I bring plants to my May farmer’s market when I only have lettuce, spring onions, rhubarb and asparagus to sell. It gets us off to a terrific start financially and as JM points out, it cements you in people’ s minds as a person of interest. One tip I’d like to pass along is to have as many hanging baskets as you can for Mother’s Day. You’ll sell every one. After that not so much. Et Jean-Martin, comme toujours, je vous remercie mille fois pour votre contribution au monde d’agriculteur.
Thank you so much JM! You are an inspiration to many. I really appreciate these vids & your way of delivering consise, calming info with real results to back it up. Keep doing what you do my friend. Much respect from the Limestone Coast, South Australia.
I've gotta speak up about the plastic use. Love the message, love the business reasoning, love the energy, love the single price model, love the tables, and love to see your success... but that's so much single-use plastic!!! Have y'all tried alternatives like fiber pots? If not, do you plan to? Thanks for all your great content, I really love y'all, but this breaks my heart a little!
@@Ptitnain2 Yep, we have some that are close to a decade old. That said, in this context, acquiring them from a manufacturer, then selling to individual consumers with the intent to do so again next year constitutes "single use plastic." Also, the plastic will remain long after the useful structure of the pot has fallen apart.
I tried fiber pots- was not really happy with growing seedlings in them. product is not a neutral medium, and hard to get seedlings out of container, also what is left is also garbage, cant re-use.
@@stephenletts4942 yes, fiber pots are overpriced and ineffective. since this comment, we've had success selling soil blocks, the same we use in our own production. we do have some plastic 3x3 that we reuse, but do not sell. We use xanthan gum in the soil blocks to provide additional structure which works well when selling. we don't make a major business of the plant sales, but the proof of concept was positive.
I would buy tons of plants if that was in my town, I bet there was some pretty interesting varieties and not just the standard, like everyone that sell plants have it here, the best from Portugal!
it depends on many variables, but ideally your plants would be ready for people to transplant when they take them home, or close to it! This can be difficult with heat loving crops though (in our northern climate) as they won't tolerate the cooler nights of late May so well!
I bring plants to my May farmer’s market when I only have lettuce, spring onions, rhubarb and asparagus to sell. It gets us off to a terrific start financially and as JM points out, it cements you in people’ s minds as a person of interest. One tip I’d like to pass along is to have as many hanging baskets as you can for Mother’s Day. You’ll sell every one. After that not so much.
Et Jean-Martin, comme toujours, je vous remercie mille fois pour votre contribution au monde d’agriculteur.
My grandfather had 3 greenhouses in his back yard and sold plants every spring. Definitely adding this to the market garden next year!!!
Go for it! 👊
Fresh ideas. Thanks JM.
Respect from Africa 🇿🇦
Thank you so much JM! You are an inspiration to many. I really appreciate these vids & your way of delivering consise, calming info with real results to back it up. Keep doing what you do my friend. Much respect from the Limestone Coast, South Australia.
thanks so much for the comment! It means a lot 😊
Much LOVE from Texas my friend 👍
Love this idea. You are really helping us.
so happy to hear! ❤️
I just had my first plant sale. Didn’t go very well. My plants were all healthy and looked great but I was passed over. Discouraging.
I'm sorry to hear! Please don't let it get you down though, we all know that the first try is not indicative of what the future may hold! 👊
Hang in there. You can do it!
How much do u charge for plants?
I've gotta speak up about the plastic use.
Love the message, love the business reasoning, love the energy, love the single price model, love the tables, and love to see your success... but that's so much single-use plastic!!!
Have y'all tried alternatives like fiber pots? If not, do you plan to? Thanks for all your great content, I really love y'all, but this breaks my heart a little!
On farms those plastic pots are being reused for years.
@@Ptitnain2 Yep, we have some that are close to a decade old. That said, in this context, acquiring them from a manufacturer, then selling to individual consumers with the intent to do so again next year constitutes "single use plastic." Also, the plastic will remain long after the useful structure of the pot has fallen apart.
I tried fiber pots- was not really happy with growing seedlings in them. product is not a neutral medium, and hard to get seedlings out of container, also what is left is also garbage, cant re-use.
@@stephenletts4942 yes, fiber pots are overpriced and ineffective. since this comment, we've had success selling soil blocks, the same we use in our own production. we do have some plastic 3x3 that we reuse, but do not sell. We use xanthan gum in the soil blocks to provide additional structure which works well when selling. we don't make a major business of the plant sales, but the proof of concept was positive.
I would buy tons of plants if that was in my town, I bet there was some pretty interesting varieties and not just the standard, like everyone that sell plants have it here, the best from Portugal!
that's what makes us small farms special! thanks for the comment 😁
Very nice J.M. was that your wife out there? Great to see her again, thanks for the info.
yes indeed Leland! thanks for the comment
les tomates sont telles bouturer ou cest des graines ? merci
Funny contrast to some other UA-cam "farmers" who complain that they just can't make enough money with plant sales to be worth their time.
what do you charge per plant?
How long in advance would you recommend starting to sow plants for a plant sale date in mid may?
it depends on many variables, but ideally your plants would be ready for people to transplant when they take them home, or close to it! This can be difficult with heat loving crops though (in our northern climate) as they won't tolerate the cooler nights of late May so well!
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Don’t talk about cash too much.. the tax man will be on your case