Money Grows on Trees in the Nursery business!! That's why it's unique.

[@marcellacoblentz8433]

We were there for your last sale, had just come across your videos and rushed over from Athens. We were not disappointed, healthy plants for a good price, just what gardeners are looking for!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Glad yall made it!!

[@anniathome]

It really does feel like that, doesn't it! I was propagating some lavender last night, and my daughter started calculating how much we could sell all those plants for. She was astounded!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

It adds up quickly!

[@gregboshell977]

On them do you go in and trim them or do they get thicker by themself

[@anniathome]

@@gregboshell977 When you take cuttings, that then prompts the plant to grow another branch or two. Then the cutting can be put into the appropriate growing medium to form new roots. It’s really an astonishing ability that plants have! One could literally take one plant, take thousands of cuttings from it, and it will keep on growing. I encourage you to watch SDF’s videos on propagation. He explains it much better than I can.

[@gregboshell977]

@@anniathome no I was wondering if he toped these to make them bush out more

[@CoffeeCakeCrumble]

I've worked retail for 26 years 😕 In that time though my business acumen has developed well and issues like inventory cost, markup, P&L, accounting, are second nature. The T-post analogy is spot on, and I'd add that the many hands involved in getting it to a retail shelf reach far and wide. From the foundry that smelted the raw steel, to the transportation company that brought it in to the metal works to be formed into lengths and shapes, painted, bundled. Shipped to warehouses, shipped to buyers, bought by customers. When that supply chain is broken due to shortages, global unrest, what have you, we have to wait for it to begin again from the beginning. Propagation is a self sustaining, perpetual cycle with no outside interference ( except bugs and disease.) I WILL spend the money on a parent plant because as our minds see it, it's an investment that we can get easy returns on🤑

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Yes!! You explained that better than I ever could have. I've got a video coming up on the 14 Green Giants I bought last fall (parent plants), and how they're doing, and how many cuttings we're getting from them (and will continue to get in the future).

[@CoffeeCakeCrumble]

@@savvydirtfarmer I scored a Green Giant and Emerald to start shredding this year too👍

[@Growing-Our-Retirement]

Thanks, great video. We grow a lot of slower growing trees like spruce and dogwood. Rather than up pot them and making more work we just plant in 2-3 different size pots. We do this right from the start to save all that work. It is amazing what a perpetual stream of plants you can get going.

[@GIGI-MOM]

Thank you and your family for all the videos you have on your channel. We have been binge watching them and thinking about starting our own backyard nursery. These videos have helped us tremendously. We live in Georgia. Your videos have inspired us so much and we just wanted to say thank you. They have given inspiration, knowledge, and we really appreciate y’all letting us be a part of this journey with you. We really have learned so much. THANK YOU! ❤

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Go for it! You can absolutely do it.

[@crystalruth3733]

Thank you for sharing your journey! Always an inspiration to us creating our own!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Thanks for watching!

[@foreversettled9144]

Thank you. The Lord bless and keep you.

[@autobotsvsdecepticons9165]

Great explanation, I'm getting ready to give this a go in my backyard!

[@christiebetts-fi7qj]

Your title may me think of my Daddy telling me to go out in the yard and find that money tree when I asked him for money lol

[@12leavesgardening]

Thank you again for sharing your hard earned experience with us! I always take the time to stop and listen to your wise advice. I'm on my way to opening next spring. Propagating this summer. Starting to see successes in getting the hydrangas to root. Still working on green emerald arborvites. They either get to wet or too dry. Too much sun or too light. Pressing through until I get it right!! Thank you!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Keep at it. You'll get the process dialed in and it'll get easier with time.

[@pamelamercado6902]

Well told and so true. I really enjoyed the video

[@teresaholland4790]

Great analogy Craig❤

[@johnt3728]

Thank you for another informative video.

[@jimbest5878]

Thanks, Pastor

[@davidunderwood4341]

I've had a backyard nursery since 2015. The hardest thing I deal with is predicting how many plants of each type to grow for the future unknown demand. I've way under propagated which is an annoying lost profit scenario. I've way over propagated on shrubs like Blue Arctic Willow and now have way too many that just aren't selling, which leads to a frustrating lost profit by taking care of bigger and bigger plants that just aren't selling well. I'm starting to focus on less variety and more of what sells fast! Great video!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Yes! You can never know for sure. That's one reason I propagate so many plants that can be bumped into bigger pots and sold for more later. Even then, there are always plants that just don;t sell. I throw them out, divide them (if needed), or mark them way down if that fits what I'm doing in a particular week. In time, you learn that people normally just don't buy 1000 of x. BUT.... they do buy 1000 y. So have a few x and a ton of y.

