I live next to a Christmas tree farm. I hike through the trees on my daily walk. I was horrified to see the person who leases this land had begun whacking down Doug fir seedlings as if they were weeds. I immediately began digging the seedlings up every evening and planting them on our newly logged property.

Exactly what I'm doing! My retirement nursery is growing every year. I have 3000 plants after 3 years. Great video, Mike! 💜

I had a neighbor years ago that made a good living growing Japanese maple saplings from seeds in his large back yard. They sold like hotcakes for $25 each as 1 year and $40 at 2 years.

I had a retail/wholesale nursery for a bit. It's brutally competitive and hard to make a profit. I was selling 1 gal really nice landscape plants for $6. Don't forget the labor of watering and keeping these plants alive in summer. Just too hard to make a profit when you compete with the big guys that have huge lots with lots of low paid laborers.Combine that with most customers buying their plants at big box stores these days. I wish you luck, but it crushed my soul.

Thanks Mike. I will not be critical of all the obstacles but thankful for all the potential. Those who find opportunities will always be successful.

I love how the entire family got involved. Even THE CAT helped out!

Mike, I love your family-friendly videos. They bring enthusiasm and positivity to a less-settled world. Thank you! I hope your family has a great weekend. ~Margie

Another awesome video Mike! I'm planning to grow/sell my own Japanese Maples. After watching your videos on growing those red JM it has inspired me to do the same! I have 100+ seeds stratify in the fridge currently and will start growing them this spring! Can't wait!

Everybody loves Mike. 😆😁 I love the way he explains things little by little. Big blessing to you and your family.

Mike you are forgetting one thing. Plants don't pot themselves. A person has to be willing to work to be successful at this. I propagate and donate to a place that is a daycare for the mentally challenged but has a plant nursery for funding. It is a full time job but it makes me feel really good . Good luck with those trees. They look fantastic.

Daggum!! Great score, Mike. Love your entrepreneurial mindset, brother. Thank you for laying out how simple the process can be. If you’re willing to add 1-2 years to the process, do the same from seed and double those profits! I appreciate how the family is getting more involved in your videos. That aspect adds so much to your channel. As if the knowledge, hope, enthusiasm, and laughs weren’t enough, you went and made it wholesome family entertainment as well.

Mike, if you want to get $20 a plant, you'll need to trim the little fir trees to one leader, so they'll take on a straight growth habit. But you're right, there is no such thing as something for nothing...laziness brings nothing!

Love to see you back on line more. You have such good information on horticulture. You really made a great find. I'm in MN and we can get trees through our county soil and water commission, (much smaller plants, and higher price) but you can not re-sell them by law, so no gains here. Lucky you!

Hey Mike, you and I have similar problems. I have almost 200 seedlings in 9 species coming in late March and early April. I was going to rent a Ground Hog one man hole digger. You can see these monsters on line. Big box stores rent them at $300 for 24 hours. But, my lady and I located a good used one 300 miles north in Chicago, for $2000. We bought it because we will use it for saplings, fencing post, and foundation piers. Anyway, a Ground Hog can make 20-50 holes an hour along your fence row. Good luck. Jeff.

I am so excited for you! It’s nothing like finding a deal and a home for new plants, flowers, trees etc. This is a great investment too.

MIke! Every time I watch your videos I get the itch to start my own plants! Thanks brother! Just ordered Japanese maples and getting them potted

My wife and I made over 1000 fig cuttings in one half day, 3months later (one half day again)we had to pot 500 little trees at $25 each... $12k, next year I'm using rooting hormone stuff to get the whole 1000 plus we are giving the tree far more food and water for more cuttings.. people kill plants all day long so its a great business.

I saw an awesome use for Leyland, they were grown to full size then cut off about 6 ft tall and all branches cut off. It made perfect and beautiful fence posts! If you could do a line along a long border, you could make a showcase fence in about 10-15 years (they grow pretty fast).

Very curious what you do about the tap root - many trees should be planted in place from seed to protect the tap root. I have many oak trees and I am thinking about starting some oaks in pots from the acorns but I am not sure what to do with them once they get as tall as your evergreens due to a short pot. Great video and great buy! (your trees have nice tap roots - they sometimes break).

I did this... Bought 12" tall seedlings for 75 cents each, potted them up (3 to a pot) and sold for $15 per pot.

Hey Mike great video... What kind of fertilizer did you use and how much did you put on it?

