What is a homemade broom made of? Growing sorghum for a broom

Any person who has a small plot of land can grow an unusual culture of Sorghum, or, as it is also called, brooms, Sorochinsky millet. This plant is appearance reminiscent of corn, especially the leaves. But here are his fruits - grain collected on peculiar panicles.

Grain is most commonly used for pet food. But the remaining stalks of grass are used to make brooms. Although modern inhabitants are increasingly switching to vacuum cleaners, brooms are still in demand.

How much can you earn from this

In order to grow high-quality raw materials, it is necessary to follow the agricultural practices of growing sorghum. Thickened plantings will give thin twigs that are not suitable for knitting: they will break when they are pulled with wire or the bark of a young tree. For high-quality whisks with a thin handle and a lush base, you need to choose millet varieties of a spreading group.

Sorghum is sown in the first half of May, when the ground is still wet. 15-20 cm are left between plants, row spacing should allow free passage in order to weed seedlings in a timely manner, remove weeds (this is about 35 cm). Sow to a depth of 4-5 centimeters. With this method of planting, raw materials for the manufacture of 25-30 ready-made lush brooms grow from a hundred square meters of land. To make the twigs flexible and not break, they are steamed in salt water before tying. Sorghum is harvested in September, and they start mating in their free time, when the main crop is harvested in the fields.

They usually knit from three parts-bundles, connecting them into a common one. To do this, use a wire-main or bast strips cut from young tree branches. The quality and durability of the product depends on the strength of the fastening of the ligaments. Here you should already try to ensure that buyers come back next season.

Selling products at a price of $ 0.9, we get an income of $ 22.5-27. Having 10 acres of free land (often in a village or township), a pensioner can receive $225-270 in addition to his pension. Of course, the money is small, but there is also little trouble here: millet is not susceptible to diseases, does not require watering, and grows well under any weather conditions.

Starting capital - from 200 thousand rubles.

The business for the production of brooms and panicles for baths and households is an interesting enterprise, called on many forums as “one of the fastest paybacks”. But there is one problem - the land. Growing broom sorghum is not difficult, but buying land in Russia is expensive and difficult. In this article, we will consider a more affordable business project: the production of sorghum brooms for the household, panicles and bath brooms. These industries are connected by the fact that natural components with a low cost are used for their manufacture.

Household broom

Sorghum is a specially bred vegetation and the main raw material for our production. To get started you will need:

10-20 hectares of land for sowing;
Threads for knitting;
A labor force processing crops, gathering raw materials and knitting brooms;
2 warehouses: for storage of sorghum and finished products.

In addition, consider the following nuances: cultivation of the territory before sowing and sowing directly. Naturally, specialized machines and equipment are needed. It's good if you make contact with farmers nearby. Due to the specificity this enterprise, it should be started by people living in villages or as close as possible to them. This is due to the fact that it is better to solve all production nuances not by phone, but directly by yourself.

Manufacturing

Consider the technological process of manufacturing brooms and panicles in stages.

Sorghum is planted at the end of spring, having sifted the seeds in advance. This process can be replaced by soaking for half an hour: unsuitable seeds will float to the top, after which they are easy to remove. Planting begins in the second decade of May, sowing depth - 5-6 cm, distance between rows - 25-35 cm.

The first shoots will be in the first decade of June, at the same time, the first weeding is carried out without fail in order to thin out the rows so that the distance between them becomes 8-14 cm. The second weeding is after 10-15 days. This is followed by loosening the soil. Sorghum ripens in last days summer, harvest it in early to mid-autumn. Unfortunately, this is the only harvest. The more grown - the more knit products.

Next comes the knitting process. There is no need to buy expensive equipment or equip huge workshops - only manual labor. This process is quite laborious. Another reason to start production as close as possible to the villages is cheaper labor.

It makes no sense to describe in detail the process of knitting brooms, we only note that the average person knits about 10-20 brooms a day. Yes, this is not very much, but the salary will be negotiable, and your profit depends only on your oratorical skills.

Expenses and income

Consider each item of finance.

Let's start with expenses. Let's estimate the costs for 1 season in accordance with the minimum indicators for 20 hectares of land and with a price of 20 rubles per 1 broom:

Rent land plot. Primary question. Two options: rent from private entrepreneurs or from the state.

