would be in 3 gallon containers. When I got to the farm, I picked out my blueberries, though it turned out they didn't actually have one of the varieties that they told me they had. The beach plum was a bare root, and was given to me with some gel in a plastic bag. I planted it once I got home, and it didn't make it. I emailed them to ask if they think it had a chance, and they told me that generally people pick up plants in the fall and spring, exactly what I should have been told when I asked if I should wait to plant in the first place. A bit of poor planning on my part, I'll admit, but they could have told me the truth about the varieties, the containers that they'd be in, and if I actually should have picked them up.

"On Mar 4, 2011 7:18 PM, Dimeo Blueberry Farms responded with:

OUR FARM RESPONSE to poster “mrb254”

This may sound strange, but we are excited by this post because it’s actually a legitimate real customer and not one of our usual online Internet competitors who love to “mask themselves” and who create fake posts here on Dave’s Garden to try to get some of the plant business from us. Anyway, we thank the customer poster “mrb254” for admitting that it wasn’t the best decision to plant in the summer, because it’s not a good idea to plant in the mid of summer high heat. However, countless numbers of people from all over the country do in fact take a ride out to our farm (most stop down and visit Atlantic City on the way here or back home) and they buy potted plants in the summer, since they can be kept in the pots until the weather cools down. We invite customer poster “mrb254” to come by our farm again this year for his/her birthday and we will gladly give a free plant replacement for the beach plum tree. No problem. As for the berry varieties, our inventory changes almost every single day so it’s always best to call and verify first before you come to the farm, and tell us to hold them and tag them for you. As we said in our email that the poster mentioned, people generally do pick up plants in the spring or fall, but many also pick-up plants in the summer as well. Just make sure they are potted or packaged well and then properly held for a cool day of safe planting.

Call us anytime to arrange a pick-up appointment and WE WILL GLADLY GIVE YOU A FREE REPLACMENT beach plum tree.

Awaiting your call.
Thank you – A.DiMeo on behalf of DBF

"

Posted on February 14, 2011, updated March 3, 2011
Posted on February 10, 2011, updated February 14, 2011
Posted on February 10, 2011, updated February 10, 2011
I never got to the point of buying blueberry plants from dimeo blueberry farms. I was looking up vendors who sell specific varieties of southern highbush blueberries and dimeo blueberry farms was listed on many of them so I sent an email. All I got was "please call to discuss" but never an answer. I did get an answer about shipping and the total for a minimum of 5 plants (which wasn't stated on website) Next day shipping was my only option and thats expensive! If you pack blueberry plants correctly with some soil they can survIve a 3-5 day fedex/ups trip across the country very well. I asked again if they had southern highbush (low-chill) varieties and how old....all I got was "please call to discuss". I finally asked why cant you answer my question and I never received a reply. Is there a reason you can not answer my question? Surely, a big blueberry operation like yours should at least know about southern highbush blueberries and its different varieties. Its hard to trust the positive reviews because dimeo farms has been caught posing as a customer. The negative reviews and what Ive read on the dimeo website gives me the feeling of a slick car salesman. Ive seen his constant selling barage (like on his website) on internet gardening forums and article comment sections. Why doesnt Dimeo farms accept credit cards like every other gardening, farming operation (no matter what size) that uses the internet?? If you can promote yourself on the internet there is no reason why you can not accept credit cards. There is no protection for the consumer. No, Im not some competitor but just a family man in southern california who likes growing blueberries.

"On Feb 12, 2011 3:22 PM, Dimeo Blueberry Farms responded with:

OUR FARM RESPONSE to hater poster “bnkenobi”

This Dave’s Garden poser hater poster actually picked a good screen name for himself “Ben Kenobi” because this guy’s statements and his “hater attack story” are just about as fictional and as far out in space as the as the Star Wars movie itself. Let’s revisit each of his statements:

1/ Hater poster “bnkenobi” wrote: “I never got to the point of buying plants…”

OUR FARM REPLY: Ok, so he just admitted in writing that he never in fact even purchased any plants from our company in the first place. Yet poster “bnkenobi” takes the time to stop his day to come online, go through the sign-up registration process on this website, Dave’s Garden (because he was never registered before and just literally created a membership on the site) and then goes on to type up this so-called story bashing our company? Interesting. It’s also interesting that when “bnkenobi” screen name is signed on the “ryancares” screen name is offline, and then when “ryancares” goes online the “bnkenobi” goes off line. I think everyone can read between the lines. They think that they have everyone fooled.

2/ Our farm and nursery receives hundreds of e-mails every single month. Probably more than any others, and it’s our preference to speak via telephone without writing 10 emails back and forth over the course of days with one single person just to get a few questions answered. It makes more sense just to get the customer on the phone and answer all the questions and then move forward. We tell most people to “please call to discuss.” Nothing wrong with that at all.

3/ Hater poster “BnKenobi” wrote: “…minimum of 5 plants (which wasn’t stated on website)”

OUR FARM REPLY: Yes, at the present time our minimum order is 5 plants. It’s not only stated on our website but it’s being stated once again here and now. If a prospective customer wants less plants, then they always have the option of finding a friend or family member to “split the order with” and then when they receive the plants they can give 2 or 3 plants to the friend or family member. Simple as that.

