Is selling home-grown plants locally worth it to fund new purchases?

[MrAlyakhin]

Does anyone here sell plants they've grown? I see it a lot on Facebook marketplace and have bought and swapped plants this way. I'm just wondering if it's worth doing. Not looking at earning a lot just enough money to cover new plants.

You're talking small, tiny amounts of money. By the time you factor in the seeds, compost, plant pots and your time. I've always thought it was a way to pass on excess seedlings / small plants rather than make any money out of it.

I have excess bunny tails, arum
lilies, black grass and Santa Barbara daisies that I have dug up from the borders ready to sell for £2-£3 each. I will have a go on FB and let you know.
Trouble is, if I put the add on, local friends will want some plants and they know I would not charge them.

I set up a local gardening group on fb about 8 years ago. I, and many other members of the group, sell off surplus plants, rooted cuttings, divided plants etc on the group. Nobody's making a lot of money e.g. potted foxgloves £2 each, cowslips £1 each, iris tubers maybe £3 for a good chunky piece, tomato plants £1.50. I think most people do it just for pleasure and make enough to cover the cost of their bags of compost.

When my kids were little, we were broke and selling home grown tomato and courgettes plants at car boots paid for all our camping equipment. Made the difference between no holidays and going away camping. Happy memories 😊

I've tried Facebook marketplace with chilli seedlings and it was the same nonsense you always get with marketplace, people wanting a single plant delivered for free to their house 10 miles away 🙄
I think you'd have better luck with local gardener groups and car boot sales as others have suggested.

@SingtotheCat you can set your ads to not be visible to friends.