Building a Successful Plant Propagation Business Presented by Jack Spirko

All Successful Businesses have Abilities There are many but these 6 are critical to success MarketABILITY – the ability to tell your story ReferABILITY – the ability for others to tell your story ProfitABILITY – the ability to yield a surplus RepeatABILITY – the ability to sell to a customer many times AdaptABILITY – the ability to evolve and be sustained ScaleABILITY – the ability to grow sufficiently The Plant Business Has These In Spades

An Example of a Story that Sells a Plant The Phoenix Tears Goji – A True Story – The Best Always Are Chinese workers on the transcontinental RR brought them to America Found on a Ranch in Utah in the Sinks of Dove Creek Survived and Self Propagated for 160 Years Tested and confirmed to have some of the highest nutrients percentages The individual that found them make 40K a year on a 80 foot row of them But you have to pay him a royalty to tell his story and sell his version However most of this story applies to all Goji Berries

To Put Things in Perspective Goji Soft Wood Cutting Simply Stuck in Wet Soil for 5 Days

An Orchard that Fuels a Nursery

Bitter Sharp Brabant de Bellefleur Cap of Liberty Dufflin Foxwhelp Golden Hornet Sharp Court Pendu Rose Crimson King Esopus Spitzenburg Harrison Northern Spy Rhode Island Greenling Ribston Pippin Zabergau Reinette Sugarloaf Pippin Hyslop Crab Cider Apples Going into this Nursery Bitter Sweets Brown Thorn Bulmers Norman Chisel Jersey Cimitiere Coat Jersey Dabinette Ellis Bitter Medaile D Or Muscadet de Deippe Muscadet des Lense Vilberie Yarlington Mill Nehou Sweets Airlie Red Flesh Pomme Gris Cannon Pearmain Goldrush Grimes Golden Mother Nelson County Crab Roxberry Russet Smith’s Cider Sierra Beauty Virginia Beauty Virginia (Hewes) Crab Wickson Crab Whitney Crab Yates Yellow Bellflower

Scion Wood Blackberry Cuttings/Layers Designer Autumn Olive/Goumi Cuttings Southern Wine Grape Cuttings/Scion Goji (cuttings) Aronia (cuttings) Elders (cuttings) Nursery Products of this Orchard Herb Roots/Cuttings/Divisions Comfrey Valerian Echinacea Bee Balm Lemon Balm Stone Root Blood Root Dream Root

The Biggest Product “Information” Which apples do well in North Central Texas How well do the apples “classify” in our climate When do they bloom, set fruit, ripen, drop Which pests are the biggest issues Which diseases are the biggest concerns Which root stocks do the best in our climate What blends best with Texas apples

Commercial Site Development – Huge opportunity with churches, apartments, private schools, corporate campuses etc. Farm and Ranch Co Management – more on this in a bit Property Value Increase – flipping land vs. houses Niche Production – Jujubes for Asian Markets for one example What other revenue opportunities can you think of? Show Me The Money! Getting Really Creative

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