The second option is cheaper, but first you need:

Find an official;
Give him “on the paw” (yes, you heard right);
Take part in the auction;
Win a victory.

The second point is necessary for successful implementation fourth point. Yes, it is a long and expensive process.

The first option is much more affordable. In many villages and hamlets one can find land owners who make money by renting the land. They have their own system of shares: free (!) The first year, after - 3 thousand rubles / year per 1 hectare. But this is with one condition: at least 20 hectares of land. We believe that on this stage we didn't spend anything.

Buying grain - average prices for 1 kg of sorghum - 30-40 rubles. Sowing standards - 7-12 kg of seeds per 1 hectare of land. For 20 hectares - 150-240 kg of seeds. The minimum price is 270 rubles per 1 hectare. For 20 hectares - 5400 rubles. Not much, but you can save even more. Sorghum is a bushy crop, and if you give 1 spikelet a lot of free territory and air-saturated soil, you will get an excellent yield. In the “flea market”, the sprouts will be affected by a lack of lighting and nutrients, and the yield will drop significantly. According to experts, the best bushiness is achieved when sowing 4 spikelets per 1 square meter (only!). 40 thousand seeds will be required per 1 hectare. The weight of a thousand sorghum seeds is 20-25 g. As a result, we get about 850 g of seeds per 1 hectare instead of the recommended 9-12 kg. 850 g * 20 = 17 kg. Feel the difference? You only need 17 kg instead of 160 kg. It comes out to about 600 rubles. Compare with the first number - 5400. Impressive, isn't it? Don't worry, this is a proven method. Dense sowing is recommended in the case of growing for animal feed, but not in our case. Total amount: 600 rubles.
Agricultural work - the average collective farm prices for plowing in the spring: 1 thousand rubles / 1 hectare. This includes: land cultivation and cultivation. You can save money if you agree with a private trader. The prices for sowing and harvesting sorghum will be affected by the fuel consumption of the respective machines. For sowing work - 45-55 rubles / hectare, for assembly work- 55-65 rubles / hectare. Plus private markup. Weeding, thinning - handmade. But, if you follow our past recommendations, these works can be discarded. Total, 1000/20 + 50/20 + 60/20 = 22.2 thousand rubles minimum.
Warehouse rental - prices are affected by: their location, condition, security. Prices - 50-250 rubles per square meter. Most often, warehouses are built far from the city limits. Approximate area of 1 thousand square meters. Total, 60 * 1000 = 60 thousand rubles per month.
Buying threads - for the manufacture of brooms, you will need durable materials or not hard wire. Total costs - 3-5 rubles per meter. 1 broom takes 1.2-1.8 m of thread or wire. A maximum of 5 thousand rubles will be released for the first 5 thousand products.
Remuneration of labor - work by agreement (for example, 20 rubles - the average price). For 5 thousand brooms - 5000 * 20 \u003d 100 thousand rubles.

Total: 600 + 22200 + 60000 + 10000 + 100000 = 192.8 thousand rubles. Taking into account the cost of transport, we will round this amount up to 200 thousand.

Now about income. The average price for 1 broom is 75-175 rubles. For especially high-quality - 200-250 rubles. But we are interested wholesale our products. The average price is 120 rubles apiece. For 5 thousand products - 600 thousand rubles. If we divide the price by 2 and ship brooms at 60 rubles apiece, we get 300 thousand rubles.

Got a good payback. Even after taking into account many other factors, you are left with a good profit. The problem here is the sales market: to whom to sell so many brooms? Therefore, take a larger warehouse and be patient: you will have to sell in small batches.

Look: sorghum is harvested, brooms are tied, outside the window is the end of autumn, winter is approaching, you need to wait again for the end of spring. How to pass so much time? We suggest you start knitting bath brooms and panicles.

