[Market-farming] Cell Pack Rant.
Sharon and Steve
shopkins at tdstelme.net
Fri Jan 4 15:12:24 EST 2008
Hate 1801 cells with a passion, absolute bears to superate, and flimsey to
handle once you do it, and lots more.
Belden Mini-squares fit 1020's the same way, are hugely more expensive, but
lots of mine have been with me for 10 years and have been re-used numerous
times. Over the years it is surprising how many folk are bringing them back
for recycling.
When I was doing thousands of them I made a washer from a 150 gal black
rubbermaid stock tank, a pedestal sump pump, and a bit of lumber to make a
work shelf. Now I am reduced down to the laundry sink in my cellar but keep
on doing it, tryed a case of 1801's last year and remembered in a hurry how
bad a vacuum molded pack is for handling a larger plant.
MAsteveINE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wiediger, Alison" <alison.wiediger at hart.kyschools.us>
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Selling Live plants at a Farm Market
>I guess I want to add to this discussion that all of our vegetable and
> herb transplants are in 1801 cells (3.5 inch pots). We sell them singly
> for a good reason. Vegetable transplants sell for $1.50 each, times 18
> in a flat, $24.00. If we were selling six packs for even $2.00 (and at
> our market they usually sell for 1.50) times 6 in a flat, $12.00.
> Double the money for the space used in the greenhouse, in transport, etc
> and not much more cost. And, most of our backyard growers don't want 6
> of any one variety, they want 1 or 2 of several different varieties.
> And, if folks bring us the pots back, we recycle them until they fall
> apart. They fit in a standard 1020 flat, and we display them in that
> flat on a custom built table that Paul designed that holds 18 flats at a
> nice slant plus pots across a top member above. It knocks down flat and
> goes up in about 3 minutes.
>
> Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:market-farming-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Andrew R.
> King
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 2:34 PM
> To: 'Market Farming'
> Subject: [Market-farming] Selling Live plants at a Farm Market
>
> I was wondering if anyone in the group sold plants at their farmers
> market.
> If you do, what do you start from seed and which plants are started from
> plugs you buy?
> Any pointer on how to transport plants to market?
>
> Andy King
> Sunflower King's Farm
> PA Zone 6
>
>
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