They have come from as far as 185 miles away to pickup my poplars!
Why? They can't find them anywhere!

Now you can do the same thing, grow poplars and sell them. All you need is the cuttings, 1/4 Gallon growing bags, some potting soil and a bit of water every other day. Yes, it is very easy, if you are interested in selling trees, there are customers all over the USA, who are looking for poplars. Start growing them, let people know where you are - Your name and address on this site at no charge will guide people in the right direction - and you will be selling poplars in no time. How much does it cost and how do you do it? Let's suppose you want to start small, say 100 trees. You are going to need: Cuttings, Growing bags and Soil. You can order the bags (60 cents each and they are reusable), and cuttings 100 2 bud cuttings for $49.00. For soil I use Pro=mix that comes in large bales for about $20.00. One bale will be good for about 200 bags. Preparation for planting: Dig a trench in your garden, about 12 ft. long by 5 inches wide by 6 inches deep. Fill all the bags about 6" deep with the soil and place them in the trench, 2 across, touching each other. The bags must touch each other, it is the only way the water is going to go from one bag to the next. As you add bags, push them against the ones already in the trench to remove air pockets between bags. When you have all the bags in the trench, push dirt against them so there are no gaps or holes. Water. Now you are ready for the cuttings. Warning: Do not plant later than the last of August. The trees would not have enough time to harden before the first frost, and would die. If you live in the south, you may be able to get away with it. I can get cuttings until the end of August. Plunge the cuttings one on each bag, making sure the top bud barely shows out of the soil. Water well and watch it grow. Every week or so, weed around the bags, every month, weed inside the bags. In 2 months you will have 2+ft. trees which you can sell at $6 each. Pull the tree out of the bag and replace with a plastic bag when you sell them. Don't let go of your bags. Bottom line: After about 10 hours of pleasant work outdoors on your own, you can collect $600 for your trees...and you still have all the bags to start all over. Last year a developer came to my place in September with a request: 3 ft. hybrid poplar trees. They took all the trees I had, over 300 and wanted more. All you have to do is let people know where you are, and... they will come. What happens if you don't sell them? The trees keep on growing, and next year you can sell 6 or 7 ft. trees, for twice as much! The only caveat of this system is that you have to keep in mind that these trees do not have deep roots, which would provide them with the much needed water. Instead you have to give them water at least every other day. I keep my bags in long trays, that makes it much easier to water and weed is non existant.I have a drip irrigation system on my garden which gives all my plants water for 20 minutes every day. It works fine. If you are interested in something like this, ask me, I already made all the mistakes you can make, I already purchased all the stuff I could not use. I can guide you in buying the right stuff the first time. Wintering: Most of the trees will winter fine in the trays outdoors, Privets do not like that and they will die. I made the change to these trays on 2002 I was fed up with weeding and started thinking of a good way to get away from it. After some research I came up with an idea Put the bags in plastic trays. First, I moved all my plants away from the garden, leveled it, covered the dirt with plastic and then added 6 tons of stone and leveled it, finally I put trays in rows spaced about 3 ft. and filled them with my plants. I now have all my trees in trays. The benefits are immediate: 1. I used to have to water my garden for 1 hour in the past, now I water it for 15 minutes and every tree gets all the water it needs. 2. -I no longer have to walk on mud which eventually would get tracked in the house. 3.- I don't have to weed at all. 4. I know exactly where all my trees are and I can very much tell how many of each I have. 5.- Customers really like the setup. For more information on building the trays, go to the tray page. The idea of bags must be good for a lot of people. I have shipped over 6000 bags since I started making them. Please keep me informed on your experiencies with them. Front page