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There are
three things that you need to know about growing rooted cuttings at home
in your very own Backyard Nursery.
1. You don't
need a greenhouse. You can do it right smack in the middle of your
backyard.
2. You don't
need much room at all. I want you to picture a piece of typing
paper laying on a table. In that small space you can fit 130
rooted cuttings! How's that for a compact nursery?
3. The
market is huge. Let me tell you a little story about how large the
market is for rooted cuttings. Years ago, back around 1983, I was
talking with a friend of mine who was working for another friend of
mine who owns a wholesale nursery. He told me that he had finally
talked the owner into doing their own rooted cuttings because up until
then they had been buying all of their cuttings from other
growers. My friend confided in me that they were spending about
$50,000 per year just on rooted cuttings!
You read that
correctly, fifty thousand dollars per year!
Now let's fast
forward to the year 2004. Once again I'm talking with the same
friend who is still working for the same nursery. He told me that they are now rooting 500,000 cuttings a
year. Keep in mind, on average a rooting cutting sells for
50¢. But then he said something that just about knocked me off my
feet!
He said;
"Yeah, we root about 500,000 cuttings ourselves, but we still end
up buying another 500,000 because we just don't have the time, space,
or manpower to do them all ourselves."
I'll do the math
for you. In 1983 or so they were spending $50,000 a year on
rooted cuttings, and in 2005 they are rooting 500,000 cuttings
themselves and spending another $250,000. on the cuttings they are
buying in.
That's
a quarter of a million dollars per year just on rooted cuttings!
And since I'm in a
story telling mood I'll tell you another story that kinda puts this all
in perspective. The nursery I just mentioned plants their cuttings
out in the field. This is after they are rooted and ready to grow
on to landscape size. But when they plant them they actually bury a piece of plastic
drip tape under the plant so they can pump water to the root system of
the plant.
My friend told me
that the drip tape only costs about 2¢ per plant because they buy so
much of it. But then he said; " But we still spend
$30,000 per year on drip tape."
At
only 2¢ per plant it adds up to $30,000 per year!
I told you those
two stories to tell you this:
The market for
plants is huge.
And you can get
your share of that market, growing rooted cuttings with your very own
backyard nursery.
Now I am going
to promise you this:
I can't say for
sure how much money you will make rooting cuttings in your backyard, but
I can assure you there is a market for rooted cuttings and other small
plants.
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Click
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But keep in mind,
when you grow nothing but rooted cuttings you don't have to
put up with the hassle of people coming to your house to buy plants.
You just pack them in a box and ship them UPS or Priority Mail.
This is the part of
the nursery business that most people are completely unaware of.
There is a huge market for rooted cuttings. By huge I mean millions
and millions of rooted cuttings being sold annually.
Mrinali from Atlanta, Ga is one of the most popular
sellers of rooted cuttings
on the Backyard Growers
Board because she sells beautiful plants.
Listen in as she shares her . . .
But first of all,
let me explain exactly what a rooted cutting is.
A rooted cutting is
just as it sounds. A cutting from a plant, that has been
rooted. You can root a cutting in as little as three weeks time.
And of course you can root thousands of cuttings at a time.
The photo on
the left is a Burning Bush cutting that I rooted in my backyard nursery. The cutting on the
right is a Purple Sandcherry cutting that I bought for 50¢.
Actually I bought several hundred of these Sandcherry cuttings that day.
But here's the best
thing about growing and selling rooted cuttings. I want you to again
picture in your mind that piece of typing paper laying on a
table. In that little tiny area you can root 130
cuttings! At 67¢ each that's $87.10. I have customers
that buy and sell rooted cuttings from each other all the time at 67¢
each. Often times they are happy to get them at $1.25 each if they
are a little bigger.
Of course if you
just grow the cuttings for a few more months after they are rooted they
can sell for $3.95 or more, depending on what kind of plant you are
rooting, and who you are selling them to.
That's the beauty of
growing and selling rooted cuttings. You need very little room to
grow rooted cuttings, and nurseries all over the country are always
interested in varieties of rooted cuttings that they do not have.
