 Okay, J-O-N. I know you're looking at like what's going on right now, but I think it'd be the perfect time to tell everybody Tim right here and this young lady right here is crystal Just a little nice No, keep going give me them give me the whole rundown on how y'all got into this Experience the ups the downs So man, we we didn't overthink it We was old-school with it. So we came up with a solution to the problem and When we did that we had to order a gang of plants So we had built a greenhouse in the backyard the whole night and we was like well, we got all the plants We need for the house. Let's just try to sell the rest So we loaded up the plants we rode around and I was I got the perfect spot And we pulled up one Saturday evening probably like six o'clock Within like a few hours made a few hundred bucks and we was like, yo, we're gonna do this shit again tomorrow Came back the next day It was bunking. Yeah, it was bunking and we have a little back man. We have a little back You still hit that spot. It's been a little minute It's been a little minute when the weather change we stopped. Yeah, cuz it was outside. Yeah, that's how we got our Actual business. Hey, don't forget that spot cuz if it hit like that man. Oh, yeah, we don't yeah Side road legit or a parking lot. Yeah, that's what's up, man. I love to see it man So what y'all brought in here with y'all today? So today We got the elephant here. This is their door. I mean, it's just so cold and player They're good for taking up space and room like in the corner or whatnot. Yeah We also got a few evergreens. These are that Chinese evergreens Chinese evergreens, and then we got a bird of paradise and Yeah So What would you say your specialty is when it comes to the you know the playing world Like our special plan The plant and the touch. Okay for me. I feel mine is the prayer plant. Yeah, so it's a Calatheus and Somebody gonna try to name the baby that Calatheus I see it now But basically it's real special cuz it It stands up at night like it prays open praise the hands and it opens up and in the daytime so it's real dope and I feel like that's my specialty. I think both of ours would probably be we we usually handpick every plant that we sell That's true. Yeah, so majority of our plants we we shop for We look at them and we like that one. Yeah, we don't like just have like a large order of Okay, it'd be crazy as hell if I didn't get at least a few tips from y'all to keep these plants alive We got people who watched this show who you know, they got a few they're trying to keep alive So what would be a few tips that you would give somebody who have you know one or two plants trying to keep them alive Most importantly with it being cold right now is to keep your room Moist so get your humidifier Get you a little spray bottle so you can miss your plants because the dry air it'll damage the leaves Yeah for me is to relax like I feel like a lot of people that we meet they're just too much like they Over they're overbearing with their plants. They want to do everything They want to find every solution and their plants like nothing in the world is perfect So like let your plant have its issues and then figure out what's wrong with them and take your time Wow Growing to who we want to be They teach you a lot plant teacher a lot. Yeah. Yeah, well, you know, I'm a fan. I got a house full of plants So I know exactly what you mean. I got I got a mist in everything I got a whole mr. Gunn and I just walked down and you got to talk to him, too Yeah, you got to tell you like positive shit like you're beautiful Positive affirmations are great for your plans other people don't know that all that negative energy It's not your care It's bringing all them that negative vibes and negative people in your house and in your living room if they kill in the plant What do you think they're doing to you? So what can they find you where y'all located like cuz I definitely want This to blow up even more not saying that it hasn't it's just so rare that you see us in a space like this, man If you know, I want to give y'all the proper title like are y'all floors No, I will say that why not though because we don't have more floral plants like we don't So it's levels to this shit, what would what would you say your title would be? I Honestly, so we got a joke I call this the plant ministry This is what this is what we do man plant ministry come come through vibe out zen out Right. I'm saying we just some cool ass bottoms. Okay bet. Well, you know black business. I'm gonna ask you a few Yeah, I'm gonna ask you a few hypothetical black question. Okay. Well, how much are y'all in there about his budget? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, I plan started like 10 bucks and then we got some high-end The big shit in the back. Yeah. Yeah. Well, not even in the back. We got it out in the front Yeah, I want him to see it though. I want him to get inspired and be like I ain't never seen nothing like y'all got some Secret shit back there like a rare purple iris Yeah Secret shit that keep your life ever with the vibranium So we're at 1200 Faust Street, which is the goat farm art center And just a heads up we not gonna be there forever I'm saying there's supposed to be a demo coming where they're gonna do some new development So, you know, we rolling the dice on this and it's a service purpose for now So get there before we're gone because you know, we don't know if we'll be able to duplicate the vibe again I heard that. So look, what's the online presence? Where y'all at online? Stropical Express, ATL, Facebook, Instagram, and then our website is StropicalExpressATL.com Y'all got some dope shit going though. If we y'all to bring all this dope shit, y'all gotta leave me something there Well, actually, it's a happy belated birthday. We