Panicle

The primary question is who to sell them to? The answer is simple: the same ones that bought bath brooms. That is, people who have cottages and country houses with their own bathhouse, or city people who regularly visit bathhouses. They are well aware of the beneficial properties of tree branches. In addition, for many, especially for people over 40-45 years old, the bathhouse is the holiest place to maintain health. Therefore, they are unlikely to want to use brooms or panicles made of “harmful” plastic, which are electrostatic. The second part of our client base is new fashionable summer residents. Yes, it is in this context, because such “sissies” are not able to pick up branches to tie a broom or a whisk, but they will gladly pay a tidy sum for our products. This product is used to sweep the territory of a summer residence or a country house, paths and so on.

The sale of panicles is far from being a wholesale and, moreover, not a mass enterprise. This is just a small part of our income. The price range is 20-175 rubles apiece, the price is affected by the quality of the panicle and the presence / absence of a strong cutting. But there is one thing that plays into our hands: beautiful panicles are in great demand, and this is just perfect for us. The costs here are very small: all the same materials: soft wire to tie the panicles, and labor under the contract. The range of materials used for the production of panicles:

birch branches;
Alder branches;
Aspen branches.

It is worth harvesting these rods in the spring season - at this time they have sufficient flexibility for us. Another nuance: with relatively low retail prices, there is a huge plus for us, manufacturers - the service life of panicles is a month, maximum two. They wear out very quickly, and people go to the store for new ones. Got our hint?

Bath broom

Potential customer base? The entire population of our vast country! Today, every second or third person over the age of forty regularly visits bathing establishments with great pleasure at least once a week and knows the price of high-quality brooms. That is why the potential number of customers is so large. Let's add here people who make money on the maintenance and service of this type of establishments - brooms are spent there in mountains. The price for our products in this area is 35-225 rubles per piece, the price is influenced by: the material of the product and your pricing policy, as well as your level of competitiveness. Now, let's highlight the main materials for the production of brooms:

birch;
oak;
Linden;
cherry;
Rowan;
maple;
bird cherry;
Currant;
Eucalyptus;
Juniper;
And fir materials.

In addition, you can and even need to add herbal mixtures: mint, wormwood, St. John's wort, nettle. Huge variety as you can see. It all depends on your preferences, it remains only to establish manufacturing process. The only nuance that you should not forget about is the presence of dry storage facilities for drying your products, as this key moment technological process. Only finished products are sent for drying. The room must be well ventilated. Your income depends on 100% of the quality of products and the range of products. The wider the range of products, the greater your profit.

Let's do the final calculations. To get branches that will be used for the production of panicles and brooms for the bath and household, you need to buy: garden shears and a car. Secateurs on average cost around 450-550 rubles apiece. Fuel costs - depend on the frequency of trips, wage knitting team - if you round it up, then 10 rubles from one broom. Let's count. expense item: 500 + 500 (transport costs) + 50,000 (expenses for the first batch of 5 thousand brooms) \u003d 51 thousand rubles. Income item: 40 (at the minimum rate) * 5000 = 200 thousand rubles. Your profit: 200-51 = 149 thousand rubles only from the first 5 thousandth batch! The main advantage of this production is the fact that there is no need to sow and plow. All that is needed from you is to collect the "gifts of nature" growing right under your nose. The most simple and affordable.

And finally, if you are a “layman” in entrepreneurship and do not have much ingenuity, and your storage space is filled to the brim with unsold brooms and panicles, then you should try yourself in the production of amulets from brooms. Such a thing costs an average of 150-250 rubles in a hardware store. There is always a demand for such products among superstitious housewives. And as a nice decorative element, it is also not bad.

Video: Growing and selling brooms as a business idea

The demand for household goods in the domestic market is constantly growing. And this is due to the high consumer demand. Consequently, the profit from the production of such products at enterprises also increases significantly. And today we will look at how you can make money on the production of such a primitive household item as brooms (brooms).

We draw up a business plan

The production of brooms seems at first glance to be a primitive business. But you can really get the benefit from it only if the business plan is correctly created. So, what points should you pay attention to when planning such a business?

First, you should take care of renting several hectares of land on which raw materials for your products will be grown. Secondly, it is necessary to find a permanent supplier of knitting threads. Thirdly, for all this work, a small workforce is needed, which will be engaged in sowing, harvesting grain crops (sorghum is the main raw material for making brooms), as well as knitting and supplying them.

