How to Sell Rooted Cuttings
Selling rooted cuttings provides extra income from the pleasure of gardening. The cuttings taken from pre-owned plants and shrubs offers gardeners the opportunity to make a good profit from the sales. To successfully sell rooted cuttings, the plants must be in prime health and of top quality. Spring is always best when offering plants for sale because gardeners generally buy the most plants and flowers during this time.
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Things You'll Need
- Healthy potted rooted cuttings
- Fliers
- Growing containers
- Quality potting soil
- Planting tags or labels
Instructions
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Check with the local county extension office to determine the rules governing plant sales in your area. Some plants are restricted, while others carry a patent, making it illegal to propagate and sell them.
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Remove healthy rooted cuttings from the growing trays and pot up in individual containers. The cuttings must be healthy and rooted in the new pots before selling to provide a quality product. The new plants suffer shock when potted up the day of the sale. The cuttings need at least a week to acclimate to the larger growing pot.
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Tag the potted plants with proper name tags using the scientific name and, if known, the common name. It is important to sell exactly what is advertised or named on the container.
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Create fliers advertising a plant sale or "Plants for Sale." The fliers need the location of the sale, including directions for hard-to-locate places. Also include the name and description of the plants being offered for sale.
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Hang the fliers in local stores and bulletin boards. Word of mouth generates a great deal of business, with friends and neighbors being the best advertisers. Make sure to offer the fliers to anyone you know who may be interested in new plants.
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Contact local garden groups and clubs, offering a discount for bulk buying if appropriate. Another idea would be to offer a certain discount just for that organization or club.
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Offer a large quantity of rooted cuttings to local greenhouses and nurseries. Many nurseries buy rooted cuttings for their stock and grow the plants out for the following year's sale. Demand is high for local cuttings because of the loss suffered during shipping of the tender plants.
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Tips & Warnings
Always offer healthy plants worth the selling price. Quality product brings repeat customers. Once established, you can expect regular customers each year waiting for your rooted cuttings.
Word of mouth kills a business quickly. Selling a poor product suffering from disease or having other problems will keep buyers from coming back.
