Does anyone grow plants for selling?

mongmoney

My dad wants us to grow some plants for selling at a car boot when the weather warms up. I'm good at getting things going and am going to do tomatoes. I've got free seed so no outlay for that but I will have for compost. I'm not going to give away pots either but am wondering if any of you have done this before. Is it going to make me any money?
Mongy

sharpy2010

It may make some cash, but I can't imagine it would be much. This sounds like the sort of thing you'd do if you were interested in plants and growing them, rather than a way to make a load of cash

davester

I would be careful there is patants on alot of plants. even growing from seed or cutting from existing plants, you would be in breach of patent and royalty laws (if you sold them). Don't assume its only the fancy expensive plants that have been genetically enginneered or selective breed.

Ignorance of not checking the exact species of the plant you are selling is not registered will not stand up in court.

It is considered the same as if you rerecorded a piece of music and never paid the royalties or got permission to use the music.

pinksleepybear

You can make small paper pots from newspaper. Have a google. I eventually bought a paper potter for ease of use, but in the first couple of years I just used a small glass jar.

GavB79

How much you make depends on the plant :cool:

Money_maker

I used to sell surplus toms (have a never ending supply of pots). My biggest problem was where to put the young plants. Suffice to say that every conceivable surface (including the bath) was covered in them.

BOGOF_Queen

Hi - I am starting to grow the following at car boots later this year - hopefully starting at the end of March/early April - got loads of cheap seeds in the Autumn. The following is what I intend to sell:

Toms Chilli Pepper Leeks Cabbage Sprouts Kale Broccoli Runners Frenchbeans Cu Courgette marrow
Squash pumpkin

Aquelegia Sweet peas foxglove Hollyhocks Aubretia Catmint Salvia Foxglove - Excelsior Poppy Canterbury bells Geranium Primrose Lupin annual lupin Penestom tradescantia Poppy Campanula Jacobs ladder Aquelegia Verbena
basil parsley coriander mint dill sage


Hope this helps and good luck!

mongmoney

BOGOF_Queen wrote: »

Hi - I am starting to grow the following at car boots later this year - hopefully starting at the end of March/early April - got loads of cheap seeds in the Autumn. The following is what I intend to sell:

Toms Chilli Pepper Leeks Cabbage Sprouts Kale Broccoli Runners Frenchbeans Cu Courgette marrow
Squash pumpkin

Aquelegia Sweet peas foxglove Hollyhocks Aubretia Catmint Salvia Foxglove - Excelsior Poppy Canterbury bells Geranium Primrose Lupin annual lupin Penestom tradescantia Poppy Campanula Jacobs ladder Aquelegia Verbena
basil parsley coriander mint dill sage


Hope this helps and good luck!

Have you done this before then? If so, does it really make any cash?
Mongy

kazwookie

I did car boot my excess last year, and found people want something for nothing,!! toms sold from 40p each as did cues, beans and such like.

I would say by the time you have watered everyday / compost etc you about break even.

I get the pots of freecycle!

mongmoney

kazwookie wrote: »

I did car boot my excess last year, and found people want something for nothing,!! toms sold from 40p each as did cues, beans and such like.

I would say by the time you have watered everyday / compost etc you about break even.

I get the pots of freecycle!

Thanks for that. I will check freecycle. My Dad won't stop talking about it so I've got to get the facts so he's not thinking it's going to be lots of cash. Thanks for giving me some idea of a price too.
I'm going to do it the cheapest way possible anyway. Re: pots- i'm going to use plastic cups. I wouldn't mind trying the newspaper pot maker either. Compost out of my composter. Not alot of true cost except for time and know how.
It is great to see my Dad so excited about this though so I think it might be fun to see him revved up.
Thanks to everyone.
Mongy

BOGOF_Queen

mongmoney wrote: »

Have you done this before then? If so, does it really make any cash?
Mongy

Hi - not done this before so don't know what I am letting myself in for! Still trying to track down an old pasting table on Freecycle. Have already obtained loads of plastic pots from there and have noticed that some garden centres give them away so will try and get some from there when I start running low.