And finally, for such a business, not only land should be rented, but also a warehouse where equipment for the production of brooms and finished products will be stored until they are sold. Below we will consider all these nuances separately.

About household equipment

For sowing and harvesting, of course, at least one piece of equipment is needed. Yes, for such a business as the production of brooms, it makes no sense to purchase an expensive tractor. A more reasonable solution would be to rent it, and already with the employee together.

Almost every small village has its own farm. You ask: "And what does it have to do with brooms?" The answer is very simple - instead of buying special equipment for your own fleet, you can borrow it from a local farmer. At the same time, you need to take care of the work team. It can also be assembled in a short time, because the work will not go all year round, but seasonally.

By the way, if this is the production of plastic brooms, you don't even have to grow sorghum. But at the same time, you can not do with one machine. Raw materials for their manufacture will have to be bought from larger manufacturers, and this is much more expensive than growing your own raw materials.

Willow broom - production and collection of sorghum

Now in more detail about the manufacture. As we said earlier, the main raw material for their production is sorghum. This grain crop is planted in the spring, sifting the seeds before that. The latter are pre-soaked in water for 30-35 minutes (this is necessary in order to extract low-quality seeds that have floated to the top). The planting of sorghum itself is carried out in mid-May, in a continuous row. The distance between the rows should be about 25-30 centimeters. Seeding depth of grain crops - 5 centimeters.

The first weeding is done around the beginning of June. Here you should thin out the rows so that the distance between plants is about 10 centimeters. The next weeding and loosening of the soil is done in 10-14 days. Sorghum ripens in August, and in September you can start general cleaning.

Knitting and production equipment

Then there is knitting and production of finished products from raw materials. It is worth noting that the production of brooms can be both manual and mechanized. In the first case, you will have to hire labor. As practice shows, one worker can tie about 15 brooms per day.

However, on large enterprises have long trusted this business to specialized equipment. Machines for knitting brooms are capable of producing up to 15 brooms per hour, that is, up to 120-150 units of the finished product are produced per day. The cost of such instruments is about 300 thousand rubles.

The machines are powered by 220 volts, so the warehouse you rent must be connected to the mains.

Costs

Now consider the production of brooms from a financial point of view. Land rent is the main item of expenditure. In order to harvest a normal sorghum crop, you need about 20 hectares. If this is a lease from the state, then on average it will cost about 3 thousand rubles (for 1 year).

It is worth noting that renting land from private firms will be much more expensive. Taking land from the state is much more profitable. Next comes the purchase of grain. One kilogram of sorghum costs about 35 rubles. For the entire leased area, at least 1.5 centners of sorghum will have to be harvested. In terms of finance, this will amount to 5-5.5 thousand rubles.

Rental of agricultural machinery for weeding, sowing and harvesting will cost 20 thousand rubles (for 1 year). Well warehouse space plays an important role. This is perhaps the most expensive "pleasure" for such a business. In a month, his rent will be 30 thousand rubles (if we take an area of 500 square meters). It will cost 360 thousand rubles a year. For the purchase of threads for the first batch of brooms (5 thousand units), another 10 thousand rubles will have to be paid.

As for the manufacture itself, purchase machines instead of the usual work force At first glance, it will seem like an expensive pleasure. But on the other hand, up to 100 thousand rubles will have to be paid for labor, that is, the machine will pay back its cost in about 3-6 months of the first work (if we take into account its 10-fold productivity). WITH handmade you will never achieve such production volumes, and, accordingly, profits. The very last moment is transportation costs, which will cost you 150-200 thousand rubles.

Income

Now about income. To date, the cost of a broom can reach 150-200 rubles per unit. A polypropylene broom is a little more expensive. Its production, of course, is more expensive. Therefore, the price for them is appropriate. The production of plastic brooms does not require sorghum, but the costs for polyurethane and machines will be even higher. Classic brooms, on the other hand, are much more primitive in manufacture, and besides, they are always relevant in our markets and household stores.

Price policy

Yes, it is simply pointless to ask for 200 rubles for your products. First you need to recommend it in the market and oust competitors. To do this, we reduce the price to 60 rubles per unit. The cost of making a broom is 10-20 rubles, so the benefit is obvious. The first batch of 5 thousand pieces, manufactured on the machine in a month, will cost 300 thousand rubles. Net profit from sales - up to 250 thousand per month! This more than covers all those expenses that were spent on growing, weeding sorghum, renting a warehouse and land.