Hi, im from Europe (Croatia). There is one beautiful garden company near me. They are selling 1,5m tall citrus trees for only 7 dollars/euros. Man, those 7 dollars/euros cant even cover the soil, fertilization, spraying and watering. Plus, someone needs to spend time searching which branch to clone and re-grow, and then move it inside-out periodically depending of weather condition. Only 7 dollars/euros, unbelievable. I took 14 trees. Other trees like apples, pears, peaches and apricots are 4 dollars/euros. Basically, a tree costs like 3kg of its fruit in market. Even if its so cheap, a very little % of europeans farm their own food

Hi Mike .. glad to see you and the family doing well and healthy. I was away for a year due to health issues.. missed your stream . Finally moved out of NYC . Got my home in VA zone 7 . How them red maples doing .?

Thank you, sir. As always, your enthusiasm is appreciated. I would like to add one thing, “for money to be good, the one who possesses it must be righteous.” Let us love our neighbors as we love ourselves and keep our prices honest and generous. There is a nursery in the near by city where the fool charges 150 dollars for little trees that should cost 30-50 bucks. He is depriving the public of the joy that is owning a beautiful tree. I have many of the same kinds of trees sprouting up on my property and I am hoping to sell them for 30 dollars soon in order to bless my neighbors with trees instead of trying to get rich. Seen? Not judging you, Mike, just hope others will be blessed by this saying, that, “when you work for the love of money, the reward is temporary, but when you work for love of society and of God, the reward is eternal.”

Hi Mike, I love your videos always inspiring me. I have wanted to sell plants but really didn't quite know the what and the how! I know that it could work well for me here in Australia it's a matter of working out what plants people are gravitating towards, I have noticed a shift from traditional plants to low maintenance and fast growing. Absolutely loved the whole family getting in and helping, warmed the cockles of my ❤ heart. I love plants and gardening and just want to bless people with plants that aren't as expensive as in nurseries. I really appreciate all your videos.

Baaaargain! Good score, Mike. If later you decide to sell them, you could always make more plants from your existing trees to plant out on your property.

for the first time in many year last year we went out and cut our own Christmas tree .. as the holiday ended I felt so bad to have killed that beautiful tree for only 1 month of enjoyment.. WELL...I found out you can propagate them.. so I took a few good cuttings and planted them in good soil .. and now I have 2 baby Pine (fur) trees.. I will be trying to keep 1 in a pot I can bring in for Christmas every yr till it gets to big .. 🌲🌲🌲🌲

Nice to see all family chipping in , Hey you've just told your supplier how to make even more money, he might not let you buy anymore lol.

Hi Mike...just noticed this video (I am subscribed but missed this one). At 4:15, the one potted up seedling you held up looks like it has a double leader at the top. How do you address this issue as you do not double leaders I have heard. What did you say you used for weed control on your pots?

If you haven't seen it yet, this is part 2 for this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eMiBatiLm9atknU.html And this video goes into more detail on how to sell your plants online locally: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kLajo7J51puVlYE.html

See the problem in my opinion isn't finding good hustles with plants, it's finding the market and customers

Hey Mike, what exactly did you plant them in? I think you said bark in the video... If so what type? I have 50 bare root fir trees coming to me this weekends that I'm potting just like you did.

You can also get the seeds from Sugar Maples (helicopter seeds or alot of times self planted seedlings), Honey Locusts, Cherry trees, Norway Spruce Pine cones (just turn upside-down onto paper towel), Walnut (just push shovel in dirt, lift, drop walnut hull with walnut in and drop shovel and move to next one) on and on. The bunnies and deer like to chew on the bark in winter though. Very good video, I never thought to plant them in bulk as you showed, then transplant and sell. Only have done for our property for future generations. My father planted a hillside 40 years ago and it's just beautiful. Blue Spruce, Red Maple, Sugar Maple, Oak, Hickory, Ash, Pines. A field of Walnut trees about fifteen years ago. Chestnut trees about ten years ago. We have deer, turkey, so many birds and wildlife. We want to plant apple, in laws already planted pear. Thank you. -John's wife

Hey Mike...I really wanna grow Oleanders from cuttings but I'm afraid to do so bc I read that they're extremely toxic and will kill you. Every part of the plant is toxic. And yet, I see that my apartment has a ton of them. What's your take on it? If you think it's okay, how would you grow it from cuttings? How can I get in touch with you if I have other questions?

How would you over winter? I am in zone 4b . Would you have to lightly cover with mulch or just leave them exposed in pots?

Excellent video 🔥🔥 motivational for sure 🔥🔥👍👍 I told my family years back to plant like 1000 teak trees in their land overseas instead of just letting it sit …teak wood is expensive .. easy to retire big with these trees .. there are many ways to make good money but one has to work for it .. loved the video 🔥🔥👍👍

Hey Mike - Does your source have more of these seedlings? Or did you buy him out? I’m not too far from you and would be interested in a bag or two!

