school w GH Realistically Grow Where do I start Where am I and where do I want to be Greenhouse Info for Newbies STEPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL PLANT SALE Plan Your Crops Pricing for Profit ID: 710960
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1st Year? 1st school w/ GH?Realistically Grow? Where do I start?Where am I and where do I want to be?
Greenhouse Info for NewbiesSlide2
STEPS FOR A SUCCESSFUL PLANT SALEPlan Your CropsPricing for Profit
Marketing & Promotion
Utilize ResourcesSlide3
Planning Your CropsBudgetGreenhouse
Space – benches, hanging, floor
Orders – full trays, assorted trays, split trays, shared orders
Customer Expectations
Realistic Expectations
Specific Plants/CropsSlide4
What Crops are Expected by Your Customers?
Hanging Baskets
Mixed,
Mono, Fuchsia
Geraniums –
Zonals
or Seed,
Ivies, Interspecific
Petunias
Bedding Plants
Veggies – herbs
Perennials Slide5
What Are Your BestSellers?
What Are Your Favorites?
Hanging Basket Combination?
Patio Container?
Tomato Variety & Container Size?
Favorite Petunia?
Easiest to Grow?Slide6
What Can we do for you?Find the best supplier to meet your needsOffer timely growing informationResources – online, YouTube videos, university sites, breeder info, tags - rippsheets.com
and
Recovers, controllers, fertilizer injectors
New GreenhouseSlide7
View from the Potting BenchMonthly – Timely tips, pointers & cropping ideas (pinching, fertilizing, pests)
Industry Media Resources:
e-Gro webinars
Greenhouse Management
University Resources
University of Massachusetts GH Fact Sheets
Plant Sale
Use Social Media: Pinterest,
facebook
, twitterSlide8
Bench Cards
www.ballseed.com/downloadabenchcardSlide9
What’s wrong with this picture?Slide10
Assorted traysSlide11Slide12
Amore Queen of Hearts
Amore Joy
Amore Fiesta
Amore MioSlide13
Night Sky
HeartbeatSlide14
Crazytuninas
Sparky
Moonstruck
Citrus Twist
Blackberry Cheesecake
Swiss Dancer or Cherry CheesecakeSlide15