Regulations in the USA may vary in each state. In NC the regulation states IF you are collecting plants with the intent to sale we ARE required to get a Nursery License OR a certificate depending on how we intend to ran as a nursery. Shipping has nothing to do with getting a nursery set up, the intent to sell does. Shipping however, we have a lot of other stuff to go through to ship to the west coast from the East or Middle USA. It has a lot more requirements BUT the west coast can ship across the US without many issues. Also in my area to sell at our farmers market we have to have a business license, a tax exemption number and it just isn't that simple in my county, although our rules maybe NC statewide I never checked into that when we got set up to sell at the Farmers Market. We didn't have to have a nursery license to sell annuals at the FM only a farm business license. I do know however in some states it's easier to sell than others because I have talked to friends who did. Most important of all IS CHECK YOUR STATE and COUNTY REGULATIONS, they can tell you what you will need and tell you about any Federal regulations. Yep, working on becoming a nursery as I stated on another one of your videos. Been getting liners in, and ordered pots today as well. Almost there and hopefully will be getting inspection scheduled for October 1, geeze this is scary! Wish me LUCK. Thanks for the video Jason and not trying to be rude, but if folks seriously want to start a nursery or any business for that matter they really should check out there state and local laws, rules and regulations before anything else, even advice from their best friend, mom, dad, sister, bother, aunt, uncle......you get what I'm saying right? Research for themselves not advise from anyone even if they trust what the person tells them.😂 I have a friend in Canada, in her area she doesn't need anything until she has sales of $30,000.00! Must be nice LOL 😂

Great advice Jason. Thanks. I do dream of having my own plant store one day you inspire me.

Could you make a video more in depth about labeling and keeping track of plants?

Again I have to say how grateful I am for your advice Jasón. If I were in a position to to start a gardening business your generosity would be of a great help. Enjoy all I learn from you. Thank you. Keep it up. I admire you.

You are a blessing Jason ty for the advice.

Awesome! Love the business related videos

Starting small and simple sounds good!

Great video Jason! Many thanks! Awesome tips for a few things that I need to be thinking about. Best wishes and stay safe. 🙂👍🌱

I loved hearing what you have to say as you are further along than I am. I'm so happy to say though that I do have my foot in the door in all areas. I do this because I love it and I had plants laying around for years before I started selling them. 😊

Tks so much Jason. Very kind of you to give courage to those of us who dream of a nursery. I'm close to 80 yrs now and have gardened since i was about 5 yrs of age. I have 4 adult children and several Grans and they all encourage me to continue gardening. Our veggie garden and fruit trees fed us when they were young. I was an Artist/ Art Therapist/ Art Educator but, now with co-vid and cancer treatments I can't teach in person. I do have an herb garden and also a flower garden from which I enjoy sharing my herbs and flowers with those who are ill, especially with cancer. I've been entertaining the idea of a small simple Nursery to support my hobby. I started propagating plants from what I currently have growing prolifically. I'm loving the work of it all. I am training for teaching Art online to children and would like to include teaching gardening. I've been praying for discernment as to what would be a Ministry that is part of my Plan for which God created me. Your video is supportive of my inspirations for Ministry that will also support my few needs in this life.

Thank you so much for keeping this up!! It is so helpful and relevant!

Cool. Useful. Most people are just dreaming and that’s ok.

Hi Jason, perfect information, every time. I am an environmental scientist and I have an opportunity to both sell plants, and in forms that enable people to create habitats for themselves. Each one of your videos is full of vital information, particularly about a crop only being worth something when you sell it. Thank you, Keep smiling and keep safe

Great info! Thanks a mil, keep up the good work! :D

Thank you for these information.

Your videos are so informative, honest and down to earth. You deserve the success i wish for you and your family.

Super informative! Thank you!

I thought this video was very well thought out, communicated very well, and provided an incredible about of valuable information. Thank you for making it!

Love your videos!

Thank You Very Much for this information ❤

Really good advice for beginners and very inspiring to hear of other starting from humble beginnings, thank you!

May the plant God's bless you! I learned a lot of things in this video!!!! Thank you!!!