If I had this information in addition to my gardening knowledge when I graduated high school, I would have owned a nursery. No ifs ands or buts about it.

Remind me of when I worked at a nursery. Ill be doing this as a small (very small) business plan with regards to fruit trees.

Yep this is how I do my plants Been propagating and selling edible plants

The money aside.. it's nice that you're helping the environment one tree at a time.

Your wife is a woman after my own heart, that is going to look awesome! You seriously scored on that. I have trouble even finding those in our area in Northern CA and if you do they cost a lot. Got one from a friend about a year ago, dug it out of her yard, was doing great for a few months and then I lost it. Good luck.

Wow Mike I think your wife won lol, she packed up more then you I believe, she's the new potting queen😂🤣

Weeee Doggy! I love plants and propagate them with the goal of sale. And should really get serious about sales, but in the meanwhile I arrange all the pots in the yard to just look like the landscaping. I constantly have to rearrange them as they grow or because they have different light requirements. But I make my own compost from the property's organic debris. Takes about a year doing little to nothing. (Usually after a rain I would turn the pile over and add harvested rain water, I added some mychorizal fungi one time about half way through the process. That's it) The pots were the debris from my landscape jobs, the plants were usually harvested from lawn cleanups or during preparation for new landscaping, the water exclusively rain water and recycled water from my washing machine (regular tap water was ultra last resort) So not including my labor every plant I sold was almost 100% profit. My only expense was the mychorizal fungi. So when I saw you show the potted saplings after your hard work next to the pile of soil. Well hell even I got all excited. I was cheering you on as if they were my plants cause I can so closely relate. Wish I had the amount of land you have tho, and was blessed with a supportive wife and family as you have. You have true wealth my friend regardless if ever sell one more plant. But prayerfully you continue doing what you enjoy and the beautiful plants sell themselves

it is very easy to grow a bare root row of evergreens from seed, most forestry nursery now grow them in container plugs, the one issue with planting out to areas that may not get watered is for the root mass to be bigger than the seedling top. as the photo-transpiration rate on a hot sunny day will pull all moisture from the roots to the the stem and the trees will die, when we use to plant bare root trees in the forest they did not trim the roots, and the tops where short.

That's a lot of trees! Good job. I hope you sell them and help replenish the earth. There have been a lot of fires everywhere.

I had 53 of these this year on my property, and mine started as babies in my yard. I paid nothing but after giving 33 away decided maybe I can grow them and sell them like you show here

Farm mom is busy at work too!! I miss her videos, hopefully she can share some spring planting petunias in those wheelbarrows again. 🌸🌸🌸

I live in a development and I first started to notice a few evergreen type of saplings growing around my pool. And around the back of my house. I started digging them up and potting them. Going to plant them soon so excited. Looking forward to seeing how yours turn out🙌🏻

Great content Mike, thanks for sharing 💚🌍

you have so much energy, how have you not been approached for your own network show. you seem like a natural!!

Very Informative! I'm here in WA State and propagate broccoli, Kale and Cucumbers for a youth ministry plant sale. Always looking for more ways to grow new plants and trees!

Mike, I rooted about 500 Green mound boxwoods two years ago. They are in one gallon containers. The potting media is from a wholesale nursery supplier. I do not do this full time. I am an electrician. However I love plants. What is a basic fertilizer I can apply to get them growing a bit faster. I am wanting to root more but wondering if it’s worth it. They are about the size of a grapefruit.

a massive point that you have to be concern about this is how much time it takes for a tree to grow to this size from seed

I would have had Jeremy and Jason Staples 30 lb roofing tar paper around the bottom edges up about an inch away for the moisture barrier to keep the wood from rotting out plus green treated pressure treated wood termite resistant at least on the bottom that anything touching the ground or concrete needs to be pressure treated green 💚

Great video Mike! Good to see you all! What ever happened to the cuttings of arbovitaes you planted 2 years or more ago? Hugs!!!🤗🤗❤🤗🤗

Planting tree seeds on the right kind of site under the right conditions is a superior approach to containers. They grow faster and the root systems develop better than container plants. Money? Certainly! You CAN do that, but make sure you have a market. The longer a tree is held in a container, the more likely it is to get "rootbound." All it takes is for one root to go around the "tap" root or a "sinker" root that replaced it, and you have a future premature failure on your (or your customer's) hands. The bare-root trees are second-best, but good enough, especially if they are seedlings gathered from nearby or similar mature stands. But nobody HAS to plant expensive trees. The cheaper the approach, the more trees for the money. Some trees may benefit from physical protection for a few years, but that's not necessary on large acreages--which should be planted farther apart than most are planted by enthusiasts. Add more in a few years so you have a perpetually productive, mixed-age stand.