I'm sure you've seen
Photos of
My Plant Sales. The rooted cutting business is
nothing like that. With rooted cuttings you don't have people coming
to your house, and you don't have to do anything with the cuttings until
they are sold. Once they are sold all you do is pull them out of the
sand, pack them up and send them to your customer.
It really is a fun
and easy business.
The backyard
nursery business is very satisfying.
Pulling a cutting
out of the sand and seeing all those roots is an excitement that only a
true plant lover can appreciate.
In my Backyard
Nursery Manual that comes with The
Backyard Growing System I explain how to find wholesale
buyers for all of the plants you grow.
In the DVD's that come with
my system you will learn how to root tens of thousands of cuttings with
ease, just like I do.
Do yourself a favor,
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information.
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Having your very own rooted
cutting business really is a great way to live, and a great way to make
a living. You get to work right at home, outside, close to
nature. It's easy work, and it costs very little to get
started. You are risking very little to get started.
Making rooted cuttings is very
simple. You take a cutting, strip the leaves off the bottom two
thirds, dip it in some rooting solution, and stick it in a flat of sand,
or a bed of sand. That's all there is to it!
Get this!
It takes exactly three seconds
to take a cutting. (I actually did time it.)
It takes about one second,
maybe two to remove the leaves from the bottom two thirds.
It takes 5 seconds to dip a
cutting, but you can dip 30 or more at a time.
And it takes another 3 seconds
to stick the cutting in a flat of sand.
And for that you get paid
50¢ to $1.50.
Or $3.95 if you grow them to
the next size.
And you can do that all day
long, and of course when you are doing many cuttings at a time you get
more and more efficient.
In my
Backyard Growing System I explain in detail how to find plenty of buyers for your plants, without leaving home.
Tom from Apple Valley Mn. has been with me for a
number of years and his
business is exploding in size.
Listen in as he tells what he grows . . .
Words cannot explain how
peaceful and serene it is to work outside in your very own backyard
nursery making cuttings in your while the rest of the world is getting dressed up in clothes
they hate, driving their car in traffic like a raving maniac, only to
get to work and put up with a boss who needs a good old fashioned, well
you know what I mean.
He needs a trip behind the
wood shed!
It's a dream come true for
those who are willing to take the first step and just get started in a
small way. Start rooting a few cuttings today! You can't even
imagine where such a small step can take you in ten years. I see
it happening with my current customers every day. Some of them
don't even realize the level of success they are going to achieve.
But I can see it in their actions.
In my
Backyard Growing System
I show you exactly where and how to find buyers that will buy your
cuttings for 50¢ to $1.75 or more.
Remember, you don't need much
room. Any area about the size of a picnic table is fine.
You don't have to hold retail
plants sales like I do. Most of your customers you will never meet
in person.
You don't need a
greenhouse. All you need is a bed of sand and an intermittent mist
system. And my
Backyard Nursery Growing System
comes with a step by step video that shows you exactly how to build your
own intermittent mist system.
Now I already told you how big
the market is for rooted cuttings, but here's a story about a few of my
Backyard Growing System
customers that really got their attention.
Not long ago there was a
"secret" online auction of rooted cuttings and other small
plants. This auction was not open to the general public, just
members of the trade. A few of my customers, who are now
considered members of the trade after investing in my
Backyard Growing System,
participated in this "secret auction". Some of them
bought a few hundred plants, and some of them bought a few thousand
plants.
But when they told me about the
deals they got, the one thing that just completely dumbfounded them was
the fact that this auction was over in just two hours, and in that time thousands
and thousands of plants were sold!
Man alive, were they fired up
that day about the rooted cutting business!
Gene from West Virginia says;
"Mike
McGroarty's Backyard Growing
System Changed Our Lives."
Listen:
There are a few things you need
to understand about this particular auction. Auctions like that
only happen once in a while. But the growers who bought plants at
that auction are in the market for rooted cuttings every day. They
are constantly on the lookout for deals on certain kinds of really nice rooted cuttings.
That makes your job very
simple.
