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Home » Backyard Nurseries » How I Advertise My Plants for Sale

How I Advertise My Plants for Sale

Updated : October 23, 2014

19 Comments

Winter is getting closer and closer every week. We’re trying to button everything up before it’s too late.

In this week’s “Mondays With Mike”, I share with you the results of our Fall/St. Patrick’s Day plant sale and also show you the ad I’m running for our sale next week.

It’s very rare that I publicly share this ad, so pay close attention…

 

Click Here to Get a Free 4-Part Mini Video Series on Growing Plants for Profit at Home

Of course using the ad that I show you in this video is just one way to sell plants from home.  The book that comes with My Backyard Growing System, “Small Plants, Big Profits from Home” contains page after page of ways to find buyers for your small plants.  On this page you can see how many of my customers pack and ship plants to customers all over the country.

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Comments

  1. yahoo says

    July 24, 2014 at 6:11 am

    Hmm it looks like your blog ate my first comment (it was extremely long) so I
    guess I’ll just sum it up what I had written and
    say, I’m thoroughly enjoying your blog. I as well am an aspiring blog blogger but I’m still new to the
    whole thing. Do you have any points for newbie blog writers?
    I’d definitely appreciate it.

    Reply
    • Mike says

      July 24, 2014 at 7:04 pm

      Robyn,

      Tips for bloggers? Be sincere, be passionate about what you do, provide useful information. Take the Internet training that Duston and I will offer soon. We only offer it once or twice a year.

      Reply
  2. John Hurley says

    December 17, 2013 at 3:37 pm

    After I got the $47 program and got the extras in my e-mail account everything was ok and recently my lap top crashed and I lost them can I get them again. Also You had a program you got from a friend about propagating roses from cut stems wrapped in wet newspapers and then in the fridge and I didn’t print it so I am half way into it and am stuck. Can you help.
    I will be ordering the water system in the spring but with all of the snow in the northeast right now I don’t know where the garden is.
    Thanks for your continued support of small gardeners.

    Reply
  3. Nancy mccurdy says

    November 3, 2013 at 11:48 pm

    Mike. I’m somewhat interested in giving my hand at starting a business when I retire. Right now I’m interested in saving mums that a landscaper will pull out the third week of November and toss out. I will take the plants and keep them moist in my garage through the winter then in spring I will give them a haircut to about 2-4 inches and plant them in the ground. Hoping to start a beautiful mum garden. Can you give me any advice on keeping the plants healthy through the winter months ? I love your videos. You are awesome .

    Reply
    • Mike says

      November 4, 2013 at 1:42 pm

      Nancy,

      If you have hardy mums they’d probably be happier outside in a protected area. Just keep the moist, let them go dormant. They would be much happier planted or at least heeled in the soil until spring. But they really do need to go dormant so they can recharge themselves for next year.

      Reply
  4. Owen says

    October 18, 2013 at 9:51 pm

    Hi mike i just bought some mums from h.d do you think i could take cuttings our try to save the seeds and i have a hole table full of rooted cuttings i have been potting them in solo cups to sell next year also how do you separate hostas And monkey grass.

    Thanks,

    Owen

    Reply
    • Mike says

      October 20, 2013 at 10:51 am

      Owen,

      I do the mum cuttings next June. The hostas and grasses should be done in the spring right after they start growing. I’ll do a post about at least one of these times between now and then.

      Reply
  5. Frederick Swain says

    October 17, 2013 at 12:32 pm

    I saw your video on pruning Jap red maples – Excellent. My problem; I have fifteen (yes 15) Jap red maples that I found growing under a drooping pine tree in my back yard. I dug them up and transplanted them into my garden. They love me and are growing nicely. They are now 12″ to 3′ tall. I don’t know where they came from or what bees played with them. Some have serrated leaf edges and some plain with 5 leaf points and 2 small points at the base. I live in a suburban residential area and many homes have red maples. Question – Will they all grow to tall red maples or can I rain them to be nice little Japs. They don’t seem to be “weepers”. I know you are a busy guy but I will be greatful for an answer and send you a million red leaves. Fred

    Reply
    • Mike says

      October 20, 2013 at 11:02 am

      Fred,

      What you have are Japanese Red (probably red if the parent plant is red) Japanese maple seedlings. Chances are they are upright trees and will eventually reach a height of 15 to 20 feet, but if you prefer they not grow that high you can prune them as needed and keep them around 48″. They can also be used a grafting root stock and you can graft weeping varieties on to them. Grafting DVD, http://freeplants.com/graft-japanese-maples.html

      In just a few minutes I’m going to do a post about Japanese maples, how to trim or train them into nice plants.

      Reply
  6. Kathy says

    October 11, 2013 at 7:59 pm

    Hi, It looks like you have a lot of Machinery, you even talked about a tractor. Do you need all this stuff. I mean i live out in the sticks kind of, and a lot of room, but we arn’t farmers. Does it cost very much to start your program, and is there a list of things a person should have? May sound dumb, but i don’t know so i ask. I see now your plants are mainly trees, bushes, instead of what i was thinking.. All the plants are perinneals .. Sounds really interesting.. I took a one year greenhouse schooling when younger, and had benches of poinsettas, mums, holly .. mainly soft cuttings, and keeping them pretty as they grow to sell at the right times.. Mums were really a lot of work! Now i understand your nursery is not what i was doing. Thanx again for your informationable video.

    Reply
    • Mike says

      October 14, 2013 at 7:00 pm

      Kathy,

      You’re way over thinking this. You don’t need any of the equipment that I have. This page explains how simple it is. https://mikesbackyardnursery.com/2013/03/how-to-make-65%C2%A2-per-square-inch-in-your-backyard/

      Reply
  7. Donna says

    October 11, 2013 at 11:17 am

    Do you think flowers would sell just as good as trees do or not? Any ideas?

    Reply
    • Mike says

      October 11, 2013 at 2:18 pm

      Donna,

      Anything that flowers will sell, but flowering shrubs are better because if you don’t sell them this year they just sell for more later.

      Reply
  8. Tom Windsor says

    October 10, 2013 at 9:33 pm

    You show that advertisement copy in the video but even if you stop it all you can see is the headlines. Even if you blow it up, you cannot see the details. Are the details of the copy included if I spend the $47 for the kit? I just am trying to clarify what it is that I get AND don’t get.

    Reply
  9. Al Simpkins says

    October 10, 2013 at 4:14 pm

    A silly question Mike
    In selling the plants ar $4.97 do you add your state sales taxes ?
    Would it be a good idea to include it in your sales price of $4.97 or else yould ld need a lot of pennies if they gave you $5 bills per plant.

    Reply
  10. Gerald Buck says

    October 9, 2013 at 6:21 pm

    How do I get a hard copu of your book? My computer crashed and I lost everuthing. Starting over again.
    Thanks,
    Gerry

    Reply
    • Mike says

      October 10, 2013 at 10:05 am

      Gerald,

      Not sure which book you need, but you can find all of our products on the products tab at the top of this page.

      Reply
  11. terri says

    October 3, 2013 at 10:15 pm

    how do i access the other three video’s?

    Reply
  12. Chris says

    October 3, 2013 at 4:20 pm

    I use my tractor bucket to stand in too. Ha. It make a nice work bench and tool box too.

    Reply

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