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    What would you lovely grapes pay for plants at a car boot sale?

    Instead of chucking out ot giving away my spare seedlings, I thought I might pot up the lot and sell the excess. But I have no idea what to charge. So - honest answers please. What would you expect to pay at a carboot for:
    1. a 6" high tomato plant
    2. a strip of 3 different lettuces in 3" cells
    3. 6 marigolds
    4. a planter containing a tomato plant, 2 lettuces, some rocket and some basil
    5. a brussels seedling well grown in a 3" pot
    6. a courgette seedling at the 4-5 leaf stage


    To do list: (1) go to car boot sale and have a look around. Never even been to one before!
    You are a child of the universe,
    no less than the trees and the stars;
    you have a right to be here.

    Max Ehrmann, Desiderata

    blog: http://allyheebiejeebie.blogspot.com/ and my (basic!) page: http://www.allythegardener.co.uk/

  • #2
    Hmmmm, off the top o my head;

    1. 75p - £1
    2. 75p - £1 depending on size & health
    3. £1.50
    4. £3 - £5 depending on pot & plant sizes
    5. 50p
    6. 75p - £1

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    • #3
      Never been to a car boot (well, not since I was a kid in tow with Mother). My guess would be to charge what you would be willing to pay and see how you go.
      A simple dude trying to grow veg. http://haywayne.blogspot.com/

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      • #4
        Find car boots depressing. First it is traders mobbing your car before you've unloaded then it is jokers saying will you take 10p for that..." streuth, I'm nearly giving away a ..crystal decanter..for a quid NO I WONT TAKE BL**DY 10p"

        Sorry, just me... had a bad experience with trying to shift my gran's stuff when I was forced to sell her house ...I hope you do really well but for the amount of grief I would rather give my surplus plants to others or the village fate plant stall. Stick em on a table outside your house with an honesty box.

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        • #5
          People go to car boots for a bargain ... you shouldn't expect a fair price for your produce. Sorry.

          You also have to pay for your pitch, and work for hours in the rain.

          Try it if you like, but I would rather do as Paulottie says and have an honesty box. If your garden gate doesn't have high traffic, put a little ad in the local shop to direct people to you.
          All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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          • #6
            I've had good and bad experiences at car boots so now if I go to one, I sit in the car reading the paper and ignore the traders until they go away and I can unload in peace!
            Kirsty b xx

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            • #7
              I don't go to the big ones anymore, just the ones run by the school, or the local pub has one in the car-park for charity. You get a lot less hassle from traders, although people still haggle!

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              • #8
                Fair enough. Thanks for the comments.

                I won't do the honesty box thing because I have literally no traffic in my street - it's a cul de sac and I live at the closed end! I will probably try selling to friends & colleagues first. I'm not giving away stuff for free any more.
                You are a child of the universe,
                no less than the trees and the stars;
                you have a right to be here.

                Max Ehrmann, Desiderata

                blog: http://allyheebiejeebie.blogspot.com/ and my (basic!) page: http://www.allythegardener.co.uk/

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