You can do a lot with 100 square feet... a lot more than this!!

@zackarymeinert2727

2 жыл бұрын

A nursery explained to me that a "Trade gallon" is the uncompressed volume of the soil you compress it into the container. A fluffed up gallon of potting mix compresses into a trade gallon pot when you plant something.

@tomfu8883

Жыл бұрын

You need to work on your math 20 by 20 is 200sq ft

@anniathome

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this. It gives me lots of hope!

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

@@tomfu8883 Is it?

@martinpaul753

Жыл бұрын

Apparently Tom Fu doesn’t listen.

This was what I would call, a PERFECT youtube video. Informative, well shot, well edited, useful, to the point. Thank you for sharing.

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!! It has one HUGE, glaring error in it though, and a viewer recently emailed me about it. Can't believe myself or no one else caught it before. I may address is soon.

I think growing smaller is better in the sense that you have less turnaround time and can start a new crop as well as less materials IE watering, fertilizing and soil great video

I'm selling food-forest type plants in little red solo cups. Most are $4-6 each. I love that I can fit over $600 worth in my little Kia Soul and take them to the farm swaps or farmer's markets or flea markets. Tiny is where it's at for me.

@savvydirtfarmer

6 ай бұрын

YES!! One of the most valuable thing a grower can learn is mastery over every square inch of their space, regardless of size. Max out WHATEVER you have.

Another way to look at it and most people don't think about this is a 1 gallon pot is going to be a lot smaller hole than one of those three gallon pots, so a lot less digging. A lot more work digging a 3 gallon hole compared to a 1 gallon.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely - that's one reason people are eager to buy smaller plants.

@randyman8984

2 жыл бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer especially in red clay LOL

Even though I don't sell plants, I still find your channel fascinating. I've learned so much by watching your channel.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

So regardless of the size chosen, revenue = $22 to $27 per square foot. Great info - thanks.

@publicdomain3378

2 ай бұрын

Mabye with tables like bunk beds you almost doulbe your plants and give a small walk way in the middle.

Just recently found your channel. Very useful and well explained information. You're putting a lot of good thoughts in mind on how to make extra money doing something I already enjoy doing. I already do all of my vegetable gardening in containers. This would be a natural extension.

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

That's what we're trying to do - give people ideas they can adapt to their situation. thanks for watching!

Great video Craig, love watching your channel very informative and relaxing thanks.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Great idea. Thanks for this perspective!

Thank You for your videos, hope y'all do well this year.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

Thank you! So glad I found your channel as I get started m. Keep up the good work!

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

Really enjoy your videos and information! I'm from west tn as well. I love gardening and you have inspired me to try and make my hobby profitable.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

You can do it!

You do such a great job of putting out new content when I would think there isnt' anything left to say. No shade, I love your channel. To see the visual is totally helpful when we are considering buying a case of pots without seeing it.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Excellent content for us small scale backyard nursery people, I'm a big fan of your channel. We started our backyard nursery about 2 to 3 years ago and sold some plants last year and sold out of some plants. Thanks for everything.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Great!

@BellaNCormier

2 жыл бұрын

What plants sold out?

I just discover your channel and this is the greatest idea, thanks for all the very useful information that you share Thank you 🙏🏻

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

Sure thing!

Thanks for the information! You have been really helpful

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

You are SO helpful. Thank you for this information.

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Love your stuff kick on love it

Thank you! Good info!

Thank you so much for your valuable information!!

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

This is great info!!! Thank you♥️

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great content as always, thank you - Eric

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Lol...that was a Lot of extra work, but that thumbnail was totally worth it !! Thanks Great info Sir!!

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

Life of a KZreadr... do what you gotta do!

I discovered your channel the same time I was talking to my friend about starting my own (little) greenhouse eventually. You're making me believe it's feasible even if only as a hobby that may pay for itself. Thanks for so much detailed useful advice and tips. I'm from NB Canada and I've seen retail prices that made me think growing my own would be a wiser investment since I live in the country and have the space. What started as an experiment this summer has found me scrambling for a solution to over wintering an accidental crop of mostly petunias 😄 I also have a seed collection from plants I self pollinated. (that was tricky) I cloned my favorites first then got curious about cross pollinating. I'm getting off topic here. I'm putting a plan in action and I hope my hobby grows into something that'll take root and help me propagate some hundred dollar bills 😆😆😆

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

Great! The most important thing you said is, "I'm putting a plan in action." Without the action, the rest of it doesn't matter. You can do it!