did plan on leaving one of these ever-dreams for Taylor over there. So I was gonna get a TV cuz Remember she said she had about a 24-inch flat screen You really watching that iPad But she's a girl when I love her and her birthday just came up But just think bro look at all you man If I won't need some of these camera people to just zoom in on a couple of these You know how dope this will look in your mama living room. Yeah Why wouldn't you want that for your mama's living room? Why do they call it a nursery They didn't never call it a nursery they said it was a greenhouse and then they got the shit that they want And then they were selling it to them like bruh Yeah, so are y'all still in the in the process of learning the whole ins and outs of the game we I don't want to I mean we not those people You get into the place You said behind you the bird of paradise You think it was just up good, right babe. We're gonna leave. Yeah. Yeah I mean we in the age now where you can learn anything on the go man, right? Yeah, why not Why not? Well, you know, they really that simple man Look are y'all getting into the plans to get ahead of the marijuana curve because they keep saying George about to do something I would love to get into the marijuana game. Mm-hmm. Absolutely. Mm-hmm. I'll let me Say I'm Tell me the word I'm just worried we're gonna get some seeds there. I ain't seen weed seeds in nine years I ain't seen a seed. Who got some seeds in the face of my mouth. Yeah Whatever, I don't know where the fuck the weed gonna come from all I know is we're gonna get it Yeah, yeah, so I know like the weather about the break is there anything we could be looking forward to You know in the plant game Well in the plant game, I'm being spring coming Yeah, this kind of I need some I need some updates on the income in inventory man when the dragon has coming out We definitely plan on hitting the streets and doing pop-ups again outdoors and The idea so gas Nick pop-up with some plants because we don't say nigga pop-up with everything in the hood, right? Yeah We're doing one at a CD shot When Six February six, I gotta be in Florida. Yeah, I'll bring you something back. Good good Y'all some great damn people I want all the people who watch this show who fuck with the black business spotlight to get some of these dope ass plants I'm talking about some shit so nice You can put it in your living room cuz you know in the black community that is the epitome of some nice shit You ever been out with like your mom in your auntie your mom be like, oh, that's a nice table. Yeah, I put that in my living room So that's that's how you know the shit good our You've never been to our shop, but our shop is set up like a living room like we have like sofas everywhere lounge chairs and Like tables is and we take a picture of everybody who buys a plant. So like our social media is a picture of everybody that buys plants Yeah Y'all killing them don't give up too much sauce I don't like when people give up the sauce you gotta make work for that shit That's the vibe you're gonna get if you come in there You don't be like, oh my grandma had this or my mother had this you telling me When you come in there, they're saying plants that we got our as well for knocking over at our grandma house y'all sell them. Yeah Not only are y'all selling plants y'all selling black history to yeah, that's what it's yeah Yeah, I'm gonna come put me a list to give I want some rare shit Yeah, don't want it to be delivered in the middle of the night like loads. We got it pull up The bitch be wrapped up and just take them off again the house didn't plant look around a little bit Then open up Los it likes you Now but I'm definitely gonna stun and come get some exclusive shit like a one-to-one that was imported From up there with a lot of marks and shit a lot of what variegated plant See that's why I brought you here like And don't even tell us what it means But what you know about their variegation So, uh, you want me to break it down to I mean it ain't nothing too deep but very a variegated plant is just Where where they somebody has gone in it's like think about like marijuana they create a strand and now you got a hybrid And so now instead of it just being green it might be albino patches That's the type of shit. I'm a lot of patches blue on one side purple on the other. Yeah That's what I need as people literally figured out how to make plants with other plants to make them do crazy stuff Yeah, cuz you got to be high as hell to even want to think of some shit like that But they figured it out learning how to variegate a Little man go hold you. I appreciate you stopping through and bringing some games and plants and put me up on you know verbiage Surrounded me, you know some tropicality That's the word that I made up when I'm around at least three or more plants Appreciate y'all man. No on some real shit. We're gonna make sure we post all your social media So people can get in touch with you and hopefully you know y'all shit, right? Not yet. Well, look when they see this we get you're gonna have a few orders It's gonna be a few people in the inbox drop the social media one more time facebook page all this shit Yeah, tropical express atl. Yeah, it's gotta be you gotta deliver. It's tropical express. Yeah Yeah, but if they really pull up pull up we want you to pull up Yeah, and you already planning on getting into a whole new location locality and bring some tropicality all around You know the african-american nationality Well, see your daddy is right 85 south show black business spotlight Get your plans getting together The ice has been in your little room feeling my wife You need some chlorophyll Yeah, thank y'all thank you Now i'm gonna smoke a roach because i don't give a fuck I got another interview that's coming up