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Getting Ready For The First Plant Sale

Last updated : 9 July 2015

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Friday May 8th will be the first plant sale of the season for Mike’s Plant Farm

4850 North Ridge Road, Perry, Ohio 44081, Fri-Sun 9-5

Mike, Pam and Cathy have been working non-stop getting everything ready.  plant sale10plant sale6

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Fergus and Finnegan are also helping.

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Mike and Pam working hard

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The boys are strategizing to see which plants they should eat first.

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The plants start out as cuttings rooted in sand.

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Once rooted, they are potted up and transferred to the container area. See the Nelson Whiz Heads?

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Lay out your sales area ahead of time

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Fill your tables to overflowing with the most beautiful plants.

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These trees were dug, balled and wrapped in burlap.

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These beauties are going to go fast!

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The plants are properly labeled and a colorful bench card shows the customer what the full grown plant will look like.

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Always make sure you have some colorful beauties to enhance your sale.

plant sale5Come on out and meet the whole gang!

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Mike, Pam and Cathy will be there Fri-Sun. Duston and Sharon will be working on the weekends!

Make sure you have enough room in your vehicle for all of the plants you are going to want!

See you there!

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Comments

  1. Judi Klug says

    September 21, 2016 at 7:19 pm

    Once again, an excellent video. REALLY grateful for these tours, Mike. I see what I my $5.97 plants should look like…and I ALWAYS learn things!
    God bless you all,
    Judi in Indianapolis

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  2. Sharon H says

    July 8, 2015 at 8:26 am

    Mike, enjoyed the tour very much.

    So, during your sales, do people wander all through that area or are they restricted to where your tables are located? And do you provide some sort of wagon or cart to load their selections and transport to the cash register?

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    • Sharon says

      July 8, 2015 at 8:56 am

      Hi! People can wander within reason around the donkeys and in the container areas and yes there are wagons to load up all of your beautiful plants! Thanks!

      Reply
  3. Steve Davidson says

    May 8, 2015 at 10:05 pm

    I have been following your helpful advice for over a year now , the one thing that stands out to me is your way of explaining how to take care of different plants , shrubs,, trees, etc.. My hydrangea has not bloomed in years, great green leaves, but no colorful buds, until your advice …..
    Coffee grinds, WOW, blended them into the soil over the winter, and didn’t cut them back. Now, what a BIG difference, I can see small buds , which will bloom later this summer, it is now May 9th , can’t wait to finally see this beautiful plant ( I’ll try to send pictures ) Thank you so much !!! Steve

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    • Steve says

      May 8, 2015 at 10:11 pm

      I have been following your helpful advice for over a year now , the one thing that stands out to me is your way of explaining how to take care of different plants , shrubs,, trees, etc.. My hydrangea has not bloomed in years, great green leaves, but no colorful buds, until your advice …..
      Coffee grinds, WOW, blended them into the soil over the winter, and didn’t cut them back. Now, what a BIG difference, I can see small buds , which will bloom later this summer, it is now May 9th , can’t wait to finally see this beautiful plant ( I’ll try to send pictures ) Thank you so much !!! Steve

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      • Mike says

        May 9, 2015 at 5:43 am

        Thanks Steve, I’m glad I was able to help.

        Reply
  4. Ellen Lawrence says

    May 8, 2015 at 6:55 pm

    Are those Harry Lauder Walking Stick trees? I live in Indiana and can only find them in magazines. I see a road trip in my immediate future!

    Love your website and I am learning a lot from you. Funny, my kids say I have a ‘green body.’ Apparently, I passed ‘green thumb’ about ten years ago..according to my kids! Ain’t they funny?

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    • Mike says

      May 9, 2015 at 5:45 am

      Ellen,

      Yes, those are Harry Lauder’s. Awesome plant!

      Reply
  5. Terry says

    May 7, 2015 at 12:03 pm

    I am planning to have my first sale at at Farmer’s Market in a local small town. Plan to pot several plants to take-how do they survive once potted? Anything special I should do? Seems most things I have potted in the past do not do as well as in the ground. Thanks for your much appreciated help.

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    • Anonymous says

      May 8, 2015 at 7:03 pm

      There are many variables. Time of day in potting up( cool mornings are best), at least four weeks between potting up and sale(usually I give it a year in the pot before sale to make sure it lives), and weather where you live and where the plant is going….tell the customer about transplant shock, too, so they won’t dig up the plant when it wilts after planting back in the ground.

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      • Terry says

        May 12, 2015 at 9:48 am

        I am in zone 5, how do you protect your potted plants for the winter? I don’t have much luck with them potted up. Have barberries that didn’t survive the winter and hanson cherry’s. All the plants I had in raised beds did great. with just a few getting frost bit but are coming out of it. Thanks

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        • Mike says

          May 13, 2015 at 7:17 am

          Terry,

          This is the best way to protect your plants for the winter. http://mikesbackyardnursery.com/2013/11/over-wintering-protecting-plants-for-the-winter/

          Reply

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