I've grown some Minibel tomatoes for our plant sale (this Saturday) They are a dwarf variety and are only about 4inches high and flowers are starting to appear. I'm just wondering how much I could charge for them.
Weedy little things in Wilkinson were 99p, mine are nice sturdy plants.
Would £1 each be too much?
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I actually would go 1.25, they look super little plants..not your regular plant . Good Luck XX Jeannine
I tend to shift more if I give a couple of different price options eg: £1.25 each or 3 for £3.50. Virtually everyone will buy multiple plants thinking they are saving money even though the difference is nominal & they wouldn't necessarily of bought that many if they had been priced individually.
I sell my plants to fellow plot holders which are planting out size @50p each.
But I suppose for charity £ 1 does not seem excessive.
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Squash64, is this a charity sale? If so I am sure that peeps would pay a fair price. Deciding on the price would depend on how many you have to shift and how many people you expect at the sale.
People always seem to want a bargain these days so you will have to judge the market. I agree that the multi-buy idea is good, why not make a couple of signs ready to swap over if necessary. £1.25 / 3 for £3.50 and another £1.20 / 4 for £4, depending on how many you have to sell.
Tee Gee - what a bargain!
Thanks for the replies.
I think I will go for the multi-buy option.
I've only got about 8 of the size in the photo, but about 25 which were planted later so are a bit smaller. Maybe 75p each / 3 for £2?
Charge what you can get away with(within reason)-I sell mine for 60p but folks around here have deep pockets and short arms ;D
My experience last week was that people were happy to pay 50p for 4" pots of Gardeners Delight and similar, bigger heritage plants went for £1 each. We also sold a tray of 6 very small GD for a pound.
Our site usually sells them for 50-70p depending on the variety.
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Start off expensive then drop the price as the day goes on if they are not selling is always my gambit with these things. If you sell out at a low price too soon you can not put the price up but they can always go drop
Put the biggest on at something like £2 if they are bigger than shop ones and the smaller ones at a lower price.
Play it by ear.