This Is a great channel, love these videos

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@bonniemccormack1361

Жыл бұрын

me too!

I loved the best video I've seen and I found it very good explained God bless you.

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

Great! Thanks for watching

Thank you very much.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 ай бұрын

Welcome 😊

A very good way to start in my opinion is hedging slow but extremely easy no need for pots or compost(once you have decent soil) sell them bare rooted in the winter

Just found your channel and subscribed :) Starting my backyard nursery and food garden soon. One year into chickens for eggs and I think I got the hang of things! Very simple and well thought out topics, thank you! By any chance do you explain how to market to stores or retail customers? Thanks!!

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

I do all selling via Facebook. Glad to see you getting started!

Thank you! I look forward to your videos! and thank you for being specific on trade pots. I couldn't determine what you were saying....and I'm Southern! 🤣

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

That's why I said, "t-r-a-d-e." I can't speak very well and people think I'm saying "tray." 🙄

@anitahouse3600

2 жыл бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer I was hearing tray and kept searching for it and couldn't find it. But, you made it perfectly clear. thank you. and you speak fine. 😀

My biggest problem in my backyard nursery is predicting how many plants to propagate because the worst thing is ending up with bigger and bigger plants and potting them up and up to the point where it's discounted just to move them. I'm getting better at what plants move fast and limiting propagation on things that are slower to sell. Honestly, weeds are still my biggest problem!

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

I hate weeds. Bad.

Much appreciated.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

thanks!

Interesting information, thanks. I think you may have underestimated the 50 cell trays at 1:11. 55+5 of those 50 cell trays fit in that area (3,000 cells total with a gap big enough for an extra 5x5 half tray) I think you multiplied without allowing for the length of each being twice the width. I was interested to hear it's easier to sell more small plants than big ones too.

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

Could be... glad you got the point. Thanks!!

Thank Craig I'm blessed with an acre an half an a well Thank God

Me living in the Washington DC area, looking at the price of that pot going “SIX DOLLARS?? DO YOU MEAN 26?!?!?” I have never been more convinced to chop up all my plants and sell them!! This was a great video, glad the algorithm brought me here

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

I’m at about $8 for most of my plants now. 😀

@jessicawalker983

Ай бұрын

Lol! I've been a plant air layering maniac for the past month because I happened to purchase a property a few years ago that the former owner had planted all kinds of hard to find, and much sought after shrubs, trees and hedge bushes that have been growing for 40 years!you can totally do it!

Thanks for all the videos, I have started some propagations and I have order some liners for the Spring. I am ready to go for 2022. I do have a question about fertilizers. How much and how often during the spring and summer?

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

I use a slow release fertilizer that I apply one time in the Spring... it releases throughout the summer months so no need to re-apply.

You sir, have a lot of pots!

Great video! Can you give a link to where you purchased your trade gallon pots?

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Apparently, there is a shortage on pots right now. For the most part, I get mine from a local nursery supply place.

I realise this is to give people an idea of what they can do in a given space but most will not want to fill a 10'x10' block with plant pots. You will save a lot of labor filling two 4x10 blocks with a 2 foot aisle down the middle for easy access to any of the plants.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Of course. But as you correctly said, the purpose of this video, "is to give people an idea of what they can do in a given space." I can't possible cover every contingency, every person's growing zone, every person's unique layout, every person's capabilities, every person's climate, etc. It's just to give you an idea that your small space might be worth more than you think. By the way, thanks for commenting and watching!

I feel like I owe you something for this knowledge. I'll use some of your links or something lol thank you

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Your comment is thanks enough... I enjoy making these videos. When I stop enjoying it, I'll stop doing it. thanks for watching!

@bonniemccormack1361

Жыл бұрын

I felt the same way 😄 I've been telling anyone I know that's interested to checkout this channel

I want to start a backyard nursery. Where do I go to see what are my regulations for my area? Do I need a business? If you had to start over with $1000 how would you start it?

You can also have a raised bed (about 8 inches high) full of sand with cuttings (one cutting per square inch) and sell rooted cuttings for .65-$1.00 each which may bring in more money per square foot of grow space due to less pots and soil taking up the grow space; many people will buy rooted cuttings to pot up and plant in their yard at a later date or resell in a year after the plants have grown to a size retail customers will pay for. Edit: so take the 100 sft you have and 1 inch per cutting. That’s 144 cuttings per square foot. At .65 cents per cutting that equates to over 9k for the same space with a lot less work. That’s being conservative too. Depending on the plant they may sell for more than .65 cents per. More money for less work? I’m in!!!!

