Re: Starting a nursery

Chris, you started a real flurry of messages with this subject.
Kathy has asked again a question I asked earlier and didn't see a reply to,
though I understand because we have been throwing a lot at you.
The question is about your facilities.  Is this your garage?  Are you
renting greenhouse space?  where will you be growing these plants and under
what conditions?

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Cornergar@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Starting a nursery


> There are too many questions to be answered first as to how many plants of
a
> particular variety you should order. How much do you have room for and how
> much can you reasonably expect to care for? How many other varieties will
you
> have? How will you advertise? How large is your mailing list... Your "
sphere of
> influence"? Can you market this plant so that lots of people will have to
have
> it? Will you do public presentations or must your customer buy from a
photo?
> Who is your target customer and how often will you reach him/her?
> My gut reaction is that 6 plants would not be enough and are too expensive
> that way. It's also true that just when you are sure you know which plant
is
> going to be the winner that year the public proves you wrong and wants the
one
> you only have 6 of! I think the smallest number I ever buy is 12 of one
kind but
> usually it is 25 (bareroot) or 36 or 72 plugs/liners. This may not apply
to
> you as I suspect your customer base will be more sophisticated than mine.
And
> of course I don't know about mail order so actually my opinion prob
doesn't
> matter! Well, you got it anyway. Kathyz5
>
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