Seedling Business. Tips For Beginners

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

It will be about growing high quality seedlings and how to sell them. In the springtime, such a product is well sold out. How to leave competitors behind and create a business plan. The article is also useful for those who want to grow excellent seedlings for themselves

What crops are better to grow

A newcomer to the market should be aware that early crops are in high demand. You should choose eggplants, bell peppers, watermelons, cucumbers. And also cabbage, zucchini, tomatoes, melons, pumpkins. These are popular species among summer residents and amateur gardeners, many of whom do not have the desire to grow independently.

Seeds

The key to success is the quality of the seeds, so it is better for business to take varietal seeds, since your own can differ significantly in yield and appearance of the fruits. Using the budget rationally, you can buy in bulk without inventory bags. Better at seed institutes or wholesale distributors.

Give preference to zoned ones, you need to be careful with hybrids, in view of their unpredictability during fruiting. Choose exceptionally early maturing.

The soil

It will take a lot of land, so it is better not to buy packaged soil, it is also not recommended from your site. The best option is sod land collected in meadows, forest edges, no man's fields. It is a light mixture, most suitable for seedlings.

How to prepare land for seedlings

It is recommended to collect in spring, for this it is enough to thaw the top layer by 15-20 cm. Further, the collected turf is placed in wide piles of 80x100 cm with a height of 50, covered with a dark film, roofing felt, linoleum. It is advisable to mix several times over the summer, by autumn everything will grind and turn into light sandy loam.

Disinfection

Before use, the soil is laid out on a pallet, moistened and calcined over an open fire / oven. Can be spilled with boiling water and kept on a stove fire. Larvae and pathogens will be destroyed.

Arrangement of a greenhouse for seedlings

Any sealed greenhouse can be used to produce seedlings. If you are in a cold region, the ground can freeze to impressive depths (1-2 meters), which will make the roots of plants cold. Early planting should not be done in regular beds.

A good way would be to arrange temporary shelves, tables at a height of 1 meter from the surface. Collapsible versions of these devices are important, since after the end of the seedling activities, you will use the greenhouse for its intended purpose, cultivating greens, vegetables, and possibly also for sale.

By the way, it is better to cook shelves or tables, cups with earth in the fall. Tara - not to buy, but to make yourself from glassine / roofing material, packages (juice, milk, kefir).

Planting seeds

Sowing should be done two weeks earlier than the recommended time. Box 30 * 30 makes it possible to further dissect 500 roots. While the seedlings appear and the seedlings grow, the boxes can be safely kept in the house (window sills, terrace, loggia).

Make sure that the seedlings do not stretch. Picking reduces the growth rate and slows down the growing season for 10-14 days. If the growth process is going too fast, lower the temperature to + 10 … + 12C. If everything is done successfully and plants with buds are on sale, then such specimens will be out of competition.

Selling seedlings

Are you selling perishable seasonal goods? The faster the sale goes, the greater the guarantee of sale without a remainder. All means are good here: mobilization of forces, advertising and activity of actions.

Long before the start of planting events, post announcements about your early, high-quality seedlings in your summer cottage village. Rest assured - many will choose to purchase locally. Especially with buds, in cups, rather than in bunches on the market. You can specify the price slightly lower than the generally accepted ones. Offer to pre-order by phone. This will help determine the scale of sales and estimate the stock of goods.

The next instance will be the local market, outlets near the shops. Advertising techniques should not be neglected. Place in the file a printout of a photo of each type of varietal vegetables, customers like it and attracts attention.

Business plan. Estimated profit on sale

A minimum investment is required if there is already a greenhouse. Consideration should be given to the costs of seeds, heating, or electricity for heating. For 100 roots, you need 1 m2 (100 cups). Knowing this, you can calculate your capabilities and the amount at the exit.

Let's estimate the future income using a specific example of the Moscow region, consider the price market. If you plan to use 10 m2 and produce 1000 roots, respectively. The average price of a piece is 25-30 rubles.

According to statistics, if we consider 10 summer cottages, then at least 5 of them must grow vegetables, of which the owners of 3 plots acquire ready-made seedlings. Each of these gardeners will take at least 30 seedlings. It turns out that if your partnership has 200 sites, then there will be at least 60 active buyers. They will buy 1800 pieces, which is 45-54 thousand rubles.

To start such an activity, a standard greenhouse is enough for you. And then develop your fruitful activity and gain momentum. It's not difficult, you will succeed!