It ain't $500 of Profit until the cash is in your hands

Thanks great video

soil ($3) + watering cost($5) for a year + 0.60 seedling + shop rental ($???) = more than $20

Webster's Nursery requires a seedling registration form to be submitted during the month of August each year. They will contact you in September to take your order. They sell out fast.

Enjoyed seeing the entire family work together...including your cat.

I'm addicted to your videos, loving it all!

Great gung ho attitude. I began a home plant hobby nursery in 1987. Not a real business, no nursery license etc. Never made a lot of money. And eventually had to realize I'm not the entrepreneur type. Still I enjoyed the plants. Still do.

Fix that windshield crack.😁

9:00 that's the real problem, getting people to buy them

Great video, thanks! Where do you get your pots?

Kitsap county just north of you has a tree sale every year. It lets people join the bulk purchase from the county. Alot of people resale them a year later.

Great video and advice 🔥

I live in Australia but not a fan of the spiky dry native trees and bushes, I love evergreens so I'm planting a row of leyland cypress trees which i cant wait to see full grown, plus they'll go well with the pine trees on our property

Good stuff. Ppl in the UK, look at "liners." This is what the industry call them here. Can buy bare root or plugs. Buy and grow on for a year or less to fill in the roots then sell potted in summer ;)

I collect native plants and trees and sell them at a wholesale rate to plant brokers. I’m actually thinking on starting a KZfaq channel about this. Grueling work, but you make a fortune from just popping plants out of the ground with the right permits. My only overhead is twine, burlap and fuel for my saw, and truck.

If you could do that with fruit trees you would really make a profit. They are selling on average for $50-60 right now, that is a 4 foot tree.

Hi Mike been watching for several years. We could use a bag or so logged a few years ago replanted and lost a lot. Need a good source fir. Live out of Eugene would be willing to drive to pick up.

What great video. Mike whats the name of that weeds killer you use? I thought I wrote it down and cant find it.

Nice 👍 The most I've made was 2,400 a week . Rite on old man ! ✌️ Proud subscriber of the Dirt Ninja !

Excellente... Nicely done, mi amigo.

Hey y'all, I've been slowly starting my own nursery over the years and I have this question : where's the best place to buy large quantity of pots on the internet, 1-2-3 gal? Looking for good quality and good price. Sorry for my writting in English by the way, french canadian right here. Carry on Mike, you make great videos! Cheers

I did this with willow trees but ran in to some problems with advertisement it seems that most places to advertise would not because the tree contained Salicylic acid (Aspirin) which is a Drug ,If you did not know Willow tree is where aspirin is made of ,If you have a head ache you could chew on a willow branch and intake aspirin.....Great video just subscribed

Great video, look like plant trees that you said, as like growing though summer, sell them as Xmas trees in this November, good job, Mike !😉👍👋🌲🌲🌲❤️

regarding pulling the pots apart- take a stick, like a thin bamboo stick and poke it through the bottom holes to another bottom hole- and just pull it's very easy as well.

What was the soil mix you used for potting those trees? It looks like 100% redwood bark, no soil?

Another great video! Thanks, from Blue Cottage Farm in the Virginia Piedmont, Mike!

you can make a good amount with tropicals where im at. some of these etsy sellers are out here selling some of the rarer seeds for like 20 bucks for just 3 of them. normally its like anywhere like 15-20 for a packet of like 10 for something not so rare. and selling young month old trees for like 25 bucks, a year old for like 50, i see around 100 bucks for rare year old saplings. cuttings too. 4-5 inch cutting of a good cultivar dragon fruit sells for like 23 bucks on the cheap end but some of these sites charge like 50 bucks for the same cutting.

Did they survive in the pots over winter for planting in the spring?

What elevation are you at?

What is that soil you’re using to pot these up?

How and were did u get the seedlings ? -thanks

What did you plant them in? Where are you buying the seedlings ?

This is so cool, loved the video!

Hey Mike do I need to trim/prune my young arborvitae to get them to fill in and bulk up?? And how?

how do you keep the deer from eating them? I live in a area in Buffalo NY where we have 5 acres in a neighborhood. Developments pushing deer out of their habitat. and they come and eat everything around us especially in winter

Great job keep it up...

How do you find people selling seedlings/bareroot?

Where do you buy them at bulk everyone around here won’t sell to the public

Great deal. And great helpers.

hey mike just curious what state youre in. Love the videos thanks

Nice find Mike !

Interesting video. Thank You for sharing.

What did you use for potting soil i missed it