4/ Hater poster “BnKenobi” wrote: “Next day shipping was my only option and thats expensive!”

OUR FARM REPLY: Buy making this false statement you are trying to make it sound as if we force all people to go with next day air shipping and that’s simply NOT TRUE. For certain states in certain parts of the country we sometimes RECOMMMEND next day air shipping, but of course if the customer wants to go with just regular priority shipping then that’s not a problem. In the end, it’s always the customer who decides on the method of shipping, not our farm or nursery. Your statement was no mistake in that you are just trying to scare prospective customers. Of course once again, everyone can see that I’m sure – it’s obvious.

5/ Hater poster “BnKenobi” wrote: “If you pack …plants correctly with some soil they can survive a 3-5 day fedex/ups trip across the country very well.”

OUR FARM REPLY: With all due respect to this hater poster, and others, our family has been farming, growing plants, raising plants and shipping plants across the country for over 100 years now. The plants that my family raised and sold over the years are responsible for starting and supplying most of the farms in this country, so I think that by now we know the right way and the best way to ship plants without the advice of someone who is not a even a part of our industry.

6/ Hater poster “BnKenobi” wrote: “Its hard to trust the positive ….because (our farm) has been caught posing as a customer. The negative reviews and what Ive read on the website gives me the feeling of a slick car salesman.”

OUR FARM REPLY: This is totally untrue. The fake negative posters think that they have everyone fooled, but we truly believe that people can see through this nonsense tactic and see the real motive of such posters. The positive ones posted on this site are in fact from real customers. We encourage people to D-mail them (mail directly through Dave’s Garden) to ask them to verify the posts as accurate and correct. As a matter of fact, upon request by any prospective customer we shall produce and provide a list of phone numbers of satisfied customers who can be contacted directly for verification, not only their posts, but also our high quality plants and current products with the existing happy customers.

In reference to the remark about our website being like a “slick car salesman” our response is that if our plants were cars, they would be considered Bentley, Rolls Royce and other top luxury car brands. For those that appreciate the best in plants and products, then we are for you. However if a customer only cares about price, then they are always welcome to “go down the street and by a horse and buggy” from one of our competitors.

7/ Hater poster “BnKenobi” wrote: “Why doesnt (our farm) accept credit cards like every other gardening, farming operation (no matter what size) that uses the internet?? If you can promote yourself on the internet there is no reason why you can not accept credit cards.

OUR FARM REPLY: Yes, there are several reasons why our farm and nursery DOES NOT currently accept credit cards as a form of payment. The first reason is because we want to look out for our customers and try our best to keep our prices as low as possible without giving a percent % back to credit card companies. In addition, our hard working farming family DOES NOT believe in “supporting big banks” and/or credit card companies which have both played a major role in the current financial crisis in this country. Our family believes in doing simple business between people without making the greedy credit card companies (including PAYPAL) richer. It’s our company and respectfully, we have a right to decide upon the method of payment. In all the years our family has done business not only at the farms, but at our nurseries as well, we have never accepted credit cards as payment. We are NOT like “every other gardening operation” that’s something that most people appreciate and respect.

8/ Hater poster “BnKenobi” wrote: “No, Im not some competitor but just a family man…”

OUR FARM REPLY: Did the hater poster “bnkenobi” just call himself a FAMILY man? We respectfully disagree. Let us tell you what a family man is in our opinion. A real man, let alone a real “family man” does NOT go online like you just did on this Dave’s Garden website to maliciously create a frivolous negative post about our family farm and nursery and try with malicious intent to try and smear and bash our business. A REAL FAMILY MAN would never do such a thing. A REAL FAMILY MAN leads by example and teaches his family and children to always work hard and do the right thing and to have RESPECT and doing what’s right and fair. Your malicious actions here on this website are not right or fair. They are evil and nasty.

9/ Hater poster “BnKenobi” writes in his follow-up post: “Have you ever heard of PAYPAL??”

OUR FARM REPLY: See our answer above.
In closing we want to point out that it’s a fact that SECONDS AFTER poster you, poster “BnKenobi” MADE THIS POSTING the other screen name “RyanCares” logged in after “bnkenobi” logged out and updated his “RyanCares” posting to say “Thank you consumer from Long Beach. You are absolutely right on all counts.”

You are anything but a real consumer. If you want to talk to real consumers, then you should hear some of the horror stories that I hear almost every single day on the phone from customers who have bought from our online competitors.
In the end, we almost always get the business because people learn quickly who has the best product at the lowest price….and it’s us…people eventually will figure that out.

Response submitted by,

A.DiMeo responding on behalf of DBF


"

Helloo all... Took the trip from middletown del ..took a little over an hour to get there . Purchased 28 plants in 3 gallon pots.Plants are gorgeous well worth the trip . Check out the youtube video they posted, very informative and a pictures worth a thousand words.... enough said

Note from the Garden Watchdog editors...

