I'm not sure if we have a seperate hobby license here ( I don't think we do). You are either a nursery (Any person engaged in the production of nursery stock for sale or distribution, including own-use nurseries.) or a nursery stock dealer, plant broker, or agent (doesn't grow the plants but either buys to resell or acts as a go between for buyer/seller). The fees for a GROWER of plants are $25-$460 depending on the number of plants or acres. Even if you plan to just give away the plants you are supposed to be licensed; it's to keep pests, noxtious weeds (remember some of those pretty flowers we may have are invasive weeds in other states), and diseases out of states that don't have them and don't want them.

Now on the business end of the license that gets more complicated because you may not actually be a business, you may just be a hobby person. "The IRS presumes that an activity is carried on for profit if it makes a profit during at least three of the last five tax years, including the current year" plus a slew of other criteria.

I know there are more than one hybridizers that are not happy with the AHS increase. When you intro 30 plants or more a year, the money adds up.

Didn't hear about the increase. What is it, $20 per plant??

I'm not sure the exact increase. I think the issue is that now, the entire process is automated. So why the increase in $$???? if the hybridizer enters everything electronic, and it is automated ....

It is $20 per plant. Plus $10 for reserving a name, and when the reserve period
runs out, another $10 if I remember that correctly. I believe AHS said the $15 fee
had been the same for 16 years, so now up it goes.

Thanks Shirlee.

You're welcome, Cindy.