Analyzing Microgreen Profits & Grow Costs 

Don't apologize dude It's the whole point of the video, part of how it works. Keep going

Can't believe how lucky I am to have stumbled upon your channel. As an up and coming microgreen grower and seller, I now have the missing piece to my business puzzle. The corn plastic clamshell is exactly the standard of packaging my business needs to set me apart from the rest. Thank you!

Love your passion and it shows. You always do well explaining. Thanks for all your videos! 👌🏼

@15:32 This is a lot of information and I really appreciate the fact that you took time to write it all down and make a video for those of us who are just getting started. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for all the information. I love numbers too! This really helps with crunching the numbers. I was putting the numbers on the shipping delivery throughout the states with the supplies and postage.

Wonderful video, full of great information! Not boring at all and you covered many things I didn't think of. Thank you! It was so good that I went down a rabbit hole watching all your videos and not sorry even one little bit! All are filled with great info and much better than the many other channels I've watched! Thanks so much for doing these, and hope you keep it up!

Excellent video, that’s the content most people are seeking! Thanks.

This video was great. Thanks for breaking down the costs in detail! You made me wanna get into microgreens.

This was great content . Thank you for sharing everything . I'm working on my setup etc. . I have bean growing for past two months and I love it . Your PDF file looks amazing very impressive . I was braking down my side of business and thank you for adding some additional costs that I haven't consider . Paper products are definitely best source I have their 12oz and 24oz containers . I'm using thermal printing for my labels 4W 3H size . Nothing fancy but in same time people don't pay for labels they pay for product plus its ink & BPA free cost on these is under 2c . If I would come out with plastic in my area they would lynch me LOL . Once again Thank you for sharing and keep up good work that you do with this channel .

Thanks for another great value-filled video! And thank you for choosing us for your compostable containers for all your Microgreens! As a fellow small business, we really appreciate it!

Such great and detailed information, thank you for sharing! Love all your content!

What great content, one of the best videos ive seen so far concerning the business side of microgreens. Thanks!

Great video, I love how you break down all the costs for us, including light. Thanks for sharing!😊

Numbers makes sense and gives much more clarity

Excellent video. These are all the factors I was thinking about to figure out the true cost per tray and get the net versus the gross.

This was SUCH a helpful video! Thank you for fleshing out the costs for this non-math person!!

This was an awesome breakdown thanks

Thank you for sharing this knowledge with us!

soil is $219/yard over 1000 trays Shop around buy in bulk. That is Canadian dollars so US it is more like $150. HP soil is shaved hardwood peat moss and compost. All you need is shaved hardwood and peat moss you could mix your own and save even more.

Excellent content, such helpful info! Thank you!!! 🎉🌱🌱🌱

Thankyou so much for sharing.great content 😊

Thank you for a lots of great information!

Thank you for this video!

Thank you so much. I want to start a business next year, so much to do.. thanks for your work

Amazing video my friend. You're a massive help

Another great video .Thank you

Another GREAT VIDEO!

Thank you so much!!!

I appreciate your content! Great delivery. It really matches my personality type as well (very detailed and intentional). I did want to note that your website appears to be down. I would love to check it out and the spreadsheet you reference. Also, would love to hear your thoughts on media; vegbed compared to coco coir.

Great job!

Great information, thank you

Thank you for helping us understand 👍 now putting all this money stuff on paper = I’m trying to teach myself the money trail paperwork for IRS = I can’t afford 800.00 accountant to do my yearly business taxes UNLESS I add that to what you’re teaching about cost to grow each tray sets the price I charge each container sold 👍 thank you for this video

Thanks a ton! 💚💚💙💙💜💜

Top notch!

I love all your videos, can you do a video how you price your restaurants

Great videos 🙌 have you explored growing with no medium? Also do you deliver direct to consumers?

Thanks for the great content! What size containers do you use for the various packaged weight of various products? thanks!

This was great info, thank you! How long did it take you to start turning a profit?

Amazing chanel

Cool video. Yeah, there is no one glove that fits all but once you know the things that need to be known, cost wise, and figured out how to calculate them, it is not magic. 🙂

A day early, what a pleasant surprise! Thanks for the video, I didn't think to include "wear and tear" and business explansion costs into my analysis. Will there be another video for this week, or was this the one? Again, thanks for these videos!

From the equatorial atoll nation of Kiribati, Thank You.

Do you have a video of how you transport the trays or a video of your actual day to day deliveries?

