[Market-farming] transplant pricing

BarbaraJ jbmckillip at mesanetworks.net
Wed May 5 10:19:51 EDT 2010


Jay,
  Based on your Tumbling Tom recommendations last year.  I potted up 20 pots as a trial.  I am so far, very pleased!  They are cute and starting to get small tomatoes already.  I plan on taking them as part of the early market season.  Although I think $12 is a bit on the cheap side.  Could be my high rent district I live in though.  I saw at Lowe's the other day, a small 10" pot with several small lettuce plants selling for $10!  Wow, really?  It was like a very small patio planter.  If they had put in an eatable flower it would have been more attractive.  

Barb
Front Range, Colorado
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jay Sleichter 
  To: rob at songberry.ca ; Market Farming 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 7:48 AM
  Subject: Re: [Market-farming] transplant pricing


        Not alot of answers here, but I am going to sell tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and squash this weekend.  My single plants in 1801 flats will be $2 and my four packs will be $4.  The squash and cucumbers will be $1.50.  

        My prices may be alittle high, but the greenhouse in town charges $1.99 for a smaller plant in a much smaller container.  Their 4-packs are $2.99 in tiny little containers.  I am also growing many heirloom varieties, 47 to be exact.

        I know my costs and I know my time I have involved and $2 and $4 works for me.  

        I will also be selling hanging baskets of Tumbling Tomatoes for $12.

        Good Luck!

        Jay

        Jay's Jellies, Produce and More
        Clay Center, Kansas
        www.jaysjellies.com
        http://highfarming.blogspot.com/

       




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