Thanks for sharing. How do you go about marketing? I'm also curious how you collect the juneberry seeds and how you know which ones need moisture and which ones don't.
@@govindasgarden sure thing all great questions. I put tarps on the ground and shook branches to get lots of berries to fall. Then dumped the tarps into buckets. This way I could get a lot at a time. I also did a fair amount of picking berries by hand. And I used a broom to sweep up rotten fruit off the sidewalk because they still have good seed. Each species is a little different and it’s always a learning experience to work with a species for the first time. I try to see what other folks are doing to grow various seed. Always a good resource to check is the Forrest service publication “woody plant seed manual” you can get a free pdf on Google. And broadly speaking most seed that falls in a fruit does not like to dry out. Seeds that fall dry like honey locust are able to be stored dry, generally. There are exceptions. Marketing is a mixed bag, I’m still figuring that out. I think it’s helped me a lot to have a presence on Facebook and Instagram and RUclips but that’s not everyone’s cup of tea and it is a lot of work. I also post in plant groups online (Facebook and Reddit are good) and presumably get some traffic to my website from Google searches. In the past I have sold trees on Facebook marketplace. The demand is there for native plants and seed but tapping into it and getting your name out there isn’t always straightforward. Word of mouth is great too.
Thanks for the info. Really looking forward to your video on shipping seedlings. I've unloaded many trees from trucks working at a nursery, but sending living plants in the mail is intimidating.
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Thanks for sharing. How do you go about marketing? I'm also curious how you collect the juneberry seeds and how you know which ones need moisture and which ones don't.
@@govindasgarden sure thing all great questions. I put tarps on the ground and shook branches to get lots of berries to fall. Then dumped the tarps into buckets. This way I could get a lot at a time. I also did a fair amount of picking berries by hand. And I used a broom to sweep up rotten fruit off the sidewalk because they still have good seed.
Each species is a little different and it’s always a learning experience to work with a species for the first time. I try to see what other folks are doing to grow various seed. Always a good resource to check is the Forrest service publication “woody plant seed manual” you can get a free pdf on Google. And broadly speaking most seed that falls in a fruit does not like to dry out. Seeds that fall dry like honey locust are able to be stored dry, generally. There are exceptions.
Marketing is a mixed bag, I’m still figuring that out. I think it’s helped me a lot to have a presence on Facebook and Instagram and RUclips but that’s not everyone’s cup of tea and it is a lot of work. I also post in plant groups online (Facebook and Reddit are good) and presumably get some traffic to my website from Google searches. In the past I have sold trees on Facebook marketplace. The demand is there for native plants and seed but tapping into it and getting your name out there isn’t always straightforward. Word of mouth is great too.
@@livingsoiltreefarm Thanks for your response, and the seed manual rec!
@@govindasgarden of course ! I’m always happy to talk seeds and trees.
Thanks for the info. Really looking forward to your video on shipping seedlings. I've unloaded many trees from trucks working at a nursery, but sending living plants in the mail is intimidating.
@@Jackyboi887 oh man I hear ya, it made me so nervous the first few times I did it. I’m still amazed every time it works 🤣🤣
Many post offices are able to print labels for you for free now, with a QR code. Might be worth investigating.
Oh man the audio is tough on this one.
Never mind, it worked itself out later on.
@@BackyardBerry yeah there are some rough patches here - this was a bit rushed on my end I will admit
@@livingsoiltreefarm a comment is a comment is a comment. Just what I noticed. No worries.