Just completed an order and pick up of 5 blueberry plants from the company. My experience was outstanding. I've spoken with them via email all week and they answered my questions in a prompt and courteous manner. I scheduled to pick up the 5 plants today and my personal experience with Anthony was great. I was allowed to choose any plant I wanted and the the plants are huge, multibranched and very healthy. You can't beat the 10 dollar price. I was given planting instructions and Anthony answered every question I had. We even talked about families. It is great to see a family run business such as theirs and I would definately recommend them to others.

This was my first experience with Dimeo Farms and it was extremely positive. Its a family run farm and I was treated as a very valuable customer even thought I was only purchasing 5 blueberry plants. I was met at the entrance and from there I was shown plants that met my specifications and then I picked out which plants I wanted. The plants are 3 years old, of excellent quality and the price is great at only $10.00. I would definitely return there and refer friends there.

BEWARE WHEN DEALING WITH DIMEO. I'm not saying not to do business with them, just be careful if you do. Here is my exeperience with them.

I ordered 3 early (Duke), 3 mid (Bluecrop), and 3 late (Elliot) 3 yr old plants last spring. I received 9 small plants with root balls 1/3 of the size of a competitor's 1 yr old plants. 4 were marked "D and 5 marked "B" Blue, which I assume stand for "Duke and Bluecrop. I did not get any Elliot plants.

They denied being in error even when I provided them with photographic evidence to the contrary. Pictures are available upon request. Since I got nine plants, I let it go.

Less than 4 month later four of the nine plants were dead. All of the plants I bought from a competitor are doing fine in the same beds.

Last fall two of the surviving plants from DiMeo did produce a handful of fruit. Hopefully they will produce well next year.

DiMeo has no guarantee, so you will need to decide if you want to take the gamble of buying from them.

"On Feb 14, 2011 10:30 PM, Dimeo Blueberry Farms responded with:

OUR FARM RESPONSE to poster “buyer”

Once again, with this poster, our family immediately took notice that this poster “buyer” literally just created a new account here on Dave’s Garden only seconds before his one and only post was made on this website, which was a post just to try and trash our company and say things that are simply untrue. Our family does suspect that this is yet another of our same online competitors once again setting up fake profiles (as they have done numerous times on this website, and many times so far in the past) just to make up false stories but yet try to make them sound real and accurate.

In addition, we have never received any photos or any story across our desks or phone lines in this regard. However, we will respond to this poster “buyer” as if it were an actual legit story in our usual format:

1/ Poster “buyer” writes: “I'm not saying not to do business with them, just be careful if you do.”

OUR FARM RESPONSE: Of course you are not going to say in writing on the Internet not to do business with us because you and others know that we are seriously in the process of obtaining subpoenas to acquire numerous IP addresses from Internet Brands (d/b/a Dave’s Garden). You and others know that our family is serious about bringing legal action because of this malicious, intentional and constant “calculated smear campaign.” This is an unclean tactic that some of our online Internet competitors have used again and again. They focus on “trying to create fear and panic in the eyes of any prospective patrons” without directly saying anything that would be actionable in a civil court of law. They do this again and again through creating these fake profiles. They are being more cautious though because now they know they have put us on the legal warpath (which is honestly the very last thing we ever wanted to do or get involved with, but at this point we have decided that it's right thing to do in order to bring justice) and that what legal actions lie ahead is going to shock quite a few people when they check their mailboxes one day.

In all honesty, the only thing that the buying public should beware of and fear is many of our online “Internet based” competitors. For reasons including, but not limited to the facts that most of our Internet based competitors: A) are not real farmers to begin with. B) they have no real measurable farming experience at years of specialty farming as our family does. C) most of our online internet competitors are simply buying plants from chemist companies that make them in a lab. D) the plants that our competitors don’t buy from labs they make by making cuttings from cuttings which does not give the customer a good plant for long term health and growth. E) our online Internet competitors do not have the countless acres of “mother plants” that is required to properly make plants in the first place. F) if our competitors they don’t own farms, and they have never run a farm, and they have no experience, and they are lab plants to resell, why would anyone want to buy such a product from them? Makes little sense.

In response to our online Internet competitors…the buying public using the Internet to search plants or products, needs to seriously ask themselves:

1/ Why don’t any of our online Internet competitors currently have all the product or plant YouTube videos that we do on their website? Why don’t they have any of THEIR OWN plant, field or actual production videos? ANSWER: Because they are not even farmers, and they don’t have legit farming operations or even the follow proper procedures that we do. I'm sure this is obvious to everyone, but I need to point this out if no one from our family has previously said this - it needs to be said.

2/ If our online competitors don’t have the acres of fields required to grow enough “mother plants” in order to obtain proper high volume of certified cuttings then… where are they getting the plants from? ANSWER: Most of them buy them from a massive propagation house out West, whose name we will not mention.

3/ If our online competitors have such “established” and successful farms and all this experience as they so claim, then when you Google their addresses… where is their operation? Where is their farm? Where is the operation?

Where are the fields and acres of plants? ANSWER: They don’t exist and for those that do exist, they literally have just a few rows of plants in their back yards. We want the buying public to personally see our online Internet competitors operations and then come here and compare it with our operation. Judge for yourself.

4/ Poster “buyer” writes: “I received 9 small plants with root balls 1/3 of the size of a competitor's 1 yr old plants.”

