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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] the learning curve
  • Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 10:22:10 -0700


No we don't. To me, growing conditions and methods have a lot more to do with
yield than particular varieties, and all that varies from year to year. We
don't keep exact records on variety sales any more since we can see what
sells well, and that varies a lot from week to week. We do try to avoid
crops that take a lot of space for the revenue they bring, like melons.

Actually yield isn't our first priority but flavor and quality which keeps
repeat customers coming back when there's a lot of competition (samples
help), and one of our markets has 60-70 produce sellers competing. We usually
price higher than some others but discount some for larger purchases or the
disabled, which would skew sales records. Besides we stay busy enough selling
and restocking the tables.

The more important part is guessing how much of each type will sell over the
season, and planting for continuous harvest the whole time. You don't want to
have way more of one thing than you can sell in two weeks and then little or
none of that the rest of the time.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 11/23/2010 at 7:50 AM pbunch@cox.net wrote:

>Paul:
>
>Do you keep yield and sales records per variety?
>
>Phil Bunch
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