Ideasfor Tree Planting Business

Many people find tree planting as a very promising venture- a possible full-time or part-time business that keeps them in touch with nature. Small land areas can produce a valuable amount of tress. Best of all, trees are not a seasonal crop like flowers or vegetables. If your flowers or harvested vegetables don't sell, you don't make anything. Opting to trees will be for your advantage, it just live the whole year and you can sell a bigger one the next year. Business men know the fact that trees increases its cost yearly. You can establish a tree nursery with a tiny investment of money - as small as a few hundred dollars.


Securing a spare business that will surely survive during the global market's bad times is definitely great. This venture will surely bring you profit the next week after you started it. If you make up your mind to turn it into a full-time business, your earnings can grow as rapidly as your trees. If you need some suggestions on what trees you will be marketing, the following are good candidates :

BONSAI- Growing miniature tress has been a hobby for hundreds of years. The cuteness of these trees makes it very lovable to many people all over the world. It also consume a small space, making your tree nursery very cozy. These high-value trees can provide a sizable income in a very modest nursery area.

FRUIT TREES- Backyard fruit trees can provide a supply of crop to owners and can hold up an ample amount for the market at a lower price. Back in the past at Thomas JeffersonÕs time, the love of fruit trees are steadily increasing.

LANDSCAPE TREES- Landscape tree are well appreciated by beauty-oriented people- the aesthetic value of it. From apple trees to yews, there are hundreds of popular trees which can be grown and sold to home owners, landscapers and retail nurseries.

TREE FARMING- Old-fashioned 'monocarp' timberland, with row after row of tree trunks with little on the ground between trunks is rapidly being taken over by a 'greener' and more profitable system called agroforestry. Agroforestry is a technique that includes crops, or livestock, or both, with tree farming to supply diversified cash flow, greater water retention and greatly improved habitation for livestock and wildlife.

CHRISTMAS TREES- This is one of the most well-known trees that offers commendable profit. Almost all growers plant over 2,000 trees per acre, so if you own or can lease as little as an acre of land, you can start Christmas tree farming. AS the population of urban areas soar high, these trees rides with the flow in terms of popularity- with a price ranging from $30-$50 per tree.