OUR FARM REPLY: Our plants are hardier than any online competitor. As mentioned above, you actually can’t even call them competitors because they are not even real, experienced farmers. Our plants are naturally grown. Most of our online Internet competitors are not naturally grown. Our plants are made from production grade heavy bearing mother plants. Most of our online Internet competitors are not, they buy them from company that makes them in a lab. Our plants are made the old fashioned way from premium hardwood. Most of our online competitors are not. Most of our online competitors buy plants from a company out West (whose name we shall not mention) and they then pot the plants and then sell them online.

3/ Poster “buyer” writes: “They denied being in error even when I provided them with photographic evidence to the contrary. Pictures are available upon request. Since I got nine plants, I let it go.

OUR FARM REPLY: To date we have never received any such “photographic evidence” of any kind relating to any type of story that you have just posted. If we did receive them we would admit that we received them and then allow our company policy to speak for itself as it does in all cases. Every company has a policy.

4/ Poster “buyer” writes: “Less than 4 month later four of the nine plants were dead. All of the plants I bought from a competitor are doing fine in the same beds.”

OUR FARM REPLY: Once again, we will reply to this question as if you were an actual customer, and if you did actually buy plants from us, and 4 MONTHS later the plants die, how do we or how would anyone else know that it’s not due to your negligence? No one knows.

5/ Poster “buyer” writes: ”…has no guarantee, so you will need to decide if you want to take the gamble of buying from them.”

OUR FARM REPLY: That is correct, we have no guarantee. However at least we are honest about our no guarantee policy, whereas almost all of our online Internet competitors (who once again are not even real farmers but merely guys peddling unnatural plants on the internet to make money) promise you a guarantee. But what almost all prospective buyers will find is that our online Internet competitors advertise some kind of “friendly guarantee” or some other kind of guarantee and then not honor it. Try to exchange a plant with them or try to get a replacement plants with them and see what a battle you have to wage to get it. We know because we talk to dozens of people every single day on the phone and hear factual stories.

For the record, this is our current company policy in regards to any guarantee: “Plants are living things. They require proper care and attention. We care for our plants while they are on our farm. As soon as they leave our farm or nursery, they become your responsibility. We do not offer ANY warranties of any kind on any living material or products purchased at our farm or by our farm. Please be sure to provide the proper care and attention as required by your plants.”

Response submitted by,

M.DiMeo responding on behalf of DBF

"

After reading all the unpleasant ratings, I felt compelled to provide my own experience. This past fall I ordered six blueberry plants to celebrate an anniversary. The order taker was polite and did his best to educate me about my purchase. I mailed the farm a check and voila, 3 days later I received a box with my beautiful, strong plants. The peat around the roots still had bits of ice clinging to it! I cannot overstate how happy I am with my purchase- I urge anyone else to order if you want beautiful blueberry bushes for your garden.

Posted on February 9, 2011, updated February 10, 2011
Received stems in the mail, nothing like in the youtube video. They were a gift for my daughter in Texas and they were junk. I called to complain and Tony Dimeo screamed at me. I have hence done research on him via Google and it is scary. I can't believe the attorney general is not involved in this. Run as fast as you can from this guy.

"On Feb 9, 2011 12:49 PM, Dimeo Blueberry Farms responded with:

OUR FARM RESPONSE to “RyanCares” poster:

1/ Our farm does not send “stems” in the mail. If you want “stems” and little twigs, then please order from one of our competitors (most of who are just guys peddling lab grown plants out of their back yards) this year and I can almost guarantee that you will be buying from our farm next year. The truth always comes out about who has the best quality plants. It’s not just the size of the plant that is important, but it’s “how the plant is made” and the hardiness of the plant. There are many factors – and eventually we do get the business and that’s a fact that you and some of our competitor “haters” don’t like.

2/ Our competitors hate our YouTube farm videos because they clearly show the true high quality, experience and integrity of our natural operation. They can’t compete with this so instead they go online (like you did with your fake post) in a pathetic, childish manner and post fake posts. People know the truth – and they can see the difference not only in our plants, but our farm, our history and operation.

3/ There was never a customer who called to complain about “a gift for his daughter in Texas” and that is just a total lie by the “RyanCares” poster

4/ We don’t “scream” at anyone. If someone calls to complain then we have a company policy that speaks for itself. This is yet another lie by this “RyanCares” poster.

5/ If you want to see scary research on Google then research some of our competitors and read about the all diseased plants that our competitor Matt mailed to people and all the horror stories from many of the others. Better yet, ask them if you can personally go and tour their operation and see what they tell you – because you will get an excuse why you can’t visit or tour. Come to see our operation – tour our nursery and farm, and then compare for yourself.

6/ Notice the last words of this fake post by “RyanCares” which say’s “Run as fast as you can from this guy” which totally gives away the fact that they want customers and prospective customers to run from us, and instead go to them (our competitors) for the plant sales.

Our final thought to this and any other present (or future) fake negative posts on this DG site – we are one of the best (if not the best) in our industry and the people that matter know it.

There is only thing that the “RyanCares” poster “cares about” and that is trying to hurt our family operation to help his own. It’s sad and pathetic how people are using the internet for to attack with “smear campaigns” that in the end will not work.