Sales market

The hardest part of broom production is finding buyers who will be interested in buying such large quantities of goods. Indeed, it is possible to sell such a large number of brooms at retail forever. In this regard, even during the weeding and harvesting of sorghum, you need to find wholesalers who will buy up your products in whole batches. Otherwise, the entire warehouse will be filled with unsold brooms, and the business will be at a loss.

That is why in price category We have reduced the price of products by more than 3 times. If this is not done, then in the pursuit of big money you will be left without profit. Therefore, as they say, a bird in the hand is better than a crane in the sky (all the more so since the annual net profit, even with 60-ruble brooms, will amount to several hundred thousand rubles, and sometimes even a million).

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How to tie a broom

Everyone knows that you cannot do without an ordinary broom in any house or apartment. It is, so to speak, our first necessity. For those who have a plot of land, it will not be special work sow a small area - such a useful plant - like sorghum. Of course, it's easier to go and buy this item for cleaning, anywhere in the market or in the store. But do-it-yourself is always better, especially since it is not so difficult to master the technology of knitting brooms. The main thing is to start.

So let's get started! First of all, you need to prepare the source material, i.e. raw materials. Harvest sorghum - crown usually in late autumn - in October, early November. After the seeds are fully ripe, the stems are cut just above the roots (about 12-15 cm from the ground). Each stem will need to be cleared of leaves and seeds. It is best to clean the panicles like this: with your left hand, take the stem closer to the panicle, and with your right hand, squeezing the panicle several times, hold it from top to bottom until the seeds are completely shed. Or, you can use a wooden block using it as a comb.

The stems cleaned in this way must be sorted by diameter, dividing them into thin, medium and thick, then tie them into sheaves and hang them for storage in any non-damp, ventilated room anywhere in the barn, summer kitchen, or in the attic. Give them some time to dry.

Before proceeding directly to the very knitting of a broom, you should prepare a place for work and necessary tools. To do this, you will need: not a thick rope with a loop at one end, about 2.5-3 meters long (Fig. 1), the rope itself must be strong and elastic (usually they use linen in a smooth sheath or the like); two boards measuring 350 x 40 x 15 mm, interconnected with a piece of thick rubber or leather, strong threads, soft copper wire, twine. The length of each thread (wire, tape) should be 40-50 cm.

You will also need two "needles" made of hard wire in order to flash parts of the broom (you can use a thick shoe awl instead), as well as a sharp knife to cut the stems. You can work both outdoors and indoors (depending on the weather). The main thing is that you have the opportunity to fasten the rope to the ceiling (beams), to the top of the door frame, or to any tree with thick and strong branches.

In order to tie a broom, it is best to use sorghum stalks that are not dry, then they will break less. If, during long-term storage, the stems are very dry, then before knitting a broom, they should be soaked for a short time in water.

Now we can start knitting a broom.

We securely attach the end of the rope (to the ceiling, to a branch, etc.) so that its lower end with the loop does not reach the floor level by about 25-30 cm. In this loop we install a kind of pedal - a piece of pipe, a plank, etc. .

We take the required number of stems with a thickness of about 10 - 14 cm, align them with panicles, the main thing here is to collect the throwing part itself, so that it is not very thick, but at the same time, not rare. Then, the resulting beam is divided into 3 equal parts. Now each of these parts needs to be tied, for this we take one of them in our left hand, and approximately at chest level we wrap it with a rope, in a place just above the base of the panicles (as shown in the photo).

Then we press the pedal with our foot: the rope tightly tightens and compacts the stems in a bundle. Grasping the bundle with our hands and slowly turning it, we move the bundle up and down the rope, thus forcing the stems to become even more dense. When we reach the stop, we wrap this bundle with pre-prepared strappings. We do the same with the second and third beams.

After completing this operation, you need to reduce the diameter of the broom handle, for this we cut the stems of two side bunches. We do this at a slight angle, stepping back from the strapping up the handle about 4-5 cm. It should be cut a little, just a few stems from each bunch.

