Watch This BEFORE You OPEN a Plant Shop

[@mnbotanicals]

It’s intimidating to see large companies dominate the market and cause awesome shops to make the tough decision to close. Thank you for encouraging small shops like mine to stay small amidst the pressure to do more to compete. Your honesty & genuineness is so refreshing

[@prettyingreen]

It's SO hard to compete against the big players. I commend any one out there grinding through running a plant shop, it's so damn hard to do. But it's such rewarding work to do! Keep at it, and thank you for watching the vids!!

[@kylekozlowski4641]

As a small collector/seller I am finding breeding and selling anthurium germinated seeds as really awesome selling option. Very simple to ship, and you can price them fairly. Once you get the pollination down you can get quite large quantities of seeds!!

[@sophia111188]

I've bought the fertilizer from you after your video about closing the plant shop and living only non-plant items. And wow, everything is growing like crazy even in the winter with it! I'm so glad I did.

[@prettyingreen]

OMG thank you so much for the support!!! I love hearing that it is working so well :)

[@thomasantill8820]

Might be a hot take but the moment something gets trendy I run. The moment you get dependent on one trend you’re exposed to the bubble. Back in the day I had people trying to haggle over $7.50 on a 4.5” albo. We had a 100’ row of them on totems in 2000 and mainly used them for cut greens. Smalls and bread and butter items are what floats the boat

[@romanantonioviray1643]

most buyers now (in our country), are very finicky. they haggle, buys plants for a very low price, chooses the cheapest shipping, and then expects them to arrive in pristine conditions, complains, asks for refund etc... you earned so little but the stress dealing with them is not worth it...

[@athenastafford1286]

❤ i’ve queued up a few videos in a row while I was cleaning and watering plants (so I’m not sure which video you were talking about this in) but I personally haven’t bought a plant in probably five or six months. Not because I don’t want to, I just can’t seem to get out of being broke. 🤣 Miss watching you guys and hope you’re having a wonderful time in Spain! How great for you both and your babies 😊

[@Laura-yb8he]

thank you very much for your input on that subject! I‘m currently setting up a shop and your insights encourage me being headed in the right direction🙂 I wish you good luck for your future adventures😎

[@jamesorr1200]

I found you guys in 2022 when I was YouTubing tissue culture on the way to see John Mayer in Palm Desert. Love you guys, and the Thai Con I got from you is doing fantastic. I hope Spain is the best experience possible for you!

[@aracelialonso5834]

Love these videos! Good luck in Spain

[@prettyingreen]

Thank you!!!!

[@markandrewjavier]

Tons of useful advice here.

[@prettyingreen]

Thanks, Mark!

[@thatguy_jason]

Another great video Chris!

[@prettyingreen]

Thanks Jason!!! Hope the TC is going well!!

[@gingercaudill7219]

What are your thoughts on Palm Street? Happy New Year to you and your family! Lots of love ❤️ Ginger

[@Plants_on_Pointe]

I live and work in tech in Cali and employment laws are a nightmare. One thing I do not understand and Kaylee Ellen said the same about shipping costs. Do you not pass on those costs to the customer? I feel like I pay a fortune in shipping every time I order plants. Thanks for keeping your awesome videos going. ❤

[@prettyingreen]

Yup, any order over $49 we would pay shipping costs (maybe a mistake in hindsight?) -- under $49 shipping cost would be $4 or $8, which semi subsidizes our cost. In an amazon prime world, getting consumers to convert at checkout when having a large shipping charge is very challenging.. Thank you for the support and watching the videos!!

[@sittingfrogleg]

Good luck in Spain!

[@prettyingreen]

Thank you!!

[@shortari5543]

Florida is ideal, however, not along the coasts or South Florida! Too hot and too expensive to live there. North or Central FL can still be hot June-September, but not as $$$.

[@BTiffney71]

He implied moving to a red state, especially Florida, would mean "losing human rights"... He should stay in California lol

[@johnt5532]

Do you have any tissue culture supplier recommendations?

[@markandrewjavier]

Depends on what varieties you are looking for, I have a couple of recommendations.

[@johnt5532]

@@markandrewjavier mostly monstera , philodendron, alocasia , and anthuriums . Thanks so much !!