Try again.
A. DiMeo, DBF

The eperience at the farm was enjoyable. I dealt with Anthony DiMeo on the phone and set up a time to drive to the farm. My wife and I drove out there on a sunday in February, and was met immediately when we pulled in. Mrs DiMeo went over the varieties they had to offer. There were tons of plants to choose from. I ended up getting 16 plants to make a hedge with. The plants were really nice sized with good firm trunks (most stood over 3 ft tall from the pot they were in). Better than I had expected. (I was expecting to see the smaller sizes that I have seen at the regular flower shops). It was great to be able to pick the monster plants out of the bunch, so I definitely recommend driving to the site if at all possible. I am already planning to go back and get some of the blackberry bushes and more blueberry bushes for the guys at work.

FANTASTIC BIG BERRY PLANTS FROM THIS FARM

I got fantastic berry plants from this farm! This was the first time I've mail ordered from this company, but it won't be the last that's for sure - love them.

They have a great website... lots of helpful information on there and it was just a breeze to call in my mail order on the phone. They also sent me nice printed planting instructions which really helped with my planting. Very fast shipping... they delivered exactly when I asked them to. Actually, the plants came in the mail one day early, so be ready. I am super thrilled! These were the healthiest plants I've ever seen. Plants arrived with lush colors and gobs and gobs of big roots. I was able to put them in the ground right away. The plants are going dormant now for fall but they they are still absolutely gorgeous! Very strong, happy plants... a deep, rich, lush colors, and already growing amazingly fast. I can't wait to place another mail order with them next spring...I agree with other positive posters.

I live in upstate NY and wanted to plant Blueberries. I found DiMeo farms on line and decided to give them a try. I drove to their farm and purchased 90 blueberry bushes and 60 raspberries all at 10.00 per plant. The plants were amazing large and very healthy. Everyone I spoke with was extremely polite and helpful. I was also given very detailed written instructions on how to plant and take care of my berries. Within a few days of my purchase I received a follow up email making sure I was happy and checking to see if I need any additional help or info. I couldn’t be happier with the experience. This is a very professional high end group.
Brian Prusik

I have three bushes from here. They were not mail ordered. I planted according to instructions 2 years ago. No fruit.

I called to get help. This was a mistake. I was meanly told I was the fault. Maybe I am but I don't like the way I was talked to.

Bad experience for me. Wish it were better since I like to buy from people near by.

Posted on November 27, 2010, updated November 27, 2010
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE!
As others will tell you "don't believe the positive" reviews on this board when it comes to Dimeo Blueberry Farms. Tony thinks he has everyone fooled. Look him up on google and you will learn a lot about this guy.
The product I received was not as described and the return policy (hidden under Privacy Statement) on the web page clearly states that any returns, for any reason will cost you dearly. I am not going to bother trying to get a return or my money back because it would cost me more money than I'm willing to spend on nothing and he makes a profit no matter what. Buyer Beware and read all the reviews before you decide to buy from this place.

"On Nov 27, 2010 8:35 PM, Dimeo Blueberry Farms responded with:

RESPONSE FROM THE FARM REGARDING THE ABOVE FAKE NEGATIVE POST:

As many of our real patrons will tell you "don't believe many of the fake negative reviews on Dave's Garden" when it comes to our farm and nursery. As stated prior, a select few of our online competitors are the ones who truly think they have you and everyone else fooled by posting fake neg reviews just like this one from "RealFarmBoy" which obviously, with the screen name alone, is a childish attempt to mock. Not to mention "RealFarmBoy" lists his location as "New York, NY" which in New York City is yet another flag. Not to mention his words are simply untrue. Yes, look us up on Google and you will read countless high-supporting testimonials on Merchant Circle as well as learn a lot from our informative videos and valuable information that can't be found anywhere else. Our fair policies are not hidden and are clearly listed on our website. These select few online competitors of ours are clearly and obviously POSING AS CUSTOMERS and submitting falsified neg statements and totally falsified stories-information in a desperate attempt to make us look bad so they can try to get more business in this unclean and disappointing manner.

The above falsified neg rating and posting should NOT reflect upon us, because like many of the others, it’s a fake neg posting. These fabricated “Dave’s Garden users” such as "RealFarmBoy" and others are fakes. These are "temporarily masked competitors" who have an intentional and malicious evil agenda to try and bash our family farm-nursery with false stories in order to try and help their own business sales. It’s sad that people like this can’t compete honestly or fairly, but rather resort to this kind of online behavior. We are currently working with our advisors to file various motions to compel Dave’s Garden to release the identifying ISP address(es) and information of the persons behind these fake negative postings and falsified smear campaigns. We fully intend to eventually "unveil these posters" and hold them fully accountable, as this is unacceptable. Our farm does not appreciate, nor shall we tolerate this kind of unprofessional, malicious and evil online behavior which is clearly actionable.

We thank you for your business and trust that you will disregard these type of fake negative postings.

God bless.
DBF

"

Great product and great service!

