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- From: "maury sheets" <maurysheets AT verizon.net>
- To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] head lettuce growers
- Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:50:46 -0500
John, Did you figure in the time each spends growing? I
do both spring mix and head lettuce. My spring mix is ready to cut in
about four weeks. The head lettuce takes longer. The spring mix is
ready to cut again in one week for many more cuttings. The head lettuce
once cut does not have another cutting until the next planting is ready. I sell my spring mix for $3.75 to $4.00 for a third pound
bag all winter in the Philly farmers markets. I get $2.50 for small heads
of lettuce. With the cut and come again, I think the mix has it over
heads per square foot since I usually get 5 to 6 ounces per cutting from a 1020
flat grown hydroponically (I have not actually calculated the difference
including the time frame, so I could be wrong). I would also like to hear
from others doing this type of operation. Maury Sustainbable
agriculture in southern New Jersey -----Original Message----- hey. . . i was running some spreadsheets today. . . we're growing
primarily lettuce mix, but I ran a comparison for the same area for
heads. for 1375 sf of salad mix we're doing ~1125$ avg
sales. for the same area in head lettuce we would be producing 825 heads
(5'centers 3 rows, 12" between) at 2.50/head (what we sell heads for - but rarely have
them) the return is much greater - 2062$. SO - why am i spending 4x
the labor on salad mix when heads are less labor intensive? what's the spectrum of price on heads? here
(indianapolis) the conventional head lettuce guy is selling for
1.75/head. (still higher than my salad mix returns) and that seems really
cheap. i don't frequent wild oats, but would expect 2-3.50 is
standard. when i started out i said, 'there's no way i'm growing salad
mix. . . it's too labor intensive.' hehehe. to rival the 2062$
from heads I would have to charge 14$/#, twice our current average price!
better sell it in *small* bags. thanks to everyone with the AC G ideas. . . i really like
the g's setup, but am beginning to realize that keeping it up and
finding parts may be a long term PITA. oh well. john _______________________________________________ Market-farming mailing list Market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming |
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[Market-farming] head lettuce growers,
John Ferree, 02/13/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] head lettuce growers,
maury sheets, 02/13/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] head lettuce growers,
John Ferree, 02/14/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] head lettuce growers,
maury sheets, 02/14/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] head lettuce growers, John Ferree, 02/15/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] head lettuce growers,
maury sheets, 02/14/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] head lettuce growers,
John Ferree, 02/14/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] head lettuce growers,
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Re: [Market-farming] head lettuce growers,
maury sheets, 02/13/2008
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[Market-farming] head lettuce growers,
John Ferree, 02/13/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Another Cotton Burr question,
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