[@helenmccracken929]

We have a question. How do you handle sales tax? For example, if you’re buying quarts to ultimately grow them out to 3 gallon size does the same percentage tax apply to the net charge to the customer for that bigger plant?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

My sales tax rate is 5.5% since I live outside of city limit. I charge that rate to every purchase. If I am making a wholesale transaction, I don't charge tax... tax is paid by the end consumer. There's a little more to it than that, but that's the gist of it.

[@ejfishes7610]

Always appreciate your insight and videos. Great examples on the “cycle” with the arborvitaes. This is the first year I tried cuttings on arborvitaes, I did your dish pan method and they’re doing pretty well! Should I pot those up into a quart size pot for example, this summer, say August or leave in the dish pan until next spring and then pot up? Appreciate your time as always- Eric

[@savvydirtfarmer]

If I'm doing them in any kind flat or pan, as I usually am, I don't mess with them at all until they are dormant. I've tried digging them in summer before and potting them up and all I did was successfully kill about 80% of them. I don't dig anything unless it's winter.

[@ejfishes7610]

@@savvydirtfarmer Thank you Craig!

[@jackieroberts6316]

Thanks.

[@greensynapse4205]

Hey SDF do you propagate arbovitae this time of year? Best regards from Transylvania!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Absolutely. Video coming up...

[@RogerBaird-wf2fv]

If I have 100, 9” to 15” Green Giants on the way what size pot should I put them in? In zone 8 what percent shade cloth, 40% or 50%? Thanks!

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Just depends on what you want to do with them. Are they yours for growing, or for a nursery, ultimately to sell? If they are for a nursery, I would put them in trade 1, fertilize them, and get them set out under daily sprinklers.

[@JudithQuinn-o5i]

What is the content of your basic dirt. I'm just trying to get started. I can't find any wholesale stores-businesses here in South Georgia. Any suggestions? I watch your program daily ❤. It's like being obsessed with the daily "love stories ". I just need some assistance. Thanks for your time and help. Judy

[@savvydirtfarmer]

I will address this in this Saturday morning's video.

[@spacebirb4339]

For my model is that switch from selling to customers like 1 plant or more to sell in bulk for less but its more predictibile what they want and what to grow.

[@redwood1957]

Good job. Was that 60% shade cloth you were under? Brite

[@savvydirtfarmer]

I think it's 50%, maybe??

[@lilyrosedaisyvioletsweetpe1207]

💚💚

[@marlenewebster7095]

Can you do a tutorial on making an advertisement or a post?

[@JS-jh4cy]

Where can I buy pots by mail order

[@JS-jh4cy]

In Canada or USA Pacific Northwest

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Oregon is FULL of wholesale nurseries... has to be a supplier there that ships.

[@pippasmedley5228]

I live in zone 5b . Can you leave plants you are growing on in pots over winter, or will they die with cold ?

[@savvydirtfarmer]

Make sure your plants are hardy in your zone, preferably a zone colder than your own. Usually, cold isn't what kills them, it's moisture control. Most plants, or at least many, will be fine outside all winter, even in your zone. Covering them with a low tunnel would help a ton.

[@anniathome]

I am also in 5b. I overwintered some elderberry cuttings outside, and most of them made it. However, some of them didn’t. This winter I plan on overwintering them inside the greenhouse, which will at least cut down on some of the wind chill. If you don’t have a greenhouse, you could cover the pots with leaves and mulch. I’ve seen that at nurseries actually. They had several trees in large pots, and they literally dumped tons of leaf litter around all of the pots to insulate them during the winter. That was up near Chicago.

[@pippasmedley5228]

@@savvydirtfarmer thank you so much for your reply and thank you for all your videos I love watching them every week . Have you tried propagating rhododendrons successfully

[@pippasmedley5228]

@@anniathome thanks for that . I had some greenhouses and shade areas but sadly my location is very windy and I have lost them all this spring summer . I will try the extra mulching idea however thanks .

[@savvydirtfarmer]

@@pippasmedley5228 I have not tried them

[@JS-jh4cy]

Except for the last 18 months in Canada everything is going up every week except my income is going down in value every year

[@AhsanKhan-td3hg]

V nice

[@Prometheus4096]

I think this is too simplified because it is not clear to a grower when to sell and when to hold onto a sellable plant to make it bigger. You could also end up with unsellable plants. Or have your very old plants die or decline for some reason. Like very cold weather or missing a watering, or pests.

[@savvydirtfarmer]

I cover every one of those issues in other videos. If I did it in one, it would be 2 hours long.

[@joepuleo757]

I sent you an email sir.