Farmer D
Farmer D Organics for The Farm at Natirar

Posted on October 6, 2010, updated November 17, 2010
I just wish I had a bigger yard at my summer home in the mountains so I could order more plants from this farm.
I ordered 18 bushes and they all arrived in perfect condition. They were very healthy and hardy plants.
I had no problem with customer service or communication. They responded quickly on the 2 occasions when I needed to contact them.
I would highly recommend this farm as the FIRST PLACE place to go for berry plants.
They are very knowledgable and helpful to me.

I know I'd give them an A++

I will be back to buy again.
Recommended to my friends too!!

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When I called and placed my order the man was very nice. Two months later I called about the delivery . He was very rude he even hung the phone up on me. I tried to explain that I had been told that the bushes were shipped two weeks prior and I wanted to know if we needed to check and see if they had been lost during shipping. He would not listen to me. I was talked over and told to send a email. I tried to tell him I had already done that. He continued to talk over me.
He was very rude, I got no answers. I will not order from this company again.

I had a terrible experience with Dimeo Blueberry Farm. I sent my check and was simply trying to get a time frame for their shipping. I travel a lot and wanted to be sure I was home when the plants were delivered so I could get them in the ground asap. I asked about delivery time-frame and received short email stating they cannot give any shipping time-frames. In addition, Anthony Dimeo is simply rude. I wanted 6 plants for my daughter to plant and I know little about blueberries varieties and maintenance. I asked a few questions, and he was clearly annoyed, and was giving me no helpful information. They claim to be a family run business, which would leave one to expect a high level of customer service regarding blueberry questions. It is quite the opposite. Luckily I canceled my order. Based on the reviews here, it seems they are not only rude, but deliver terrible product.

“Buyers beware“…..

I ordered 6 black raspberry bushes about 4 weeks ago ... I paid 10 dollars a plant plus 22 or so dollars for shipping ...I thought that was more than fair ..... they all arived dried out and near death … lets put it this way … if these plants were at a store … I would have walked past them ….. to be fair to them they shipped during a perticualy hot couple of days …they did include planting instructions but they were for blueberries not raspberries …. I planted then in the ground the same day that they arrived …... I call 5 days latter and left a message asking for some advise and guidance ...I wanted to see if it was posible to care these sick plants back to health ....I recieved a harsh voice mail letting me know that thier web site clearly states (witch it did) that I needed to call back within 3 days if I wanted to make complaint ... I was told not to bother calling back because all complaints needed to be in written format .... I did not bother sending a letter because I was not looking for a refund I was looking far advice and guidance .... . Im a big boy …I went in with eyes wide open … I am fully aware that I was taking a risk ordering over the internet .... by the way none of the plants made it …. Needless to say I wont be placing a second order …

I was initially excited when I found this farm's website. I phoned and asked about shipping prices etc. The man on the phone told me that they recommend about 5 bushes per family member (that seemed to be a bit much). I was asked for a phone number before the conclusion of my call.

I was debating wether to invest in blueberry bushes as they need some sunlight, and a neighbor is supposedly removing a tree soon which will change the sunlight conditions in my yard drastically. I decided to wait a season (in case that tree isn't removed as promised) so that I could better plan the space.

To my surprise, about 2 days after my initial call to DiMeo, I received a call from DiMeo Farms, asking about the "status of my order." I politely reminded them that there was no order, as I had not yet placed an order, and they then provided me with a price quote and went on to explain that they would not accept any credit cards, only checks by mail. The fact that they advertise online and yet do not accept credit cards (which offers some level of protection to the customer) is enough to make me think twice before ordering.

As for the phone call, some people may feel that it's customer service, but the phone call made me feel a little uncomfortable...... It would have been different had they been offering me some new and special deal, but to call me in an effort to nudge me to place an order was not well received.


I am sad to see that my uneasy feelings about Dimeo were valid.

Posted on August 4, 2010, updated September 21, 2010
This farm is a joke.
I had a friend in forensics look over all these positive postings because I saw a similarity in the writting technique and the fact they all had 1 review.
I was correct. These positive reviews are all written by the same person.
I have family living near this farm. I'm going to have them check this place out to see exactly what's going on there. If I get a positive report I'll change my rating.

I'm an average home owner and I have ordered berry plants many times in year's past from other plant companies. After reading the below positve postings and reviews here and on MerchantCircle I decided to mail order from this farm. I ordered 20 plants. They were the finest, most vigorous plants with the best root systems I have ever received from any company. All the plants have lived and are growing fast, strongly in my city garden as a nice 3' high hedge on the side of my yard. I will never order another plant from anyone else other than this farm. They are the best. I recommend them, yes.

I read the below comment from "1SickPupppy" and I question if it is actually a real legitimate review. The words in this review sound more like a personal attack if anything. Forensics? It did not take forensics for me to click on your Dave's Garden profile just now to see that in your history, you made positive reviews for only one particular competitor of this farm. Attacking reviews of this farm, but only all postive reviews of another in the same business? Humm. Interesting. Sounds like you are a friend of the competitor plant company.

Happily, I do live only 45 mins from this farm. This past weekend, I drove there myself to pick up more plants and to pick fresh berries. My report is postive. Great farm. Great owners. Great plants. Should anyone doubt my words, they can feel free to e-mail me directly. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS FARM and encourage others go and see it. It's worth the ride.

