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    Im looking to raise a bit money, and have loads of seeds/ plants that I have sown.

    So how many bedding plants would you expext for 20 quid?

    Ive got some of the bread carrier trays I was thinking of filling up plants, what fo you recon? Think Id get about 30 plants in there. More if I use square pots.

    Enough or not?

    Thnks guys
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    I would have thought that given your job you would be one of the best on the forums to have an insight to the answer to your question
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    • #3
      I'm buying 680 begonia plugs for less than under £30! If I spent £20 on bedding plants I'd expect them to be good quality.

      What size are your plants? Where will you sell them?
      As BB says, you should know what the going rate is.

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      • #4
        I would pay 20 for 30 assorted plants that are ready to grow in the ground, we charge 7.99 for 6 fox gloves so..
        Id just be selling them over fb, taking a pic of what is there and putting a price to it. What do you recon?
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        • #5
          What about postage or would you be selling locally?

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          • #6
            I would not call foxglove a bedding plant bedding I would expect to see the likes of petunia, lobilia, stocks, etc in which case it would be a large number of plants for £20
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            • #7
              Sorry that was a bad example, we keep them in the herbaceous bit but was the only thing that came to mind.

              We do 6 small violas for 3.49 they are in the little trays.
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              • #8
                Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                What about postage or would you be selling locally?
                Just locally, in my spare time.
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                • #9
                  You can't compare GC prices with what you could sell them for. GC are expensive. People expect a bargain if you're selling privately. Without knowing what plants you have and the size and quality, its hard to even guess a price.
                  Try it and see!

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                  • #10
                    If you have the likes of B4Q or H0mb4se locally, I think you will be beaten off by the competition, You can pick up a 40 pack for around 5 squid.
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                    • #11
                      I don't know face ache but from car boots and driveways I would expect a 6 cell tray to be a pound, two at a push if they were full and in flower. For spare veg plants then 50p a time with a discount on more. I have never really come across people buying in bulk (outside of gc)

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                      • #12
                        I sell at my gate. A 4 or 5 cell stip ( big cell/ module tray cut into 4 or 5 cell strips, depending on tray size) I sell for a £1. Most of the time there are 2 plants to a cell, so 10 plants for £1. Ready hardened off and big enough to plant straight away. Only the healthiest plants are sold. Things in pots 9cm (I think). Range from 50p-75p depending what it is. Again most the time there is more than one plant, hardened off & ready to plant.
                        I even suply info sheets (very small ones) on the more unusual verities, growing, culinarily or both.

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                        • #13
                          Unfortunatly home base closed down round here, we have nothing like that now :/...
                          Well bnq in sunderland.

                          I wish we had stalk at car boots roind here that sold plants Id be there every week!
                          I think sunderland is to city for people who like plants and gardenin... but its changing x
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Small pumpkin View Post
                            I sell for a £1. Most of the time there are 2 plants to a cell, so 10 plants for £1. Ready hardened off and big enough to plant straight away. Only the healthiest plants are sold.
                            Yep, same as around here then Sp, I got 20 broad beans a couple of weeks back for £2 from a driveway stall, a mate in Kent gets his runners the same way & price but 'fell lucky' when he got 10 cells of sweet peas for £2 & at potting on found he had 28 instead of the 20 it said on the card.
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                            • #15
                              I think garden centres invest heavily into store displays and design, cafes and brands to sell their goods.
                              They cater to a large demographic of people who are paying not only for the plant but for a pleasant afternoon, wandering around in elegant surroundings.
                              The plant is almost a by product of the leisure experience and is priced accordingly.

                              A stall at the gate is a quaint tradition.
                              It feels wholesome and pleasing and one expects that a chubby old gardener uses the pennies for birdfood or somesuch!
                              I love buying from stalls at the gate with an honesty box, the pleasure is as much nostalgia as thrift and I will often put in more than the asking price (which is only a fraction of the GC price)

                              Selling on face ache, however, offers none of these charms.
                              Its a straight up transaction without romance or leisure.
                              I'm not sure how you could arrange payment and collection/delivery without risk.

                              At least at a boot fair you would catch impulse buyers, attract withscent, could dress some up with pots and bows for gifts.
                              Then you would have the very real benefit of a set cost (petrol, rent etc) so you could work out a price based upon;
                              it costs me this much to get
                              and this much for seed, composts and pots,
                              So I need to make x amount before I'm in profit.
                              x divided by the amount to sell = y plus a bit extra for me!
                              Last edited by muddled; 19-04-2016, 11:40 AM.
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