How to SELL plants without having a plant sale!! 💲💲 

I'm really glad you haven't had a lot of no shows. So many times I will have back and forth conversations with people, asking questions, setting times etc, then NOTHING. No show, no responses, just gone.

Thankfully my dad is a landscape designer and installer, so he buys 100s of thousands of dollars in plants per year without even thinking, and many things I grow. So, landscapers are always a good source.

This is so true folks, and it will drive you crazy!!!!! I try to get people to give me a time that they will be here for a pick-up, 60% no call, no show. Just last night "I will be there at 5:00" I write them at 8:00 and they say "Sorry, I couldn't make it" This happens over and over and over.... I would never do this to somebody.

Hoa seems like hell owners associations

I'd meet them somewhere like in a parking lot that has cameras. I did craigslist for about 8 years and fortunately most people I had over to buy were decent but there were a few fruitcakes I wish didn't know where I lived. I had one guy steal my tire inflator right off my garage wall. Another guy was a pastor, he walked right past me and where the item was to look around my back yard. The frosting on the cake was this but job skinny slimy looking dude with a weird voice. I ended that sale by telling him to leave. After that I met buyers in the local grocery store parking lot, cameras everywhere. Keeps everybody honest. Worked out good and no more fruitcakes coming to my house scoping the place out.

Being in zone 4, I considered moving to zone 5 just to grow those darn green giant arborvitaes lol! Love your channel!!

I do a backyard plant sale. I give them an appt time we both agree on-and say they won't be held after that-they're back on the open market if they miss their appt. i have very little noshows-and they will call if they are delayed . Works for me.

Thanks for sharing!!! Very encouraging for someone just starting out!!

Great video Craig! Solid advice and very helpful.

Fantastic information - thankyou!

Great video as always!!

Thanks for sharing this 💯❣️

Thank you so much for this information! This is the one part of the whole nursery business project that scares me - how to market and sell the plants. Your video makes it seem doable. Thanks again and again! 🙏🏻

Blessings! Amazing videos!

As always - great tips. Lots of people are “interested” but the trick is to get them to hit the “Buy Now” button. That worked well for eBay. One way to get ppl to commit to purchasing is by giving them a deal. Ok….”if you show up tomorrow at 13:00 & purchase 25 plants, I’ll give you “free of charge” an extra 5. Etc. ppl like deals (real or not).

LOL I bought just ONE Green Giant...to use for cuttings. :)

Yes, it is available. Would you like to schedule a pick-up for today or tomorrow?

Good advice!

Video idea. Show what plants and numbers you keep for next season. Prepping for that.. or do you sell completely out and start fresh??

Great video. Thank you. (You did do market research!)

I remember that video of when you bought the green giants. I'm glad you did well. I was a little worried that you'd have a hard time selling them.

Thank you very much for this valuable information 🎊 🎉

Home Town !! ❤

Thanks for sharing

God bless I can't quite get the full name up your what type of tree is it

Hello mate. Very poignant information I sell on FB marketplace and freeads here in the UK. I reckon I get forty percent of no shows and wasters. I used to do bootsales but gave them up due to the amount of wasters. Some people are very interested in what I grow and breed but there are always more wasters . I also do the local auctions forty miles away. I may not get as much as I want but in general I end up pleased with the outcome. Thanks for sharing your videos etc mate. All the best Joe 👍

Due to an illness, I can't work a regular job, so I'm thinking about starting this type of business at home, but I don't know where to start buying plants to sell.

Good info

Smash the LIKE button, guys and gals. 🙂

Would it be helpful to have a yardstick to show how tall they are in the picture or is it necessary.

TO START OUT: Exactly how would you advise I research to decide how many to propagate + pot up? You've given extremely valuable tips on how to sell. But, what are my 1st 5 steps?

The link to the irrigation wand is for lever activated. Is that what you use?

Ugh, trying to sell on Facebook is a nightmare. They don't read the listing, they click the is this available even though you tell them not to. They tell you a time then don't show up. I had the same problem selling strawberry plants.

Do you start your own arborvitae through propagation or do you buy them wholesale that size?

Did you have to get any licensing/certifications in order to sell these? How do you go about that?

Thanks for sharing what works so well for you. I badly wish I could do the same thing, but our town forbids us to have customers come to our home (a residential lot in town). So we have to haul our plants elsewhere to sell, which is quite a pain. We doing our first plant sale tomorrow, and I've been advertising on Facebook Marketplace and buy/sell groups. Also boosting a post about our sale. Really curious how it will turn out, as we hauled 412 plants this afternoon to our sales location. We only have about 500 square feet for our nursery, so we're trying to focus on smaller plants. As for selling quantities of plants, we might experiment with ground covers. Small, deep plugs are easier to plant than quart or gallon pots. And cheaper for gardeners wanting to cover a lot of area. And they often turn out pretty profitable per square foot in the nursery. We'll see.

How much do you sell your 20 inch Green Giants for? I get $8 and wondering if I have them under priced.

What kind of fabric is that on the ground?

How much can I sell my jasmine bushes for or is there a better way to make more money out of the jasmine bushes

Have you ever had someone respond to your FB ad asking where you meet? I usually tell them I have a nursery full of plants, they don't fit in my truck but they're welcome to come look. Do you have a different/better answer?

Darn, I was hoping for something other than internet. FB seems like the worst of all the bad online markets....Is there any advantage over using eBay ?

Do you need to have a nursery license to sell this way?

What plant did people buy all the time

Do they pay online? Or is it a cash in person deal

Did you have to take a floral designer course and test to get your nursery license.

What do you do about sales tax?

Are you paying for your Facebook marketplace ads to be shown to more people? Or are you just using the free ads?

Do I still need a nursery certificate for selling plants from Facebook marketplace?

what area of the country are you in?

Essentially an ad for fb. Which I do not support or use. I hope they compensated you for promoting them.

Why not reply to these wishey-washey people with: I have received a lot of replys, the selection will be best the sooner you can arrive.???