Sadly, the only joke on here is the below "1SickPupppy" who's screen name obviously describes him best. This is a website for gardening not personal attacks as such below.

I'm posting a postive review.

I work and live just 20 mins south of this farm. I have been driving up to this farm now for almost 40 years to buy b-berry plants from Tony and family. These are good people that raise strong plants.

I have sent dozens of people over the years to buy from this farm and they have all been satisfied. I started my own pick-your-own farm back in the early 70s and bought around 500 plants at a time from the owner. Just about every year since I have been driving up to H-town to buy more plants. The owner always gave me a great price and the plants were very high quality, tall and lush healthy bushes.

This past year, I introduced my son to the farm and it's owner and just last week we drove up to pick up another 500 plants. The owner and his workers stayed working until 7:00PM just to wait for us because my son didn't get out of work until that time. They not only stayed late to help us load up the plants, but the owner gave my son a copy of his planting instuctions and sat and talked with us for over 2 hours to give advice to my son since he is talkin over my operation. He didn't even charge us for his time or for staying overtime for us. That impressed me. Who is going to do that today? Not many people.

Great customer service and always got perfect plants from this company. To sum up my thoughts, these are a good family of farmers that continue to serve my family all these years.

My son will now take over my farm and looks forward to continuing a relationship with this farm that was started almost 40 years ago.

I highly recommend this farm. Thank you.

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My business partner and I own a large retail nursery and we have been buying wholesale plants from this family farm for over 22 years.

Our customers love the plants we buy from this farm. I mean, they really love the plants. Almost the very second we run out of them, my partner and I start getting phone calls about when we are getting more in stock again. Our customers actually call to ask for these plants. The plants are beautiful full plants and they are in nice large pots which makes it easy for us to load and for our customers to handle.

I can’t even tell you how many years we have sold out of these plants mid-season and actually had to go out to pick up another 2,500 plants to stock our inventory again.

This is definitely one family and product that I have depended on for years. They have never let us down and they have always grown and sold us far superior plants.

We know this company is a family farm that truly cares about its customers. I value our long relationship and we are proud to give them our recommendation.

I can't say enough good things about this farm in New Jersey. This past weekend, I took a ride out to the farm with my wife and kids.

Everyone was so excited as we went on a Sunday afternoon. The owner took the time to meet us on a Sunday which I was impressed with. He showed us around some of the farm and his huge nursery. All of the plants were beautiful and he let my children pick berries and didn't even charge us. He even gave us some of his homemade jam, and he gave my kids some honey to take home with them - free of charge. That was so nice and unexpected.

We picked out our plants and he took the time to give us detailed planting instructions and invited us to come back for hayrides in the fall with our children.

Not only was I impressed with the farm (it's so beautiful and huge) but the quality of product that this farm has is indeed impressive. Our plants are now in the ground and they look beautiful. They are full and big and better than any plants I have seen at any of my local stores.

It was definitely worth taking the ride out to the farm. Thank you from all of us for your hospitality and kindness. We will be coming again next year to get more plants. My kids are still talking about the farm and what a great time they had.

Thank you.

Yes, I recommend this farm.

I made my first purchase from this farm this year. Plants were quickly shipped. All plants were large and very well packed. Absolutely no stress or damage during shipping. My fiance and I were impressed. Of all the mail-order online nursery/garden retailers I've bought from over the years, I have to say that the largest plants came from this farm.

All of the plants were healthy and had really nice roots. I planted them and they took off quickly. We are already getting loads of berries on the plants!!

I am very impressed and happy with what I received from DBF. We will be buying from this company again.

Thank you so much.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED BY OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS



This farm has some of the most beautiful plants we have ever seen sold direct to home gardeners like myself. Plus the owners of this family farm are excellent business-people to do business with and just good people overall.

I ordered from them on the basis of very high recommendations from my friend Jennifer and also all the great customer reviews on another website called Merchant Circle, which highly recommends the farm.

The farmer contacted me almost immediately by email with a quote and then they promptly followed up with a phone call to complete my order. The plants arrived very, very quickly --- and they were beautiful, lush, healthy – and just wonderful plants. And at great price too. Actually the best price I found. Great deal.

These guys get a definite HIGH RECOMMENDATION from me and my family. They're wonderful people and I hope to visit the farm some day soon when I head out in that direction.I ordered plants from another online company in the past and received nothing but junk in the mail – but I have nothing but POSITIVE PRAISE for this family business. I am impressed.

After reading some of the below, it bothers me when people try to "bash" good companies run by good people and families. It seems like we should be promoting our BEST mail-order sources, rather than demoting them.

I also feel that just because an angry or hateful person says something about a company, doesn't mean it's true. Especially when the source is bitter with another obvious agenda. Our comments should be real, truthful, and posted to better serve the gardening community and not an individual ego, or the sometimes greedy pockets of another online competitor.

A WONDERFUL FARM WITH BEAUTIFUL PLANTS!!!

I have ordered plants many times in the past from other companies, but after hearing such GREAT POSTIVE STORIES from several of my good friends who also bought from this farm, I decided to order from them and go to pick-up my plants at the farm one Saturday afternoon.

