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Article: Home & Garden Talk.(Agriculture)
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- Manila Bulletin
- Article date:
- April 30, 2004
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MONEY-MAKING STRATEGIES. There are a number of money-making strategies in the plant business. One of them is to produce young seedlings or rooted cuttings of not-so-common ornamentals. The target buyers are other nursery people who dont have mother plants or those who are not proficient in propagation.
For instance, not many people know how to multiply the White Angel (Wrightia antidysenterica) which has become a favorite flowering plant for landscaping as well as for potting. One fellow we know is an expert in multiplying this plant by rooting the cuttings under mist. He puts three rooted cuttings per black plastic bag and then sells the same at R30 per plastic ...