How to Make Money Selling Cuttings of Your Houseplants

 The other day we talked about how many houseplants we buy in stores, and the nursery and the internet are not as natural as we thought they were. This is because most of these plants are grown on peat, which turns out to be a limited resource. (It grows backwards, but at a rate of 1 mm per year.)

However, one way to ensure that your indoor plants do not give up the whole state of peat is by growing your own. Sure, you can go all the way to a plant-seed, but planting plants from cutting is quick and easy. And according to a study by investment researchers at money.co.uk, you may also be living in a horticultural crater — or at least a mini side hustle.

Obviously, planting new plants from your existing crop cut can be very profitable (and hard work, but that’s not the focus here). But some crops are a better investment than others. Here's how to put one together for use with your budget.
How to determine the profitability of plants

To be clear, the purpose of the study was to determine which crops are the best investment (as you would expect it to help with the "money" in its name) - not which one is easier to grow or the least nutritious. This was a situation that reduced the value.

Here's how the team reached these stats:

    Prices for fully grown houseplants and cuttings were collected using deleted data from Facebook, Farmer Gracy and Etsy. Once we had collected the data we calculated the average price of both fully grown plants and plants for a variety of indoor plants. We then calculated the percentage of change between cutting the crop and the fully grown crop to indicate the increase in investment in each crop.

How to pick the most profitable plants

According to a study by the money.co.uk group, the plants of Menera Dubia are the best investment. According to their estimates, a cut from Strera Dubia will set you back between $ 20-30, while a clay plant costs between $ 255-280: up to + 766% growth from your initial investment.

Before presenting the chart that will make you rich, we should point out that as you can guess from the website, the buying and selling of plants takes place in the United Kingdom. Of course, that is something to keep in mind when it comes to crop availability, but most of all we wanted to let you know that the prices listed will be in GBP, not USD, so you will need to do some calculations.