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Posted by theaubrinator Queens/ z6-7 (My Page) on Fri, Mar 7, 08 at 10:41
| I am currently growing lots of plants in my apartment in Queens, NY. I recently moved here from upstate NY and greatly miss growing plants outdoors! I am wanting to sell plants, probably just on a table outside my apartment in May or June, but i'm not sure which type of plants would sell best. Does anyone have any ideas what type of plants people want the most in the city? Thanks! |
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RE: growing plants from seed to sell in NYC
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Sorry I cannot help. As you can see the site is not busy at all, used to be fairly active and I met some really nice fellow gardeners on here and we did get together a few times.
Are any of you gals out there any more?
Marci |
RE: growing plants from seed to sell in NYC
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Hey Marci...Who you callin' "gals?" (in my thickest NY accent) Yeah, it is a fairly slow forum, but let's change that!
Aubrinator... I would put yourself in your fellow gardener's shoes. Probably people want partial shade annuals that will grow nice in a container...
some things you see at local "farmer's markets" are:
coleus
torenia
impatiens
nasturtiums
herbs
Good luck.
Happy Gardening
Peace
George |
RE: growing plants from seed to sell in NYC
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| Sorry gee oh nyc The gals I was refering to were the ones who got together for a couple of field trips. Mostly out here on Long Island. |
RE: growing plants from seed to sell in NYC
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| I'm still here lurking. Jan from Kings Park / "The Quiet One". Looking forward to spring, which starts Thursday. |
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All in fun, Marci... all in fun.
Hey aubrinator, what did you decide to sow? |
RE: growing plants from seed to sell in NYC
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- Posted by jimshy z7 Brooklyn, NY (My Page) on
Thu, Mar 20, 08 at 10:30
| If you're ever at one of the big farmer's markets, you could try to chat up some of the salesfolks and see what they sell the most of! Jim |
RE: growing plants from seed to sell in NYC
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| Well, i've decided to maybe just do a few things this year and see how it goes. i hadn't really considered all the regulations and laws regarding selling things to people in nyc... (I'm country gal and am still figuring the city out, haha) So for now i'm actually going a different direction entirely.. I'm going to grow some houseplants... Quite a switch i know, but I think i might have bit off more than i could chew with the initial thought. And if nothing sells of these, i'll have a very green apartment:D |
RE: growing plants from seed to sell in NYC
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Selling plants is very complicated.
You not only have to register as a business in NYC, and register for collection of NYS & City sales tax, you have to apply for a nursery license from the Plant Industry Division of NY Ag & Markets. They will come out for yearly inspections.
You should also have done most of these things when you were growing plants for sale while living upstate. Guess you can get away with more when you are living in a less populated area.
--Benedita |
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