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  • From: jay sleichter <jaysleichter AT yahoo.com>
  • To: sue AT oberlebotanical.com, Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Baby Squash
  • Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 13:35:48 -0700 (PDT)


I am a middle school math teacher, but I don't know either.  It is the same way with potatoes.  You can dig and sell as "new potatoes" or wait and let them get bigger.  At what point do size, yield, and price all cross?  If school wasn't out tomorrow, maybe we could work on this.

Wow, 9.50 a pound, that is really good.  I suppose they don't weight that much either.

I am going to have some nice squash at market this weekend, In Kansas.  I was just trying to make plans for down the road for the glut I know I will have.

Jay
--- On Thu, 5/21/09, Sue Oberle <sue AT oberlebotanical.com> wrote:

From: Sue Oberle <sue AT oberlebotanical.com>
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Baby Squash
To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Thursday, May 21, 2009, 3:25 PM

We sell a lot of baby squash. I like to keep the blossoms on, but they go down FAST on a hot day, so they are sometimes sold without. Seems worse to leave them on if they're punky & shriveled. In most cases though, the squash are under 4". Not even the best restaurant has taken exception to this.

We sell baby squash by the lb. (9.50/lb) but the blossoms alone are sold sold in clamshells by the pint or quart. They are easy to collect & sell; generally mid season through late (July-Sept).

I've taken squash "logs" to market reluctantly until about 2 yrs ago. Put them in crates & sold them as seconds for $1.50 each. They sell out so fast it scares me. Many people have no idea why we call them seconds.

I'd love to get my hands on someone who's really good w/ math (& wants to do an exercise like this)- 'cause I think that selling baby squash as opposed to regular,  nice 6-8" squash  is a good calculus problem. Assuming we sell out, do we really make more selling them as babies? Or is it better to let them get bigger & sell them for less since it happens so quickly?

Inquiring minds would love to know
Sue Oberle
OBERLE BOTANICAL at Happy Heart Farm
Fort Collins, Colorado
970.581.5672
sue at oberlebotanical dot com
http://www.oberlebotanical.com
http://www.happyheartfarmcsa.com


jay sleichter wrote:
I grow 12 different varieties/colors of squash.  I have over 300 squash growing. This is more than last year.  I only sell squash picked at its proper harvest size, not baseball bat size.  I have seen alot of shows talking about "Baby" squash.  Does anybody sell baby squash?  If so, I assume you would leave the blossom on.  Do you sell these by the pint, quart, pound?  What sells the best, Do they sell, are they worth it?   How much do you sell them for? When do they sell best? Early in the year, midseason, fall?

I would love to hear your thoughts.

Jay



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