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No. Just realistic.
DutchMuch
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For others who don't know my process before I sell the Trimmings of my flowering emersed aquatic plant setups here is the actions I take;
I go into the greenhouse and check all my bins (daily) and usually every week they need in order to stay healthy, a good trim to encourage a certain area of plant growth within one individual plant.
Once I inspect the plants to make sure they are no deficiency's going on or around, or funguses, etc
I make sure (weekly) they don't need a trimming, they do normally about every week so that's my maintenance schedule for them.
Once I trim all my plants (usually end up having about 2lbs of plant trimmings per species) I either decide to sell them for a cheap price, because its better than throwing them into the garbage. To get a plant to go around so others can enjoy and grow themselves, to witness the beauty of something of that size and nature.
once that is done and they are either thrown away, or sold.
The cycle starts over again (weekly)
I go into the greenhouse and check all my bins (daily) and usually every week they need in order to stay healthy, a good trim to encourage a certain area of plant growth within one individual plant.
Once I inspect the plants to make sure they are no deficiency's going on or around, or funguses, etc
I make sure (weekly) they don't need a trimming, they do normally about every week so that's my maintenance schedule for them.
Once I trim all my plants (usually end up having about 2lbs of plant trimmings per species) I either decide to sell them for a cheap price, because its better than throwing them into the garbage. To get a plant to go around so others can enjoy and grow themselves, to witness the beauty of something of that size and nature.
once that is done and they are either thrown away, or sold.
The cycle starts over again (weekly)
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Speaking of advertising, why do I keep getting ads asking me if I want to date hot Russian women?
I would rather buy fish and plants.
I would rather buy fish and plants.
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Is this your age or years in the hobby?
I guessed he/she was a teen in one of the first posts - the "hundreds a week, rounded up" was a giveaway. And I expected the "plants for sale" post, too, based on the earlier post.
@DutchMuch - you're getting hung up on what the post looked like that got pulled. It's the intent that matters, not the actual post. You said you chose the wording of the title as marketing - that's commercial activity.
If your interest is to spread the propagation and knowledge of your hobby, how about offering free cuttings? Or for the cost of postage?
@DutchMuch - you're getting hung up on what the post looked like that got pulled. It's the intent that matters, not the actual post. You said you chose the wording of the title as marketing - that's commercial activity.
If your interest is to spread the propagation and knowledge of your hobby, how about offering free cuttings? Or for the cost of postage?
DutchMuch
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like ive said numerous times, I profit this hobby, with the hobby. I make no money, it goes to the plants which I sell to you all for example.
Well, that's pretty much what businesses do... put money back into the business to make more money. Essentially what you're selling is costing you nothing, as it would otherwise be disposed of. So how would you not make money? Profit that you use to have fun (aka "expand the hobby") is what we call a paycheck.
Nope. That's your hobby you're supporting. if you were "providing" them to all of us, you wouldn't be charging for them. I don't have a problem with it, but what you're doing is commercial. It's like the difference between someone having a garage sale and someone running a resale shop - they might be selling the same type of merchandise, but one is doing it to get rid of some stuff; the other is running a business.
DutchMuch
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I cant change how someone views things, ill say it again, this is not a commercial "business" and isn't a business at all. I gave you guys the "cycle" on how I do this and for what reason, to expand the uncommon plants across the hobby(s) and make them more popular and for other people to enjoy.
Your opinion or take on it I guess, its just a dog chasing his tail.
How would you define a business?
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