Not spreading plant diseases around ends up being a big deal.
However, the inspection and license is not very hard or expensive.
(My dad grows and sells seedlings of a particular and somewhat obscure native fruit as a side business.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyXSNzywqvw
The only problem with living things though is then you have to care for them. Even if you don't feel like it that day. And if they don't sell you still have to water them or throw them out.
There are people who breed specialty plants also and make a (modest) living from their backyard. I know a retired guy who does this and sells his developed cultivars (ships once a year) on Facebook marketplace. He does like 20-30K in sales a year from his yard but it took him years of growing to start developing the cultivars.
> ...not particularly interested in the legality of this...
And potentially legal, depending on locale.
I get better product now than I used to. Mostly it’s about genetics anyway.
The number one bit of advice I give to new gardeners (my garden is pretty well developed) is ‘less is more’. Basically leave the plant alone as much as you can. Water deeply instead of frequently and use many seeds to start with whittling down to the best genetics.
For example for my 5 pumpkin plants I planted around 50 seeds from last year. Waited a couple weeks and then pulled the smaller plants. Do the same again a couple weeks later. Then when transplanting cull once more. Plant three in every hole. Two weeks later cull until there’s one plant in each spot.
Then for advanced mode you use the seeds from this selection process next year, and they get more and more adapted to your micro climate.
>> for my 5 pumpkin plants
Is this some sort of code-speak, or marijuana variety, or are they really just talking about pumpkins?
I deffo could have made that more clear though!!
There will always be new customers