Market Farming

[Betsy <blevy AT rsocsun.tamu.edu>]

Hi -

I was just wondering - I've seen golden beets on produce stands, but never 
the white
beets I've seen in seed catalogs. Has anyone tried growing and selling them? 
Were they
well received?

Suzy Roth wrote:

> >This year I will try golden beets-I have planted them in the past with bad
> >results. This year I think they will get planted into soil blocks and
> >transplanted out instead of direct seeding because they have such bad
> >germination and I have so few seed-but at least I got some seed today 
> >(yay!)
> >from seed saver after ordering from 3 different companies and finding all
> >but one were already out.
>
> Johnny's sent out a note to say they have golden beet seed now (their
> catalog had said they didn't have any due to crop failure).
> www.johnnyseeds.com
>
> Suzy Roth
> Thistle Ridge Farm & Gardens
> Issaquah, WA
>
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