Is there any other way in which you can sell your babies? If you were having a yard sale or a friend was having one or the town library was sponsoring one...you could set up a little table with your plants. If you had a friend who lives on a main street, you could set up something there. Do you have kids...nieces and nephews? Maybe they could set up a stand, like a lemonade stand and sell them. People might be more willing to make small purchases from kids.

:-)

Definitely pimp some kids. But if that doesn't work, consider having your sale in the fall when the plants are bigger and people are starting to plant out again.

Right now here in Columbus, it's too hot and dry to plant out tiny seedlings and I am bumming too.

I am sorry you could not find anyone interested enough to buy your seedlings. It's not easy to sell especially tiny seedlings. People prefer spending money on very large seedlings from garden centers. Little do they know that these babies catch up with those store bought countetparts in not time flat.

I have decided that next winter I will sow maybe 1/4 of what I did this year. I have given away so many containers, but I still have a large shelf full of seedlings with nowhere to plan them:
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Take a poke around the Market Gardener forum, there's others there that sell by the road/farmers markets etc... I'm sure they'll have some great ideas.

flowerchild -
I found the garage sale type selling wasn't the best way to go for me. I found a yahoo group site that lets me list items I have to sell for free in my area. It's so much easier and you don't have to deal with people that come over with the garage sale mentality (You know, they only want to pay a dime or a quarter for something). Even better, I can do it at my own pace.
My WS'ing didn't go so well this year but I was able to sell mature plants and baby divisions with no problems. I even had people come back when I listed things again.
When you list them, just be clear that they are babies and won't bloom until next year. (I gave the sizes of my pots so no one came disappointed). Put a group of things together (all different varieties) and sell the whole group for a set price. This way you don't have to deal with people only wanted to spend a dollar or two. I sold $40.00 lots and $25.00 lots but you'd have to adjust your price to something fair for seedlings. The people that respond will probably be gardeners (or have shopped and are aware of nursery prices). So, it turns out to be a nice experience for both of you.
I listed just having one or two groups of a particular lot but had several duplicates made up. This way, people hurried up to contact me and came over at an agreed upon time/day so they didn't lose the plants.
Hope this helps in some way:)
shimla

Just curious, but what would one consider a fair price for a seedling?

Shimla,
Could you provide a link to that yahoo group sale site?
I have also thot about selling my extra, but didn't have a clue how to proceed.

thanks,
ellen

I'm thinking of putting mine up on craigslist. I don't see a lot of plants on there, but it's free so I thought I might try. Of course, you have to live somewhere where craigslist is really active for it to work.

Here's an update. I put up 23 Asparagus seedlings and 5 MGs on craigslist this morning and have 2 replies already. I am charging $1 apiece for them, which seems fair since the Asparagus seeds were free and the MGs were volunteers I dug up from the garden! We'll see if the people actually come get them.

Way to go, Jenfee!
Ellen - If you go into the groups and plug in "for sale" and the general area you live it, you should get a group or two to pop up for you. They have all different names so I can't give a specific link.
Craigslist is another one, too.
I wouldn't have charged $1.00 for seedlings, I would have thought .50 cents for a cup of seedlings. I'm going to have to raise my prices lol!

hi! thanks for all the advice! I live way out in the country and it would be really hard to haul all this stuff. I am really thinking about the Craigs list. my son is on there all the time shopping for cars/parts. i've looked on there a few times. I also have a ton of stuff I brought home from the nursery I work in. all kinds of plugs. over 1200 of them.
My prices are less than wholesale. $1.00 for most stuff. six packs and 4 packs and the 3-4inch pots. my gallons are $3.00. fuschia starts are .50 cents. I would do the sale again on the weekends but we are gone for the next 3 saturdays. so i will try craigs list. I would take pictures but I lost my digital camera this last week. i did post some pictures from my green house in here earlier. i think the post was my winter sown babies or something like that. anyway, thanks again and keep me posted on how you are doing with your sales and such.
Tanya