7 Most Profitable Plants...

7 Most Profitable Plants To Grow In India

Gardening out of a hobby is something many of us do. Gardening could also be a profitable business. While you must have thought of tomatoes or green vegetables, the most profitable plants are speciality crops that are not easily found in home vegetable gardens.
Best of all, you can easily grow speciality crops at home if you have extra hours to spare and the space. Here are seven profitable plants to grow and turn gardening in India into a paying business.

1. Bamboo Plants:

Bamboo plants are symbolic of good fortune, wealth, longevity, and other virtues. Due to this, many homeowners and entrepreneurs like to have potted bamboo plants in their spaces as well as like to gift them to their family and friends. It’s hard to keep up with the demand. Growing bamboo plants in your backyard is an easy way to turn your passion into cash.

2. Flowers:

Flowers are appreciated and loved by all. Growing flowers can give you endless opportunities as a business owner as well as money. You can sell flowering plants, bouquets, dried flowers, garlands, plucked flowers or flowers in any other form. To get started, you will need gardening supplies and seeds. You can grow and sell popular flowers like roses, hibiscus, jasmine, marigold at weekend flower markets.

3. Herbs:

Herbs have many uses. They can be used as a culinary ingredient to enhance the flavour or as a medicine to heal wounds or both. Growing popular herbs can prove to be profit-making. Grow basil, thyme, rosemary, chives, cilantro, and oregano. Other than this, you can grow lavender having a sweet fragrance and have purposes in essential oils. Tulsi, the holy Indian herb can be easily grown by you in your backyard. You can focus on growing one herb at a time.

4. Mushrooms:

Facing space issues? Mushroom is a plant that you can grow in limited space and still get monetary returns. Exotic mushrooms, such as oyster and shiitake, can be grown indoors without soil. You will always have the edge over distant producers if you start growing exotic mushrooms.

5. Ornamental Grasses:

Ornamental grasses are drought-tolerant and low-maintenance; hence many homeowners and interior decorators prefer it. Ornamental grasses come in various shapes and sizes. You can use ornamental grasses to cover grounds, to create backdrops, wall gardens, or in any other form. From the mother plant, you can grow hundreds of ornamental grass plants.

6. Ginseng:

Asians view ginseng as a healing and tonic herb. Though ginseng requires approximately six years to grow, you can sell rootlets and seeds for income. India provides favourable conditions for ginseng growth. It requires cold winters to mature and flourish.

7. Medicinal Plants:

Growing medicinal plants can be commercially profitable. You should have enough knowledge about the medicinal properties of the plant you intend to grow. Aloe Vera is a popular and low-maintenance medicinal plant that can give you great monetary benefits.