A GARDENING guru is earning more than leaves, but real money.
The two-in-one tip allowed them to beautify the lawn while bringing in the dough.
Editor Tccoope shared how he thinned out its dead stems every year as they continued to “expand.”
“My wife and I sell shoots of our hostas every spring for $3 each, or four for $10,” he said.
“We moved last fall, so our inventory wasn’t very good this season, but we still made $1,000 – last year we made almost $4,000,” he continued.
He explained how they made their sales through Facebook Marketplace and participating in art and plant festivals.
“It’s turned into a little side business for us at this point,” he said.
And the pair have no plans to slow down their planting plans.
“We’re talking about having my wife leave her current job and turn this into a full-fledged small business, expanding beyond hostas into other plants. But that will probably be a few years from now,” he said.
It looked like they had found a way to sell their hostas and keep them too.
“The best part is we still have hostas in the ground, they just don’t take over the entire bed every year,” they said.
One Redditor was curious about the size of his space.
“Wow, that’s a lot of plants. Do you have a big yard with lots of flower beds? Or do you grow them specifically to sell?” they asked.
“We had about 15 to 20 hosta plants in flower beds around our old house,” they responded.
“We would be able to extract between 25 to 50 shoots from each plant almost every year, which equates to about $60 to $120 per plant per season,” he continued.
Their business has even turned into a family affair.
He explained how they have been using a dedicated bed at his mother-in-law’s house.
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“This year we mostly worked on that bed when we moved in the fall and were unable to establish new gardens in our new home,” they said.
“We had six hostas show up in the spring at this year’s new house, but they were too skinny to take photos of,” they continued.
They also expanded their planting process.
“We divided each one and transplanted another 12 plants around the house, so next season we will have 18 plants to separate, and we are building a small greenhouse to grow plants from seeds.”
Hostas are perennial plants with leaves that come in various sizes and colors, according to Good Earth Garden Center.
These shade perennials generally grow to between 12 and 3 feet.
They also produce long stems with flowers blooming at the top.
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