Not from seeds but from cuttings - swiss cheese plants. You can probably pick one up for free from the usual social media sites and chop it up to provide several cuttings. They are easy to propagate in vases of water and will sell for up to £10 each after a few months. During lockdown people were making huge sums of money from propagating rarer variegated varieties although prices have now come down a lot.
@fidgetbones will keep that in mind if / when I have annuals getting too big for their pots. Fingers crossed it won’t come to that as the hospice is miles away.
@Songbird-2 Great shout we have a B&Q, a Lidl and an Aldi in walking distance sadly so will scope out the competition. They usually have a lot of the bright annuals.
@steephill, thank you. I have done 2 from my monstera but managed to totally ruin the shape of my plant in the process 😢 It still hasn’t forgiven me and is now very sluggish. Probably did it wrong.
Things I can do well are Tradescantia and Devils Ivy .. roots in days but isn’t in high demand.
If you have seed packets from the magazines, morning glories should now germinate quickly ( planted some 4 days ago and they are already through the soil).
Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
A friend does the exact same thing and splits the proceeds between two charities. She mainly does annual bedding but it's not been as popular the last couple of years. I donate as much as I can and things that have been popular are hazelnut trees, strawberries, raspberries, currants and gooseberries. I realise that these are things you need to either have and divide, or things that need to have been grown from a year or two ago. Whenever I have given any of the above I tend to get a phone call asking if I have any more as they sell out quickly. Just something to consider if you want to make this more than a one off.
For annuals then I think anything edible again is popular. People think it's fun to grow their own, so cucumbers, courgettes and pumpkin would be worth a go. It's normally easier to get rid of unwanted vegetable plants. I also agree with sunflowers, kids adore them and they go very quickly.
If you want to do strawberries to sell next year, get some plants now. When they've done fruiting they'll start putting out runners that you can peg down into individual small pots where they'll make new plants that you can sell next spring.
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For annuals then I think anything edible again is popular. People think it's fun to grow their own, so cucumbers, courgettes and pumpkin would be worth a go. It's normally easier to get rid of unwanted vegetable plants. I also agree with sunflowers, kids adore them and they go very quickly.