Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Holiday Cacti General Discussion Part #3, 1 by JBerger

JBerger wrote:
Hello everyone, happy Monday Morning:

Just wanted to show you the difference between the salmon cactus and the orange zygo cactus in color. Here is the buds that are showing on the orange this morning. This is the Orange Stock Zygo from Hirt. The salmon was put up yesterday in case you missed it.

Gita, I will be happy to help you with information to start your own business. If you want to do it right it will be a bit costly getting started. I will dmail you the answers to your questions, not because it is private, but because it will take too much time in this thread and not everyone really cares about it. If you want to see how it is done on eBay just go to eBay and search for Christmas, Thanksgiving, or Holiday Cactus........pick one and open it and see what the description is, how they will ship and basically it is all there. How to do it is the part I guess you want to know. I had to be certified by the State of NJ as a nursery to ship west of the Mississippi. Maybe you need to check with your Department of Agriculture first to see if you need that. If so, the price of inspections can be a factor. You need to have your plants inspected for insects, etc. If you send plants to Calif. and you do not send them bare root, they will keep them and they never get delivered depending on who is inspecting that day. LOL. Most people do not put LIVE PLANTS on the outside and the things get through. I can not do that because I sell both retail and wholesale. I need to be sure the items are delivered after going to the expense of shipping and packing.

I will get back to you when I get caught up here. I am getting ready to open the store for Christmas and I must get the inventory out and placed.

Have a great day and keep warm. The temps are beginning to drop at night and get warmer during the day.
Sweater and sneezing weather. LOL Later. JB