Does anyone sprout and resell plants?

[FloorCandy]

Here’s my story, I ordered strawberry seeds, ever bearing red and white. When they arrived it said I needed to store them in the freezer for a month! I hadn’t prepared for that and didn’t have time to wait a month to start. So I read about them online and it seemed like even experienced people have a low germination rate with strawberries (30-40%). Combine that with not following the freezer instructions, I assumed few would grow if any at all.

I ordered hanging bags for them, with pockets you plant them in, and they cascade down. Each one holds about 12 and I have 3 bags. I decided to plant 40 peat pods in my starters with strawberries. In each pod I overdid it, I put about 7-10 seeds right on top, but I buried 5 or so just below the top as well.

2 weeks passed and here I am:

As you can see, Great Success! The red are on the left and they had more seeds, the whites are doing just as well, there were just less seeds to spread around. I’m wondering, should I carefully remove the extras and set them in little peat pots or something and sell them?

Does anyone sell started plants? If so, do you use craigslist, or buy a table at a farmers market? What is the cheapest way to set them? Since most were sprinkled on top I think I can carefully remove them without damage in most cases. Is it worth the work?

 

[itsasmallfarm]

this year am planning on selling started plants. (got about 300 and some tomatoes and peppers at the moment)

thinking things like Facebook market place might work good. i got a few people lined up just by telling them am selling started plants,

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I don't garden, but if be more willing to buy sprouted plants than try with seeds

 

[FloorCandy]

So I contacted a local organization claiming to be a state farmers market group. I asked about the availability to buy table space at a local market, or if they could recommend a good market where I could have a table 1 or 2 days to sell extra plants. I received a reply saying their organization is for members only, and it’s for farmers not just people wanting a table for a day and I should set up a table in my driveway. Super helpful, I live on the last street in a small town backing the woods, it is a dead end at the end of my street that would join the main road, so the only way in is thru the neighborhood, other than the like 6 families on my street, the only traffic we get are people who missed the right street and turn around in ours when they run out of other roads. Looking up a lot of farmers markets I’ve seen many are closed from covid, lack of suppliers, lack of interest, whatever. The one in my own town (seriously 2 tables in the liquor store parking lot on the main road lol) is even shut down. So I’m thinking I should just snip the extras and let a good one grow in each.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Well that was a rude sounding reply. What so they consider to be a farmer? Here it's literally if you have plants for food (but obviously not everyone with a garden gets the same benefits a commercial farmer has)

So I contacted a local organization claiming to be a state farmers market group. I asked about the availability to buy table space at a local market, or if they could recommend a good market where I could have a table 1 or 2 days to sell extra plants. I received a reply saying their organization is for members only, and it’s for farmers not just people wanting a table for a day and I should set up a table in my driveway. Super helpful, I live on the last street in a small town backing the woods, it is a dead end at the end of my street that would join the main road, so the only way in is thru the neighborhood, other than the like 6 families on my street, the only traffic we get are people who missed the right street and turn around in ours when they run out of other roads. Looking up a lot of farmers markets I’ve seen many are closed from covid, lack of suppliers, lack of interest, whatever. The one in my own town (seriously 2 tables in the liquor store parking lot on the main road lol) is even shut down. So I’m thinking I should just snip the extras and let a good one grow in each.

 

[FloorCandy]

Well that was a rude sounding reply. What so they consider to be a farmer? Here it's literally if you have plants for food (but obviously not everyone with a garden gets the same benefits a commercial farmer has)

I think I just contacted one of those pretentious groups of tryhards who run farmers markets for gentrified groups. I received a lot of the same kind of attitude going to farmers markets in Brooklyn, the farmers are great and kind, but the desk people running it and charging admission are totally self absorbed.

 

[alwaystj9]

Most Farmer's Markets here charge for table space. My local feed store will let people sell plants, especially if they have something well presented, labeled and healthy that's not something they already sell. If you are anywhere near South Louisiana I can use new strawberry plants!

 

[FloorCandy]

Most Farmer's Markets here charge for table space. My local feed store will let people sell plants, especially if they have something well presented, labeled and healthy that's not something they already sell. If you are anywhere near South Louisiana I can use new strawberry plants!

I wish! I’m in the north haha

 

[FloorCandy]

None of my vine peaches (mango melons) sprouted, so I set some in a bag with damp towels to try to get some going, today the bag ones started to sprout, and I turn to look at the ones in the peat pods, and 3 have sprouted, I have like 11 now! Each plant is supposed to produce 100 peach sized melons per season hahahahaha

 

[JacinLarkwell]

None of my vine peaches (mango melons) sprouted, so I set some in a bag with damp towels to try to get some going, today the bag ones started to sprout, and I turn to look at the ones in the peat pods, and 3 have sprouted, I have like 11 now! Each plant is supposed to produce 100 peach sized melons per season hahahahaha

I've never heard of those!