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  • From: "cjmaness AT juno.com" <cjmaness AT juno.com>
  • To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] wilted lettuce at market
  • Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:12:14 GMT

I'm cutting early in the mornings, hydro-cooling and it goes into our walk in
cooler immediately. We then pack it all into ice chests and take it to
market. We can keep it cool at market, as long as it stays in the ice chests.
I've tried selling it from the ice chest with big signs on them, but people
are shy about opening up a ice chest and grabbing a head of lettuce. So, we
try and display. We don't sell the displayed lettuce, we pull fresh heads out
of the cooler, but it's trying to keep the display looking nice that is the
problem. It wilts, I pull it and put out a fresh head, and by the end of
market, I've lost a lot of lettuce. Everything is shaded, but the wind! We
sell heads (of lettuce) and some are too large to go into the 5 a day produce
bags. We have to put those heads into t-shirt bags. Maybe there isn't a
solution. Move someplace where there is no wind maybe?
Carla
Perkins, OK 45 mph winds today

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