I really wanna grow dahlia, ranclus I’m also big fan of hydrangea s What good time for growing these plants

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

I don't know much about dahlias. Hydrangeas? Grow them throughout the growing season. Sell them when they are whatever size you want to sell them at (1 gallon, 2 gallon, 3 gallon, etc). The longer you grow them the more you'll get for them, but also the more money you will have in them.

I've started propagating & am setting up a corner of my yard for a 100 sqft nursery. I bought a 50% shade cloth that wasn't nearly enough shade for peak North TX summer. Is 70% enough or should I go 90%?

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

70 is fine. Too much shade and your sun-needing plants are going to suffer.

I know you've come a long way, what do you think about levels in at 100 sq ft space? bottom shade plants, top sun plants:)

@savvydirtfarmer

5 ай бұрын

Very doable... the amount of plants you can grow in a small space is incredible! My math is actually wrong on this when I did the plug trays. The amount is quite a bit higher.

Where do you get your filler/compost? A lot of people don't have good soil they can readily dig out for free, and buying potting mix is unrealistically expensive. So it's nice the final value could be $2,000, but what's the profit one could realistically make after the cost of the pots, the filler, the water, and whatever other expenses there might be (fungicides, or fertilizers, or pest control, or ????). I'm guessing there's still some profit to be had, but it's probably less than $1,000?

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Cost to produce a plant varies greatly. My two general rules are keeping cost down by propagating as many of my own plants as I can and selling plants while they are small. The bigger they get, the more you have in them (potting soil, time, fertilizer, etc). Here's a link to my potting soil mixture... it's exactly how I make mine.kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZY6rpdKeg8fbh6Q.html

@middle-agedmacdonald2965

2 жыл бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer Thanks for the link, I watched the whole video, but still, cost? I find it funny that someone makes a video about how much money one can make selling what they've grown, but doesn't mention anything about the costs involved for all the stuff needed to grow those things. It's nice that you gave a tutorial about making potting mix, but again, if the potting mix costs more than the value of the plants (which I doubt), what's the point in a backyard nursery other than for a hobby? A suggestion to you would be to give a "realistic" profit video vs. a this is "how much it could be sold for video". I do think that would get a lot of views. Not trying to be negative about your videos, I think they're informative. I also think realistic profits are key to 'the series you're making. Thanks for taking the time to reply. I hope to see more videos from you since I'm thinking of selling some plants myself from my small urbanish backyard.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

​@@middle-agedmacdonald2965 I've done a video on starting a nursery for $1,000, with cost of each element included. I have links to all kinds of products and tools I use, with prices of each. I have many times in videos mentioned prices I have paid for various wholesale plants I have bought in. I have not done a specific break down of what my average $6 plant costs to produce, including pot, potting soil, and fertilizer... but it's under $1 for plants I propagate myself.

Where do you buy your trade gallon pots?

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

I have a local source. But you can get them online from amleo.com or greenhousemegastore.com. A word of caution... apparently, there is a "pot shortage" right now. ????

Where are you guys located? The prices are lower than around me. I’m a landscaper and I buy plants from wholesale nurseries at 7 for 1 gal, 20 for 3 and I resell to clients for 14 and 35

@savvydirtfarmer

10 ай бұрын

NW alabama

How would you keep deer and rabbits away, water all the ones in the middle, etc.? 👍👍. Thanks!

@savvydirtfarmer

7 ай бұрын

Sprinkler waters everything. Deer and rabbits? Fence.

Im sorry if this question has been asked already but do you run your home nursery full time or do you have a regular job and run your nursery part time ?

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Just a very part time hobby turned side gig for me. In the course of a year, I don't actually spend a ton of time working on it.

@notinterested9097

2 жыл бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer thank you for replying , I just LLC'd 3/4 of an acre lot and its a small orchard and nursery and I have planted the fruits trees already like walnuts pecans almonds olives cherries apricots plums peaches and grapes now I am trying to work on the nursery side of the small business but out here in California because of the worker shortages the whole sale fruit tree sellers are not leaving to much meat on the bone for resale , their excuse is there weren't enough workers to graft this year and supply and demand drives the price up .I am thinking of just planting seeds and grafting trees myself.

When people buy those plugs, do they buy the entire tray? Or you split/cut the plants out somehow?

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

They are usually bought by the tray... most commonly 72, 50, 38, 21 count. Lots of sizes available.

