[amandaandherveg]

Our village has a gala each year and various fundraising activites.  I do a lot of baking for one of the stalls but this year I wanted to contribute to the plant stall which my friend runs.

I thought of growing toms, courgettes, peppers and chillis to sell potted up as young plants.  What others can you suggest that might be popular?

[sclarke624]

Strawberrys.  They can be cheaply proprogated from runners if you have some strawberry plants of your own .  Runners from round about august if I remember rightly maybe earlier.  Propergation dead easy.

Maybe Calendula and marigolds.  Carnations .....if you get yourself some for your garden again really easy to proprogate from your plants.

[amandaandherveg]

Doh, stupid me!  I meant to say that the fundraiser is at the end of May. 

[sclarke624]

oh well if you feel the urge for next year.

[Stripey_cat]

How about cuttings of dahlias?  Some of the annuals you can grow as houseplants?  (Schizanthus and heliotrope have impact, Coleus tends to fascinate kids.)

[GreenOwl]

Pumpkins might also be popular (giant ones for kids to grow). 

Parsley is often popular, basil as well perhaps.  Don't think I'd bother with other herbs.

[Goosegirl]

How about some runner beans and leeks?

[mumofstig]

I always find tomato plants sell well if you have plenty of seed

[Martin]

We have a village plant sale in early May every year. Tomato, aubergine, sweet pepper and chilli peppers all very popular. Also courgettes, squash (both summer and winter), pumpkins and cucumber. Beans (both french and runner) sell well, even though it is so easy to plant your own.  Salad crops also do well; we sell those in 9-cell trays (i.e. 9 plants). Particularly lettuce of course, but also rocket, endive, mizuna. And don't forget brassicas (which we also do in 9-cell trays), and leeks (which we usually do in a small pot). Herbs I tried last year but its difficult to get enough growth for our sale in early May; you might have more success late May.

[Elcie]

One thing I have noticed appearing more and more in the garden centres/DIY/Wilkinsons stores are 'grow your own kits'.  they are basically a pot, some soil and a few seeds.  I would think that making up some of these sets would earn some money as you can sell them for between £5 and £10.  Perhaps make some 'cheap' ones for £4 or £5.  Maybe:

pot, soil and salad leaf selection
pot, soil and herb selection
pot, soil and BBQ selection (saw this in a magazine!)
pot, soil and chili seeds

You could separate the seeds up and type some instructions so each set wouldn't need a whole packet.

[matron]

Time may be a bit tight but last year I bought some petunia plug plants from Wilko and they were doing buy one get one free so I ended up with 96 plants for about £5. I then transplanted them into individual pots and ended up with all those plants. I am planning on doing the same this year but to sell at car boot sales and so make a bit of money for other bits.
We have sown loads of tomatoes in the hope of selling some of those as well.
Good luck with your fund raising. I am afraid mine is raising funds for me.

[sunshineband]

What about mustard and cress, especially grown in potato heads!

[FCG]

Not a vegetable but how about spider plants? Get hold of a strong established one and it'll grow little ones off as 'children' like mad once it starts getting sunnier. Pop a small plant pot underneath with soil and it's a cracking little thing all on it's own. I like giving them away as presents in fancy pots.

I echo Elcie & Martin in that 'proper' herbs will sell well but you may get less buyers seeing as <£1 rubbish herbs are available in the shops. 

[sclarke624]

Matron said

We have sown loads of tomatoes in the hope of selling some of those as well.

What will you put the little plants in and will you put drainage holes in bottom.  Just that I was thinking along similar lines and was thinking would take profits down if put plantlets in pots,  I haven't seen any at boot sales so was wondering what the norm was.

Thanks

[Potiron]

 Hi Elcie, very intrigued to know what was in the BBQ selection of the grow your own kits?