Anyone who sells plants? I need advice.

Blake_HTX · April 28, 2016

Hello all, I'm doing a indoor/outdoor operation trying various growing methods with various plants. As you all know this hobby can become expensive, so I thought why not sell some of these plants to pay for my operation. For example, there is an old couple that my grandmother was telling me about, they grow and sell hundreds of hibiscus plants every year. They use craigslist, Facebook and other social media to announce sales events. Then on the day(s) of the events they drag all their plants to the driveway and usually have a pretty big turn out. Now I am aware of the licenses/permits and whatnot, but one thing that I have been questioning is plant variety protection (PVP). What I want to do is pick a few different varieties of toms, peppers and various other plants and clone them and sell off the clones and transplants.
Would I be in violation if the plant of choice is PVP? Even if not commercial? (backyard/garage-sale type operation). If so I don't want to take any chances. Is there a list of NON-PVP plants somewhere? I found this http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/pvp/pvplist.pl
and the only variety i have that's in this database is indigo rose. Would that mean all my other varieties are not PVP? Also I assume in order to propagate/sell these pvp varieties I'd have to pay royalties to the patent holder? A lot of dumb questions, I know, but I cant seem to find answers.

Thanks everyone.

April 28, 2016	#1
Blake_HTX Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 37	Anyone who sells plants? I need advice. Hello all, I'm doing a indoor/outdoor operation trying various growing methods with various plants. As you all know this hobby can become expensive, so I thought why not sell some of these plants to pay for my operation. For example, there is an old couple that my grandmother was telling me about, they grow and sell hundreds of hibiscus plants every year. They use craigslist, Facebook and other social media to announce sales events. Then on the day(s) of the events they drag all their plants to the driveway and usually have a pretty big turn out. Now I am aware of the licenses/permits and whatnot, but one thing that I have been questioning is plant variety protection (PVP). What I want to do is pick a few different varieties of toms, peppers and various other plants and clone them and sell off the clones and transplants. Would I be in violation if the plant of choice is PVP? Even if not commercial? (backyard/garage-sale type operation). If so I don't want to take any chances. Is there a list of NON-PVP plants somewhere? I found this http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/pvp/pvplist.pl and the only variety i have that's in this database is indigo rose. Would that mean all my other varieties are not PVP? Also I assume in order to propagate/sell these pvp varieties I'd have to pay royalties to the patent holder? A lot of dumb questions, I know, but I cant seem to find answers. Thanks everyone.