Patent ID: 8205789

Claim:
A plant prepping and tagging system comprising: a conveyor operable to convey plants past workers positioned along the conveyor in an assembly line fashion, wherein the workers individually prep the plants on the conveyor as needed to be suitable for delivery to a customer, and wherein the plants form an order to be filled for the customer; a barcode scanner operable to read a barcode attached to at least one of the prepped plants while the prepped plants are being moved on the conveyor; a thermal tag-printer operable to print tags on demand in response to the barcode scanner reading the barcodes attached to at least one of the prepped plants, and wherein the workers tag the plants using the printed tags; wherein the plant prepping and tagging system further comprises a server networked to a computing device stationed at the conveyor, wherein the server is networked to the thermal printer, wherein the server is also networked to a printer operable to print a plurality of customer transaction forms comprising order information in response to operation of the conveyor, barcode scanner, and thermal tag printer of the plant prepping and tagging system; wherein the system comprises a means for soaking the plants in water prior to being conveyed, and wherein the plants comprise potted plants.