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Re: [Market-farming] starting out with micro-greens
- From: Richard Stewart <rstewart AT zoomtown.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] starting out with micro-greens
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:09:12 -0500
Curtis I sell flats of micros to restaurants. I am in the testing stage right now supplying 1 restaurant with orders of up to 8 flats a week and two other restaurants with random weekly orders from one to six. I use a chrome type rung metal shelf system with 40w fluorescent tube lights at each level. I use a second shelf for germination. I grow in plastic flats that measure 10"x13" and are 1" deep. I water the soil prior to seeding and then mist the dry seeds once set. Seeds are simply on the surface of the medium. This gives me about four days with need to water. I am currently growing Mizuna and Radish micros. Mizuna is sprouting within three days and sold in nine. Radishes are close to that. I am doing beets as well, usually Bull's Blood and will be trying out Arugula here soon. I sell each tray for 13.00. Locally a lot of growers are using 1020 trays which provide a bit more area and sell for around 15.00. I am hoping to sell micros at one of winter markets, fresh cut from a tray. Still working on the pricing there. My medium is a mix of river bottom sand (fine as mortar sand) with composted leaf/garden soil and 3+ year composted horse manure. it makes for a light fluffy material. Seed density is such that after I get the trays back I have a second growth which I eventually plan on feeding to chickens in a large rotation plan that I am hoping to start at a small scale in 2010. I figure the seed and micros are perfect for the chickens. Richard Stewart Carriage House Farm North Bend, Ohio An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855 (513) 967-1106 On Nov 10, 2009, at 10:42 AM, Curtis Millsap wrote:
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[Market-farming] starting out with micro-greens,
Curtis Millsap, 11/10/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] starting out with micro-greens,
Richard Stewart, 11/10/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] starting out with micro-greens,
breck, 11/11/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] starting out with micro-greens,
Richard Stewart, 11/11/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] starting out with micro-greens,
breck, 11/12/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] starting out with micro-greens,
Conrad, 11/14/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] starting out with micro-greens, Richard Stewart, 11/14/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] starting out with micro-greens,
Conrad, 11/14/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] starting out with micro-greens,
breck, 11/12/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] starting out with micro-greens,
Richard Stewart, 11/11/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] starting out with micro-greens,
breck, 11/11/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] starting out with micro-greens,
Richard Stewart, 11/10/2009
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