I ordered 35 plants on the phone. The customer service was the best... the girl on the phone was so nice and I enjoyed talking with her. I had some tough questions, and the farmer quickly called me back to answer them himself. I was very impresed.

I reserved the plants and then went to pick them up on the farm. I must say that they were the finest, most vigorous plants with the most solid root systems I have ever bought. Thus far all have lived and are growing strongly in my home garden. Our family is so excited. I will never order a plant from anyone else. They are simply the best. They are great people and treated me very well.

They loaded the plants in my vehicle with care and were remarkably fast. They wrapped and packaged the plants with care and gave me planting instructions. I planted them immediately and much to my surprise, I had lots of vibrant green shoots coming up within only a week. I am VERY HAPPY to have found this farm and I will certainly be a repeat customer in the future!

My friends and I are all very happy with our plant purchases from this farm and we will continue to spread the good word to other people.

We HIGHLY RECOMMEND this farm. Thank you!!

Almost my entire family has been doing business with this farm for over 35 years now and we highly recommend the farm and it's high quality plants.

I read some of the comments below, and I don't believe them because this family has been nothing but good to my family and our business through the years. We have always depended on them through the years for a great plants and product. The customer service has always been great too.

It's always a pleasure to do business with this farm. We look forward to our next purchase this fall season. Thank you so much. God bless!

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Posted on May 8, 2010, updated May 27, 2010
I just wanted to let you know that we are very pleased with the plants. I was happy with the size and packaging. I sold two to my friend and he is pleased as well.

I will spread the good word about your family farm and products.

Regards,

George

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Posted on May 9, 2010, updated May 27, 2010
We highly recommend this farm as my wife and I have bought plants from this company for over 20 years. They are one of the very few companies out there today that actually know how to grow great bb bushes. We have tried a couple other companies in the past but not one of them gave us good plants like this family farm did. We have bb bushes from this farm from 20 years ago that are still here today and now my grandchildren enjoy them every summer.

My wife and I have always been satisfied with this family farm and we greatly enjoy our yearly visits to the farm. Our sincere thanks goes out to the family. We surely look forward to our next visit to the farm. Thanks for all the years of happiness!

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This has been an awful experience working with this company. I organized a group order of 3-yr old blueberries so that we could enjoy a good harvest THIS season. The owner seemed nice enough at first, although certain info he told me turned out to be false--like if I didn't get my order in soon the prices were going up (as of months later they're still the same on the website), and that there was a minimum order (even though on the website it explicitly says there's no minimum), and most importantly, that my plants would be shipped "partial bare root", meaning they would have some dirt attached to them (which helps with shock). But these were rather minor issues compared to what I was about to deal with. Apparently after asking a few too many questions for my, according to him, puny order (40 plants), about how the plants were shipped, he verbally berated me on the phone--too bad for me of course my check was already on its way or that would've ended the process right then. I was more than a little perplexed how 40 bushes were going to be handled via USPS. The first time we checked in (on a Wed) to see when they were shipping, we were told they would be dug Thurs or Fri and would arrive during the next week. So we waited until the following Fri (9 days later) to find out where the plants were. He said they would be dug next week. When we questioned him about his previous statement, he briskly said, "we process them in the order we receive them". We called back the next week after not receiving them yet again, and this time he says it's been too rainy and the digging tractors can't get in the fields (and points me to a article in the local paper to verify). Except that on the front page of his website it says the plants are hand dug, and if I'm such a small order to him, seems like someone could've dug them out by now. He tells me it will be another 10 days. Finally the plants arrive, more than 1 month after the order, I go into SHOCK as soon as I see them, and now I understand why it was no big deal (and why he was being evasive about how they are packaged & shipped) for the local postman to carry them in his truck. First, they are bare root, not one drop of dirt on them and they have TINY root balls. Second, the plants are TINY, most with only one main stem that is between 12-24", and maybe a few tiny off shoots. And these are "suppose" to be 3 Year Old Plants! I was expecting a BUSH, which is what THEY SHOW on the website, not one STEM! No way this thing will produce anything more than a handful of berries this year. Third, because they took more than a month to get here, (I ordered in early March) they are now in full bloom--so much for getting berries this year!
I called him to confirm that these were 3 yr olds, and he gave me a song & dance about them being organically grown so that's the correct size. ALL the 2 yr old plants I've seen in nurseries, walmart, home depot, etc, are more substantial than these are. Now that they have been in the ground for more than 1 week, at least 2 I know of are already dead. And this is even after using transplant shock on them. Let's just say I was mortified to deliver these to the rest of my group, and I was personally sooo extremely disappointed. I did a great deal of searching and decided on this farm because of the deal, but more so because it was a family farm & I wanted to support that kind of business, and I thought I'd get better service. Bottom line on this operation--BEWARE!

The farm has great plants that my brother and I were looking for with the pick-your-own business that we since have started in our community. We started off with 1750 plants from this farm and are surely going back to this farm to buy more plants next year. It's a great big farm. We actually flew out to tour the farm and it's a beautiful place with really nice plants for the price. My brother and I both highly recommend this farm.

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We have ordered several times from this farm and have always gotten very good plants from them. They are very generous with planting instructions which were very helpful. Pricing is very reasonable compared to others.

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