THERE
THERE IS
THERE IS SUDDENLY THE IT THING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUCCULENTS .
>> EVERYONE WHO EITHER HAS ONE
ONCE4@ ONE IS GROWING SOME.
BUT THERE'S A HIP THING RIGHT
NOW.
4@WE WANT TO SAY HELLO TO JUSTIN
AND KAYLA FROM GRAND RAPIDS
SUCCULENTS.
I'M JUSTIN.
THIS WAS KIND OF LIKE A SIDE
HOSTEL FOR YOU4@.
IT'S JUST KIND OF EXPLODED,
RIGHT?
YEAH, EXACTLY.
>> IT WAS IN FACT I OWNED A
VIDEO PRODUCTION COMPANY THAT
GOT SHUT DOWN AS MANY4@ OTHER
COMPANIES DID.
RIGHT.
YEAH.
RIGHT. YEAH. ME4@ A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE,
MICHAEL HOLCOMB PARTNERED UP ON
THE SUCCULENT BUSINESS AND
SOMEHOW IT JUST TOOK OFF.
I MEAN IT IT SEEMS TO BE THE
CRAZE THIS YEAR.
WHAT DO YOU THINK4@ MAKES THOSE
SO SO POPULAR RIGHT NOW? 4@
>> WELL, I THINK THERE'S A
COUPLE OF THINGS.
FOR ONE, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT
THESE PLANTS, THEY'RE JUST
AMAZING4@ LIKE THE COLORS, THE
SHAPES.
THERE'S NOTHING LIKE THIS,
RIGHT?
RIGHT.
RIGHT? RIGHT. AND THEN THE OTHER THING I'M
SURE YOU'VE HEARD EVERYONE SAY
IS THEY'RE NOT ONLY PLANTS I
CAN KEEP ALIVE4@ EXCEPT FOR
WORLWIDE FOR IT ON A4@4@ OH YEAH
LOOK IT'S ON TTHERE FAKE.
>> ARE THEY REAL OR FAKE SO.
BUT COULD SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO
RESORTED TO FAKE SUCCULENTS4@ DO
YOU THINK I COULD EVEN FIGURE4@
IT OUT?
>> I GUARANTEE YOU THAT YOU4@
WOULD YOU KNOW THE BIGGEST
PROBLEM PEOPLE HAVE.
IT'S PEOPLE THAT ARE4@ USED TO
HOUSE PLANTS THAT YOU HAVE TO
WATER EVERY DAY.
OK.
AND4@4@ SUCCULENTS YOU DON'T WAR
THEM EVERY DAY.
YOU WATER THEM EVERY TWO TO
THREE WEEKS.
SO BUUT FORGETS TO WATER PLANTS
YOU'RE PROBABLY GETTING4@ REALLY
WELL WITH SUCCULENTS.
SO THEY COME KILL IT.
THEY COME IN4@ A WHOLE BUNCH OF
DIFFERENT SIZES TOO.
RIGHT?
THEY'RE NOT JUST TINY.
YOU CAN GET THEM LARGER.
I THROUGH A VARIETY OF
DIFFERENT BY BURNING DARWIN4@
PLUGS RIGHT HERE.
>> THESE ARE MY DAD, MY MOM
VIBRANT ONES THAT PEOPLE REALLY
SEEM TO LOVE.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THEM
TOGETHER.
THEY GROW REALLY WELL TOGETHER
.
BUT I MEAN BIG4@ LIKE THAT WHICH
LARGE ONES THAT ARE4@ YEARS OLD
AND THEY'RE JUST ABSOLUTELY
BEAUTIFUL AS WELL.
ARE THEY LIKE INDOOR PLANTS OR
OUTDOOR PLANTS SO THEY CAN BE
INDOOR OUTDOOR4@ THRREE.
>> YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO HAVE
THEM BY A WINDOW WHERE THEY'RE
GOING TO COME IN DIRECT4@ LIKE
THEY'RE OUTSIDE.
YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO HAVE THEM
LIKE ON A PORCH IN THE BACK
GATE WHERE THEY'RE NOT GETTING
TOO MUCH BUT LIKE MIDDLE OF
SUMMER THEY CAN4@ KIND OF
COMPLETELY GET SCORCHED OUTSIDE
SO THEY CAN GO EITHER OR4@4@ I
PERSONALLY WANT TO HAVE THEM
INSIDE IN THERE AND I SHOULD
THROW IN HERE IN MICHIGAN.
MOST OF THESE PLANTS ARE NOT
OUTDOOR PLANTS IN THE WINTER.
OH, GOTCHA.
GOOD.
TELL PEOPLE IF IT'S BELOW 40
DEGREES, BRING THEM INSIDE.
AND SO JUS4@T IN THAT WHAT WHAT
WHAT PROMPTED YOU HAD YOU HAD
AN INTEREST IN THIS PRIOR?
>> OR DID YOU JUST DISCOVER?
YEAH, ACTUALLY I WAS WORKING4@
WITH MY FRIEND MICHAEL DOING
PROMOTIONS FOR THE WEB SITE4@ AD
THAT'S HOW I GOT MY INTEREST IN
IT BECAUSE WHENEVER YOU'RE
BUILDING SOMETHING, YOU KNOW
YOU'RE RESEARCHING THE PRODUCT.
RIGHT?
SO I STARTED KNOWING A4@ LOT
ABOUT DOCUMENTS AND THEN
EVENTUALLY IT JUST KIND OF TOOK
OVER4@ LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE A
PERMANENT LOCATION OR DO YOU DO
LIKE POP UPS AND STUFF?
>> WE DO WE DO POLL POP UPS.
>> WE DO THEM4@ ALL OVER MICHIGN
.
I LIKE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THAT
IN A SECOND.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE A LOCATION
WATSONVILLE.
WE'RE IN THE SAME BUILDING AS
THE TOWN COTTAGE WITH4@ 24 60
CHICAGO DRIVE.
RIGHT NEXT TO TRACK THEIR
SUPPLY.
GREAT.
SUPPLY. GREAT. GREAT.
GREAT. GREAT. AND SO IS4@ YOUR PARTICULAR TYPE
OF SOIL YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO USE
OR CAN YOU JUST USE REGULAR
DIRT4@ YOU'D PREFER USING?
>> I GOT THAT MUCH LIKE4@ WZZM
TECHBYTES THRREE SOIL OR SOQ
AND I HAVE THE MOISTURE SOQ IN
IT.
YOU'RE USING A NORMAL POTTING
SOIL TO HOLD THE MOISTURE IN
THERE AND IT'S GOING TO RIDE
OUT THE ROOT SYSTEM FOR THE
WITH4@4@ CAUSE YOU'RE MORE LIKEY
TO KILL THE CYCLONES BY OVER
WATERING.
I'M WATERING.
THAT'S THE BIG MISTAKE PEOPLE
MAKE OFTEN.
GOTCHA.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I'M THE RULE OF THUMB IS TO LET
THE SOIL COMPLETELY4@ DRY DRY OT
BETWEEN WATERING IT EXACTLY
LIKE SAND.
15 DAYS KIND OF DEPENDING ON
WHAT SUNLIGHT IS GETTING, HOW
MUCH4@ OIL IS IN THE POT WEAHTER
TOGETHER4@.
ALL RIGHT.
YOU GUYS, WE'RE OUT OF TIME.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M EVEN GOING TO GIVE IT A TRY
.
I THINK I GOT TO DO THAT.
>> WE'LL HOOK YOU UP.
YOU NEED SOME.
GOT YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT ALL
THIS INFORMATION AND MORE ON
OUR WEB SITE 13 ON YOUR SIDE
DOT COM.
GUYS, THANKS AGAIN.
APPRECIATE IT.
YEAH.
THANK YOU VERY