Then we collect all three bundles together, so that the trimmings “look” into the middle of the broom and are inside the common bundle, and at the same time they must fit snugly against each other. We link this place, and we already do all the following links, retreating from each extreme about 10 cm, up the handle.

After the last tying, we cut off the remains of the stems with a knife on all sides to make a small bevel.

And the last thing to do is to form the lower (throwing) part.

To do this, put a panicle at a distance of about 8 cm from the beginning of the first tying of each of the three bundles, put it on one of the planks interconnected with rubber, so that the board lies across the panicles. We straighten the panicles and cover with a second board, after which we tighten the boards with wire.

On one edge of the boards, we sew the panicle with twine, or with a strong thick thread. You can see how to learn how to flash here, although the article is about shoes, the meaning of the firmware is the same.

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Everyone in the house, in addition to a new invention, such as a vacuum cleaner or a broom, also has an indispensable household item - a sorghum broom. Major cleaning is not always required, therefore, with the help of it, you can quickly and without much difficulty sweep the apartment. We do not change them so often, since most often it is overhauled and it is not necessary to buy it often.

Growing sorghum for a broom

But still, those who live in a suburban home or have their own plot can try growing sorghum, the plant from which the broom is made. Since the plant matures in autumn, it should be planted in spring. Seeds are soaked in water, unusable grains float to the surface, they are thrown away. Then they plant it (May), and in August the stems grow about 2 meters, they are mowed and left to dry in the sun, soon it will be a broom. After, the sorghum is cleared of foliage and seeds. See more information about bath brooms here.

How to tie a sorghum broom

Let's move on to how to knit a sorghum broom. For greater convenience, we will show you in the form of a list of actions.

1. To begin with, we make a U-shaped fixture 2-3 meters.

2. We tie bunches of sorghum in the form of panicles.

3. We tie a strong thread to the crossbar of the arch, and at the base there is a piece of wood for weighting, on which we stand, when tying the so-called “pupas”, soon it will be a broom.

You will also need brushwood ribbons (thin ribbons are cut with a knife), and in order to make them more elastic, we soak them in water and dry them slightly. And they are needed in order to use them and threads to pull the bundles into the future sorghum broom. More about bath brooms here.

4. After all the preparations, we take 8-9 stalks of sorghum and combine the panicles with each other, interlacing them with a ribbon of brushwood.

5. Then panicles are applied horizontally relative to the arch and we turn them around the axis. In order to tighten the thread, we step on the board more tightly, thereby making a “chrysalis”. And lastly, we form a broom. We take three "pupas" and tie them in three places. For binding we use kapron threads. We put a ribbon of brushwood in place of the first tie at the base of three bundles, bring the “chrysalis” to the threads and tighten it by turning around the axis. Then, at a distance of 15 cm from the first puff, we make the second and so on. We cut the ends of the ribbons, cut the handle of the product at a distance of 5 cm from the place of the last puff. That's it, the economic sorghum broom is ready!

Making sorghum brooms may seem complicated, but once you try it, you will have only the product of your own manufacturer in your house!

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We make a real broom.

I think everyone knows what a broom is. But I think few people know how, and most importantly, what it is made of. I didn't know myself until it was explained to me. In this master class, I will try to tell in detail and show how and from what you can make the most ordinary broom yourself.

Let's start with a little preface. Namely, with how we get the material necessary for work. The plant from which brooms are made is scientifically called SORGO, but in the people they are simply brooms. This is what it looks like, around the end of August.

You can buy seeds now in the store (I recently saw it myself). But my friends brought me the seeds. It is necessary to plant when the frosts have already passed. My dacha is located in the Smolensk region and with us it is usually the beginning of June. We plant them on a warm bed (we put cut grass in the bed), otherwise they grow weak and do not have time to release the “panicles”, which we need for creativity. It rises for a long time, especially if there is no rain. Since this is a plant of a warmer climate, it does not quite have time to ripen in our short summer. In those countries where it is planted, sorghum is harvested when the trunks turn straw-colored, i.e. as if dry. We rarely do that. For creativity, this is not a hindrance, but the seeds rarely ripen, and you have to buy it in the store every year. Good seeds are brown, shiny, without black dust. Therefore, I wait as long as possible: either until very severe frosts, or before heavy autumn rains begin. You can cut them with secateurs, choose the length taking into account the length of the future broom, plus a little margin. After cutting, we put the house in a warm, dry place to ripen. Remove excess leaves first. The sorghum trunk consists, as it were, of hollow tubes inside, interconnected by solid places - here they break easily. And only when the material is completely dry, we proceed to the manufacturing process itself.