[@Zregn3]

Xanh Urban Forest is a great place to start. Many types of plants to choose from and offer retail and wholesale as well as a guarantee for the plants. I have purchased from them many, many times.

[@paso7943]

isn´t best to have greenhouse in a area where is it humid and warm like Florida? You mentioned that one of the biggest cost is the shipping.... but isn´t the costumer that pays for the stuff shipped to their address?

[@Aweirdmushroom96]

No because than his wife can’t abort their babies

[@sunflowerhillhomesteadaust7887]

Yeah...don't over invest / get in debt...that's what sinks so many businesses.

[@michaelmccarthy4077]

businesses moving their operations out of California because CA is forcing them to not treat their employee like 💩is sad. I'd rather other states stop treating their employees like 💩 so that every state is on equal footing. Or if the federal government would, I don't know, raise minimum wage so that people are not working 2 jobs and still homeless. End of rant.

[@nicoleszacharia2624]

i'm with you, not florida...

[@Worldtraveler8080]

My biggest issue is people saying their plants arrived "unalive". I shipped an Alocasia Venom and the buyer said it wasn't alive upon receipt. It looked salvageable to me. Although I issued a refund, I'm sure they kept it and cormed it out!

[@Aweirdmushroom96]

Receiving a plant that is ‘salvageable’ is terrible service

[@Worldtraveler8080]

@Aweirdmushroom96 You can't have it both ways, especially when I ship for free. Either return my merchandise for a full refund and I can salvage it myself. Or get a partial/no refund depending on the circumstances!

[@ElmerBaez-f5m]

There maybe more plant shops going out of businesss due to this tissue culture trend. Ms. Ellen closed up her shop because of it.

[@AlphaHenriksen]

And the oncomming recession / economic downturn

[@markandrewjavier]

I am hearing this a lot! I’m super curious-what’s stopping plant shops from either reselling or acclimating tissue culture?

[@ElmerBaez-f5m]

@markandrewjavier Tissue culture is less expensive. However, you buy a cultured plant and relieve a penny size seedling. It's a rip off. I will never buy a tissue cultured plant. It's a mutant.

[@markandrewjavier]

@@ElmerBaez-f5m hey thank you for sharing, this is very insightful. I’m just curious, do you think it would still be a ripoff for the consumer if it was reasonably priced? Just trying to understand your perspective. Thanks for your time.

[@Zregn3]

​@@markandrewjavierI wonder the same thing. Most businesses face things like this and it's up to the owner to either adapt or close the business.

[@Skincareslug]

Born and raised gay guy from yhe south and i have never ever lost a "human right". If its that bad why are people flocking to southern states?

[@kakaiyu]

the rest of the country just talks the talk lol

[@Aweirdmushroom96]

How about the millions and millions of 3rd worlders just flooding in? They must be coming to lose all their rights, right?

[@kuyakuma]

Lose human rights in the NW?

[@50bladesofgrey43]

Common Californian L Just admit the state is straight terrible. Why do you have to be goofy and mention human rights like California is the pinnacle of that despite having rampant homeless problems and horrible taxation penalties on anyone that wants to actually work? Please for the love of god do not try to bring your California moral superiority to wherever you escaped to, leave it behind where it belongs and appreciate the refuge granted to you by that new location.

[@prettyingreen]

It's a gorgeous state, but yes the politics and most of the policies are trash currently.

[@plantoisme465]

Least likely to occur in the asian market, just saying.

[@vannabea1586]

please your personal politics out of your videos. i love your videos but we don't need to share person opinions.

[@ThePlantUtopia]

It is his channel, he can put whatever he wants in his videos. You are free to swipe away or skip over it.

[@vannabea1586]

@ it seemed more like a slip of internalized anger.

[@kanagawakenji7]

@@vannabea1586 It's literally directly related to running his business. Try being less sensitive, if that comment triggered you, you have some work to do.

[@anthonyl4083]

It seemed like a nuanced take to me. California isn’t the best place to be a small business owner. Rent and labor are expensive in California. If he can sell the same product in another location and have less expenses, why wouldn’t he?

[@vannabea1586]

@@kanagawakenji7 not triggered. There are just politics at every turn. My hobby is supposed to be a place away from the drama.