This has been the most informative vid I’ve found on this topic on youtube, thank you!!!

Excellent content!

Thanks for your great advice. i just cant wait to own my plant store now

This video is wonderfully conveyed. So direct and informative. Thank you! I saved this to refer back to.

This is so amazing, & exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!! I’m working towards opening up a nursery out here in Colorado, doing my research on laws and regulations here. Starting small like you said, propagating at home and gearing towards doing local delivery & pick ups and sales and some online shipping. Keep putting out the great content & information! Encouraging others to achieve their dreams! Thanks so much!

Great info! Especially helpful for people who are interested in starting a nursery but might be lacking the insider info to get started. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and expertise 😀

Excellent content, looking forward to. Digging into your videos.

There is a abandoned nursery very small 5 min from me. That would be a dream to start one.

Thanks really useful info!

I know your video is a few years old, but thank you so much for this information.

That's a great way to start your marketing! Right here in the woods i can dig white paper birch seedlings and a pine evergreen for free. I just need to package and resell or trade. Sell each for $35.00

Great advice , I'm also selling and started with something small .

Hi, I have always wanted to grow grapes and experiment with them to produce a sweet tasting grape to make home made wine. So we picked up a plant from the local box store and planted it and are waiting for the grapes to ripen then to give them a taste. This has inspired me to take things a bit further like graft grape vines, plant different types of grapes and blend the end product. Then if all goes well, look into installing a trellis or two with different vines. This has lead me to trying my first root ball install on a few of our evergreens (I think they are blue spruce) which I did today and am totally stoked about it! Okay, so this is where I'm at. Now, coming across your video has peaked my interest on selling some of what I can produce. I don't know anything about plants nor the science behind them so it looks like I will need to do some reading on the subject. Its not like I''m looking to take on and build to total nursery, however I do want to have some knowledge on how this stuff works. Is there any preferred reading you can recommend? I appreciate your time putting this and other videos together. Thanks!

Hi, I've just stumbled across your videos and perfect timing too. I'm starting a backyard nursery in suburban Australia from the ground up. This is all extremely helpful info, thanks a bunch!

Informative and helpful as always. I am thinking about starting my own Rose farm in Northern Ireland and your channel is always my go to for advice and tips. Keep up the good work and let me know if you have any work experience opportunities for a season or 2 on the rose farm 🚜

I thank you for your valuable time and sharing your experience with me! You have taught me a lot with simplicity and encouragement ☺️ God bless you and your family 💕🇹🇹 Plucked up the courage; Ready to go and sell!!

Thank you so much for this video! This is perfect timing! I am 14 and the past two years I have started propogating anything I can get my hands on, I've been wanting to start my own nursery. Me and my family have also been growing hemp too. And I hope that this year we will be moving up to greenhouses for winter too. Then that will help me kick off my nursery! We already have all the licencing from growing hemp the past two years just how have to get a nursery grower/sellers license and think of a name! Thank you!

Believe me, I won't skip your video. I need all the information from you, 🤣 while it's free over here. So, THANKS for sharing this to us. I wish you a successful life and business. Stay safe and healthy, Mate. Cheers. 💃🤸‍♀️🎊🎶🎵

Really inspirational for me. Being an Environmental scientist, gardening and jewelry making are among my past times. Now I want to go into them full time as I love the arts. Albeit my formal training is in the sciences. Thanks Jason for the wonderful tips.

I grow and sell landscape shrubs and perennials from my backyard. Fun and a great money-making side hustle!

thank you. i have just started a little plant nursery .

Love your videos! So much useful information and very down to the point. How do you deal with plants that you sold to someone and they didn't make it? Do you offer replacements or is it better to have no return policy?

I'm already running my own small scale nursery in nz an this is very helpful!!

Im 14,and my dream is to own my own nursery. I know it's a long shot, but I'm currently getting houseplant seeds to save the hassle in a few years

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I’d love to hear about labeling plants. Plant stakes, sticker labels, what’s required, plant care. I have a thermal printer, but they blackout over time in the greenhouse. I’m hoping to find an eco or compostable option for our heirloom starts. Great videos!