We take dried plants and remove the remaining leaves so that we have only smooth trunks. As a result, we should get this.

Next, we need to remove the seeds from them. Firstly, we need them for planting, and secondly, if we leave them on a broom, then when cleaning they will remain on the floor. It turns out this is not such an easy task. It turns out this is not such an easy task. What I just did not try with scissors and hands. Does not work. A friend suggested this method: we take an iron bucket with a handle (the handle should fit snugly against the bucket), we clamp a bunch of sorghum between the handle and the bucket and pull it towards us. At the same time, part of the seeds falls into the bucket, and part scatters around. But better way I haven't found yet. On the left in the photo as it was before, and on the right after such cleaning

After the seeds are removed (if a little is left, this is normal), we divide all the plants into several bunches. It is better to do this depending on the length of the barrel. During the cleaning process, some trunks break, but that's okay, just the brooms will be different in size. The thickness of the beam should be such that it is convenient to hold in your hand - after all, this is a future broom, but do not forget about the density of the panicles themselves (to make it thicker).

We carefully trim our bunches and begin to make the handle of the future broom. To do this, we need a wire that is flexible enough to be bent into a ring without breaking. Instead of wire, you can take a strong rope (like synthetic twine), which I did this year. In two or three places we wrap the handle with wire and tighten it strongly enough with pliers so that the brooms do not crumble. The main thing is not to overdo it, otherwise you can just pass it on. If we take a rope, then we just pull it strongly, and you can wrap electrical tape on top. Here's what should happen.

Now we form a panicle. We take a broom and divide the part with panicles into three parts. We take the wire, bend it in half and put it on the middle part. Then we bend the edges in different directions and wrap them around the side beams. We pass the ends in reverse side and spin. With synthetic twine, we do it differently. Starting from the edge of the bundle, we take a little panicles, tie and tie a knot, take another and again a knot, and so on to the other edge. At the end, we tie it in a knot and set it on fire with a match. Pictured are both options. Of course, you can come up with your own way. The main task is to make the broom flatten a little - for the convenience of sweeping.

Remaining formalities:

1) with scissors we trim our broom where the panicles are, so that the pieces do not stick out anywhere.

2) with a sharp knife or secateurs, cut the ends of the handle so that they are the same length.

Our broom is ready. Now you can try it out, removing all the garbage that came out in the process

And small whisks are great for creativity. If you want to make a brownie and give him such a broom in his hands. If you want, use it as a panel. Or you can just give it as a souvenir.

I hope you enjoy my tutorial

Completely forgot. Thanks to Alexander (see comments) for the reminder. Suddenly, not everyone will read them. Before using a broom for its intended purpose, it must be steamed in salted boiling water for one to two hours, then dried and used. This procedure makes its branches more flexible, they break less, respectively, the broom lasts longer. Thank you again for reminding

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Bath broom business- one of the least expensive niches of production. It has serious prospects, allows with minimum investment secure high profits.

Banya is perhaps one of the favorite places for any Russian. The relevance of such a business is great, and the demand for the services of bath complexes is not decreasing even at the present time. And even though an analog appeared in the format of a sauna, the bath still arouses more interest among citizens.

It should also be noted medicinal properties baths - improving overall well-being, relaxation, bringing the emotional state back to normal. That is why the production of bath brooms as a business is not only profitable, but also a useful business format.

If an entrepreneur has never been engaged in the manufacture of brooms, then his first question will be - where to start his business, what nuances to pay attention to? It is better to open a business in the summer, because it is at this time that the trees turn green. Warm weather is the time to harvest leaves and twigs for future brooms. Preparations are made from the beginning of June.