1. Grow really nice
rooted cuttings of some of the plants that are in demand.
2. Offer them to these
growers at a fair price.
That's really all you have to
do, and I'll show you where and how to find these growers.
There's one more thing about
that "secret auction" that you need to know.
One of the people who bought
several thousand plants at that auction was a customer of mine by the
name of Judy who is doing very well with her backyard nursery. She is one of my best students. She lives in a
rural area of Pennsylvania, which is really important for you to know if
you happen to live in a cold northern climate like Judy and
I.
Yes, this rooted cutting
business can be done, and works perfectly even if you live in a cold
state like Ohio or Pennsylvania.
And no, you don't need a
greenhouse!
These little rooted cuttings
are so darn tough it's unbelievable. Believe me, where Judy and I
live it gets cold, and the ground freezes as hard as concrete.
With temperatures as low as zero degrees F. or lower the ground often
freezes solid as rock, as deep as 30" or more.
Doesn't matter.
Come spring, those little tiny
rooted cuttings wake up bright eyed and bushy tailed raring to get
growing. It just amazes me how tough rooted cuttings are.
Sometimes I can't see my
cuttings for months because they are buried in snow. It doesn't
hurt them at all. Northern plants are tough.
Heather from Washington is having fun and making money!
Listen as she explains:
The big nurseries want you to
think you need a greenhouse and all that, but that's just their way of controlling
their turf. They want to keep you as a customer, not a competitor!
But don't let them fool
you. It's easier than you think.
Anyway, back to Judy.
When Judy bought my system she followed my advice to the letter.
She just kept making cuttings and sticking them in the sand, allowing the intermittent mist system
to look after them until they were
rooted. She just kept making more and more cuttings.
Once she had enough rooted
cuttings to fill her own needs in her nursery, she offered her excess
cuttings for sale at 67¢ each. They sold like crazy!
She simply used a resource that you'll learn
about in my
Backyard Growing System.
So what did Judy do with all
those plants she bought at the auction? She potted up all she had
room for, then the rest she sold. And of course she sold them at a profit.
Now she is taking cuttings from
the ones she potted, and as soon as those are rooted and start to grow
she can take cuttings from them.
Wow! That's the beauty
of this business. It's self perpetuating!
You buy a rooted cutting and
take cuttings from that rooted cutting. Then you take cuttings
from those rooted cuttings and make even more rooted cuttings from which
you will take cuttings.
Bonnie from
Pennsylvania loves making baby plants and says
that Mike
McGroarty is Genuine and is sorry she waited . . .
Then you sell the first rooted
cutting you bought for ten or twenty times what you paid for it because
you no longer need it.
There
is no other business in the world that allows you that kind of a
profit! And you get to do it at home!
Do yourself a favor,
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Rooting cuttings is fun.
It's easy.
It's relaxing.
And it's therapeutic.
It's money you can use for
yourself, money to buy a new car, a new house, or just take a really
nice vacation each year.
It's money you can use for college
educations.
Or it can be a great
way to supplement your retirement.
Donna from Dallas
says her customers are the best . . .
This is a great way to teach
your kids the value of money, and at the same time teach them a good
work ethic. It gives you a quiet time to bond with your kids while
allowing them to make extra money right in the backyard.
Both of my kids worked in our
nursery, and it served them well. When they went out into the real
world they were better prepared.
You can even do this during the
winter, without a greenhouse. And I'm talking about here in the
north where every kid has frozen his or her tongue to the storm door at
least once in their lifetime!
My
Backyard Growing System
comes with two Ebooks that you will download just seconds after placing
your order. One is all about the Backyard Nursery Business.
Great information!
The other is a digital version
of my Easy Plant Propagation Book. It explains in detail every plant
propagation technique that I know. It also has a chapter titled;
"What You Should Be Doing Now".
In this chapter I give you a
month by month explanation of what plant propagation techniques work at
that time of the year. There is something that you can be doing
every month of the year.
Remember, you can be reading
the Ebooks in the next ten minutes if you place your order right
now!