I’d like to start a bonsai nursery because my job is wearing me down and I’d love to propagate more bonsai material and start a small business and see if it grows

Lots of great info, thank you!! I have a question about the humidity domes. When is the right time to remove them and let the young plant be in open air? I once had some luck with a young plant that was sprouting leaves ( it was from a cutting and didn't grow roots, just pushed out some leaves!) and when I removed the dome, they somehow shriveled up and the plant died.

This video came perfectly on time. I started doing small scale selling on Facebook marketplace just in September 1st with the hope that in the meantime I can figure out how to get a small boutique plant shop up and running. Today, however, I was overwhelmed with entrepreneur resources and possible home business permits and all that. This video calmed me down a lot by laying out steps and finding that I sort of started just as you said. My biggest worry right now is that I’m having so much trouble trying to find out regulations and licensing requirements. Almost to the point of thinking I should stop altogether 😥 I won’t give up of course, but any tips on finding the right regulations for an urban Alberta starter?

Thank you for the vidoe and information. Can you tell me something that I had purchased a yellow rose flower plant but after that it is flowering different and plant itself has turned into something like gate rose plant. 😊

Can you help me with how much rooting a rose two years old or older will have in a year? I know it depends on a lot. I would be interested in an average. Thanks for the reply! Your channel is good! It helps a lot.

Hi Jason~ If u haven't already done an older video on rose thorn infections, I'd like to suggest it! Just got one, and Boy.... I never knew!!! Ouch! May have to see the hand doctor down the road...hoping these antibiotics do the trick. Would make a Great PSA topic!

Jason, thank you for this break down. Currently working on starting small backyard nursery. I was wondering, the plant tags that you have created, are they your own pictures or did you download one for a tag? I have pictures of my plants, would it be best to use my own pictures? Thank you for your assistance!! Love your videos!

have you done a video on those cloth (non-woven) pots and air pruning roots?

Regarding pots. What size do you recommend starting out with and how often do you pot up?

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Brilliant video and so inspiring ! Where should we go to get more information about regulations and licensing needs for say Ontario?

Regarding roses, after having a failure rate of 95% in soil due to stem rotting, i have found out the best way is to use 2-3 mm wood chips instead. Now i have only 5% failure rate (on small sample size) and definitely no more rotting. For calcification no soil nutrients are needed anyway. Just sufficient moist and a bit of airflow. What do you think?

Hi Jason, I saw this video just now and was wondering what do you do with rose plants that did not sell? How do you price a rose plant competitively? And should you offer after sales follow up or plant care tips? Thank you!

After you started to get your nursery up and running did you place it under an LLC or are you running it as partnership/sole proprietorship? Or does Canada not have those type of entity structures?

Im in Florida during our "winter" sales go down how do u make up for that? What can I do during this down time?

Its a little bit funny, but getting good quality wood-based OM in a soil mix is problematic here .. and it looks like that problem may turn into a great business opportunity for me, as I've been working on developing my own. How does the marketing line "Hey, wanna buy some dirt?" sound?

Do u mail rose cutting plants ? I am in America

Hi, could you give me some advice about pots? How do you decide between terracotta etc. and plastic?

I'm propergating plants now at home in uk I want to sell but I'm worried about adding the postage will customers still pay I feel I have to propagate a lot and my garden is not that big but I want a small steady business plus I can do topiary and buying small trees to shape and enjoy making wreaths Im propergating dianthus, bagolia, carnations, and bux hedging but I don't know what to do next as soon I know I'm going to have many plants turning house into greenhouse 😂😂

What would happen if I used salt water to water my plants?

In Maine you need a license to sell any type of plant, which is ridiculous. So, in order to get a nursery license you need a business license, and then a sales tax license, which also means a FEIN, and a bank account... it really is stupid. This state does everything it can to hinder people from being productive, including taxing the hell out of revenue, Excise Tax, existing property tax, business tax, and then they wonder why the state is so run down with busted ass trailers and garbage everywhere, because they force people like myself to leave.

I would suggest knowing your local laws before you start selling. Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

Thank you, I'm 13 and I love gardening and this really helped me start a backyard nursery. @hhlg