Re: Starting a nursery
> In general you're locked into the way the wholesaler sells them. Walters
> likes 25s and some 20s, while other suppliers sell in 16s or 32s...or
> whatever fits the plastics they use. Bluestone gives price breaks in
> 10cent increments. One price for 6, another at 18 and another at 36.
> That's one nice thing about Sunshine. Yes, he sells in 100s, but you can
> make up that 100 any way you want - 6 of this and 30 of that.
But what I mean is, how many should I have? If someone sells them in
groups of 6, should I only carry 6? What's considered normal inventory
for a new mailorder nursery?
For example, I only have 4 Aronia prunifolium right now. Is it worth
getting more? I think it's a great landscape plant, but I obviously
don't want to end up stuck with more expensive inventory. And only
10 Geranium 'Tiny Monster'.
I know it's a guessing game, but I'm trying to figure out the upper and
lower limits. Is a successful plant going to sell 12? 24? I know that
I won't sell more than 12 Dennstaedtia punctilobula or 6 Eupatorium
purpureum 'Little Joe' because they're not particularly mainstream right
now, but what about the hottest new Tricyrtis?
Or am I wrong? Will I sell lots of those plants that I mentioned?
Chris
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