@glennr9913

2 жыл бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer If you can get $1.50 per plug there's no reason to bother repotting.

@bonniemccormack1361

Жыл бұрын

@@glennr9913 True but repotting for $ could get you $$$$

hi there.Great channel. i,m from the UK and hoping to open a Nursery here. these plants you show for space , how much would you expect it to cost to grow these plants and what would you expect your profit to be???.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Every plant is different. Some plants can be propagated one season and sold the next. Most take 2 years. Most of my plants are sold for $7 each. If I propagate the plants myself, I have somewhere around $.50 in each plant, plus the time it takes to grow it. If I buy in small plants and grow them out, I probably average $2 in each plant ($5 profit), but less growing time.

@stevee507

2 жыл бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer ok . Great thanks for replying. Top channel !

What is the black stuff keeping the weeds and grass down?

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Woven ground cover. I have a link in my newer video descriptions for "bootstrap farmer." You can find it there.

@livingdeadgirl6442

2 жыл бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer thank you ☺

Where can we buy the pots ?

@savvydirtfarmer

Ай бұрын

amleo.com or greenhousemegastore.com have both been good for me

If You started over how would start?

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

I would make the most of the space from day 1. Master growing in 100 square feet, then 500, and so on, before even considering what to do with everything else.

I see a 66% increase in your square footage by going vertical. 3 shelves high. Have a look at the cash flow analyzer.

Seedlings time soon

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Very soon!

Can we grow dahlia n sell it

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Dahlia is a great plant to sell!

Nice video mate,

If I tried to grow anything on the ground snails would eat it all up in no time

can I sell emerald greens in trade gallons and for how much?

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

Sure! I'll be selling mine for $7 or $8 in a few weeks in trade gallons.

@FLPnotc

Жыл бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer would that be after 2 growing seasons? So 1 year after propagating? Or 2 years propagating?

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

@@FLPnotc Propagate year 1. Grow out year two. Sell next Spring. May be ready to sell fall of 2nd year.

@FLPnotc

Жыл бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer is there a plant I can sell in the meantime while waiting for emralds to grow? Any short term plants to sell? Bamboo maybe?

It's worth a large fine, if you do not follow local laws, and for some reason, local governments come down hard on people selling "plants", without involving the local government.

@savvydirtfarmer

3 ай бұрын

Good grief

20x20 is 400 sf

@savvydirtfarmer

8 ай бұрын

yes it is

Fiya

The thing is you are giving numbers for selling plants like this was pure profit. How much were the 400 trade pots, how much the soil? how much the seed, how much the water etc... quickly the picture changes quite a bit.

@savvydirtfarmer

11 күн бұрын

Just a thought exercise to show what the numbers can look like, as I stated in the video. Plenty of my other videos talk about cost, profit, etc.

And didn't even have shelves to count!

That was a little painful to watch, I had to stop and measure 1 ~ trade gallon and find out how many it'd take to make approx 10 feet then multiply it by the same number to find the square...

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

It’s the price you pay for a good thumbnail pic. 😀

Jeez! KZread is putting ads just 90 seconds into videos, and it's usually some wishy washy irrelevant crap, then it removes all the buffering of the video I just waited on. This platform just functionally SUCKS, same as Amazon etc.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

They put ads on ALL videos as far as I can tell, monetized videos or not.

All of your prices… I would expect to pay double what you charge.

20 by 10 is 200 SQ feet

@savvydirtfarmer

Жыл бұрын

20x10 is 200 sq ft

You don't have to fill in the whole area with the gallon pots. Just count 1 row wide and 1 row long, and multiply the 2 numbers (Area = Length x Width).

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Like we did with the plug trays and 3 gallon pots?

@markb8954

2 жыл бұрын

I’m guessing they did this for some fun video content & for yt viewers to visually see pots all lined up.

rather copy MR FORD, with doing a production line, PRODUCTION LINE!!?

It was really a waste of time laying all those pots out mate, you should have just done 1 vertical and 1 horizontal row and multiplied them !

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Creates a vastly different visual effect this way… there’s way more in view here than quick, simple math. The most watched segment of the video is the 1 minute we put the 400 pots out. And, we did just do the math with the plug trays and 3 gallon, mate.

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Have a nice day.

@bonniemccormack1361

Жыл бұрын

@@savvydirtfarmer you're so patient 😆

@bonniemccormack1361

Жыл бұрын

I like the visual effect. I'm not in the mood to do math 😜

You could have just done the math x*y=z

@savvydirtfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Like on the plug trays and the 3 gallon?