It is important not only to collect fresh and green leaves, but also to prevent them from starting to dry out. If you want to collect as much "harvest" as possible, then you should involve hired employees.

It is important to properly prepare the room for drying. It should be spacious, with a special temperature and humidity, have good ventilation. Compliance with storage conditions is a guarantee of whether production will be profitable or not.

Drying uniformity will also matter. To achieve the desired effect, you can go one of the following ways:

hang brooms on ropes;
spread out on the floor, turning over at regular intervals (then the broom will additionally take the form of a fan).

After drying, the brooms are folded into bags and placed in a room with hay. It is important that it is dark and cool there.

If an entrepreneur is still undecided whether to open a business in this area or not, he should pay attention to the following positive points ideas:

Minimum investment. A novice businessman does not have to look for funds to open a business, much less take a loan from a bank.
Demand. Because of positive impact for health, the bath is becoming even more in demand. In addition, this format of leisure allows you to have an interesting time in a pleasant company.
Existence of service life. This is especially true for large bath complexes, where brooms have to be changed at least once a day. If a person goes to the bath, he definitely buys a new broom for himself, and does not use the old one.
The simplicity of the sphere. An entrepreneur will not need to receive special education or make incredible efforts. The work on the production of brooms is simple and accessible not only to adults, but also to teenagers.
High profitability and fast payback. Moreover, the value of income is impressive even with a small amount of production. Such an enterprise in itself cannot be unprofitable.
Availability. For the manufacture of brooms, you do not need any specific raw materials. You can find branches and leaves in any region of the country. And if you make brooms from nettles, then you can collect raw materials right at your summer cottage.
Minimum costs for the purchase of equipment. No specialized high cost tools are required. And you can process brooms right on the spot or at home. The tools used in everyday life will be more than enough.
Getting income in short time . It takes no more than 1.5 weeks to dry brooms, after which you can sell products and make a profit.

True, such a business has its drawbacks. The main disadvantage concerns the fact that brooms can be made only for 1-3 months a year. All the rest of the time it will be possible to deal only with their sale.

What brooms to do?

Even before the opening own business from scratch, you need to decide which brooms to make. Most wanted enjoy:

You can make other types of brooms - from fir, eucalyptus and even all kinds of medicinal herbs.

Purchase of the necessary equipment

We figured out the room - it should be well ventilated, dry, protected from sunlight. And what kind of equipment will have to buy a novice entrepreneur? If small volumes of production are planned, then the following tools will be enough:

ax (it is better to choose a compact and lightweight model that is convenient for work);
knife (it is important that it is as sharp as possible);
ropes or threads (for transporting raw materials to the place of drying, tying).

What else to consider when starting production?

The entrepreneur must not only prepare the premises and purchase equipment, but also study the features of work in this area. It will also be important which brooms will be made. Different types have their time for collection, the nuances of collection and drying. Without this, it will not be possible to produce high-quality products, and customer loyalty will largely depend on this.

When choosing a storage room, it is important to find a place near the collection of raw materials so that it does not take a lot of money to transport it. And when working on a large scale, you will need a personal car to deliver products to consumers.

The quality of the brooms is undoubtedly a decisive factor. But we must not forget about other features of production. Even at the time of collecting raw materials, you need to think about who to sell your product to. The main consumers will be:

urban bath complexes;
saunas;
health centers;
tourist bases for recreation;
owners of cottages and private houses.

You need to work with such clients in a targeted way, offering your services. If it is not possible to attract consumers, you can sell brooms in the city market or on the highway.

Most effective ways promotions will be:

placement of advertisements on special boards on the Internet and in local newspapers;
word of mouth (rumors will spread very quickly if the quality of brooms is really good);
mailing list and creating your own website (suitable for serious businessmen with large production volumes).

Financial indicators

The cost of one broom in a small town can vary from 100 to 150 rubles. The price will depend on the composition and quality. Even selling 30-40 brooms a day can bring about 90-180 thousand rubles per month. In this case, the costs will be insignificant - in the range of 20-30 thousand rubles. And you can open your own business with a capital of only a few tens of thousands. So it turns out that you can recoup your investments in the first month and actively start making a profit. The main thing is to pay attention to quality and work out distribution channels.

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