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Once you read the Ebooks, go
through the Backyard Growers Ecourse, and watch the DVD's, you will
quickly realize that this business is about as close to printing money
as you will ever get.
As you watch the DVD's you will
also realize how easily cuttings root when you use intermittent
mist. It's almost like magic. They root so easily you just
won't believe it.
It really is the most
satisfying thing you can experience as a gardener. Grown men write
to me all giddy with excitement after rooting their first batch of
several hundred cuttings.
I have one backyard nursery customer in West
Virginia who called me just to say thank you!
He so much loves what he is
doing, and being able to come home from work and grow plants in his
backyard has almost completely removed the stress from his life.
He
has quit taking nerve medication as a result.
He has also done really, really
well selling the plants he has grown, so that probably helps as well.
People write to me and say;
"Yeah Mike, but what about the government, taxes, and
licenses. Isn't that going to be a big hassle?
The answer is no. You
will need a license from your state Dept. of Agriculture, but in most
states you don't even need the license until you have plants to
sell. You might need a vendor's license, but if you are only
selling wholesale you might not even need that.
But this is what people are
missing . . .
Once you have a license you are
a business. That means that you can now buy plants and other
supplies from wholesale sources. Rooting cuttings for as little as
50¢ each and Japanese Red Maples for 85¢ each. And tremendous
savings on all kinds of other plants and supplies.
Ray from Georgia
couldn't be happier . . .
My
Backyard Growing System
system comes with a "Secret Directory of Wholesale
Sources". These are the sources that I have been using
for years.
And here's the best part . .
.
All of these things that you
can buy wholesale are also business expenses which means they are tax
deductions. This is a huge bonus! Because now when you buy a
plant it's a business expense, as long as you are buying that
plant for the purpose of taking cuttings that you intend to sell at a
profit.
Of course you should discuss
this with your tax advisor just to make sure, but I know what mine told me!
OK, I think I've covered
it. In a nutshell here's the deal:
At the moment, the many
people that have purchased my
Backyard Growing System
, and those that will purchase it in the future need a place to buy
rooted cuttings that are not patented or protected with a registered
trademark. And they'd prefer to buy them from a fellow backyard
nursery owner who will sell to them in smaller quantities.
There is a sea of beautiful
plants out there that you and I are free to propagate from until
the end of time. All we have to do is acquire a few rooted
cuttings from which we can propagate, and start reproducing those plants
to our heart's content.
The wholesale sources that are
listed in my source book have a number of these plants available, and I
tell you which plants to look for in the Ecourse that comes with my
system. Then as a group we will continue to locate more and more
of these plants each week.
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Let's see, what haven't I
covered in this lengthy letter?
Not allowed to make retails sales
from your home? In many areas that's true, but if you are just
growing rooted cuttings in the backyard and shipping them UPS or
Priority Mail the rules could very well be different.
Or, as I heard my grandmother
say many times while I was growing up; "Honey, if there's a
will there's a way."
Granny was right. If your
really do want to change your life, then quit making excuses and do what
you have to do to make this work. There are empty lots all over
the place that are available for this type of venture. I see them
every day, and I think to myself; "There's a good place to root some
cuttings." Many of these property owners would love to have somebody just take
care of the lot for them.
Phyllis from Hot Springs,
Arkansas shares the secret
of how much money you
Really need to get started:
"Yeah Mike, but I live in
a big city, or I live out in the boonies."
Doesn't matter.
The mailman and UPS come around
once in a while don't they? That's all you need. A small
area about the size of a picnic table, and a way to ship the plants to
your customers.
"Yeah but I live where
it's really hot and dry, and all those plants you talk about won't grow
here."
Doesn't matter.
Grow plants that do well in
your hot and dry climate. When I was in Las Vegas, Phoenix,
Orlando, and California I saw a lot of beautiful landscaping. I
don't know much of what it was, but I know there's a market for plants
in your area because I saw them being used in landscapes by the
thousands!
I've got customers in Southern
California that grow all kinds of Palms and other tropical plants and
they are doing really, really well selling their tropical plants.
There is a market in your area,
I know there is.
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