Dude you’re awesome

I've seen it in big farm packaging and we can do it too. For the same price, one package might contain 6 oz of Pea shoots, or 3 Oz of something less productive. Each product has the same profit margin, the customer dictates the demand.

You have super great information. I notice you keep apologizing about your presentation. First, passion is awesome, yours is both abundant and infectious. In spite of the many presentation/delivery mistakes, I still get hyped with the info you provide. There is an organization called Toastmasters. They are a group of people interested in or current toy involved in public speaking of some kind in their life be it omatuer or professional. I used to go to these meetings some 40 years ago and many of the skill discussed, then monitored in member speeches, resonated even until today. You might consider joining a chapter in your local area. You have grat presence. Never apologize for having notes. That is the professional way for documentary type casts like this. So that is one thing to never apologize for. First recommendation I would make for you is to slow at down. And breathe. Do some practice takes of video and monitor your pace. Your an ag specialist not nascar. Farmers like things slow and simple - you are awesome at simple. Count your use of speech crutches like ah, uh, um. I don't really remember hearing you using them. Also count whe or if your repeat a word or two - not really a stutter but an audible pause of repeat. The pace is going to be your main objective to overcome. Think David Attenborough for pace. Keep up the good work. You give me hope for your generation. 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🤠

Hydroponic mats use latex to glue them together and more people are allergic to Latex then wheat.

Complicated? This is the most simplistic business model ever man. What is complicated here?

Gratidão 🙏 Sou brasileiro e estou começando minha produção. Abc

Great info in this video. Where i live, i can buy 60 grams (~2 Oz) of biological microgreens for the dear sum of $2.18 at current exchange rate. Its packaged in plastic though. The profit margin must be real thin.

Again a great video! Good point to mention that also growth and wear and tear needs to be paid for! BTW, what printer is it you're using for your labels?

You're the only one that gave this reality check. Everyone needs to hear this. My reality check was when I ate my first batches of different plants I didn't really like them. But I am having fun.

You can get bags of OMRI certified soil through ACE hardware. My soil costs range from $.50 to $.60 per tray. I know your thoughts on soil vs. coir, though.

Hi. Sorry to hear about your recent surgery. I would really like to take a look at your product catalog, do you think you could provide me a working link to it? Thanks. Also, when using ocean magic do you use the suggested .5 oz per gallon ratio or something else?

In India, coir is about 2.5 dollars for 5 kgs

Where did you buy your fans on the racks?

Such a good and helpful video. Thank you so much! Ps. I also get really excited about the business aspect so I loved every minute of the video. 🙂

Do you sell at Farmer's Market? How many ounces in a container and for how much? thank you :)

Did I hear you say for about five restaurants you could generate about $3k per month in revs? If so, about how many trays on average are you growing each month?

It says page cannot connect when I try to select the Product Catalogue. Not sure if this link may be broken or outdated? Thank you for all your help by the way! You are like the male version of me lol

Love your content. I recently started growing for myself. Maybe I will try and make a business out of it in the future. But first I need to know how to grow and trouble shoot on the way. I have found a few things I did wrong already. Just for interest, how long did you grow for yourself before you started the growing to sell? Cheers from New Zealand.

Hello, how many Kilograms per month is a good amount to sell in order to have a sustainable business?

The link for the Catalog doesn't seem to be working for me. :(

Why do you have 3 grow lights per shelf compared to only one per shelf?

Thanks for another great video Peter! Would you say that the absorbent pad you are using are worth the investment? I've been using paper towels and it seemed there are still moisture at the top of the container.

I really like your video but I do not recall you building in your production labor costs and deriving a cost to include in your cost per tray

@Princeton Microgreens the container company you use is a bit expensive. Maybe look into good start packaging.

Hey, could you link me to the new coco coir you use, now that walmart is out of stock?

Wanna know.. how to treat microgreen after harvested.. i am a newbie bro.. I was current chef , and want to start microgreen bussiness

Can a person grow micro greens in a country that is high in humidity?

Wouldn't it be more for packaging if it's $2.00 for 4 containers and each tray can fill 8-10 containers?

There are way more costs that wasnt discussed and often forgotten about. Most of these will vary by location, but worth keeping in mind... permits, some states/municipalities will require permits. Farmers market stand fee. Utilities, now this one can get “ugly” and had it happen to a buddy. A medium sized home operation. Well his county found out and they made him pay commercial utilities for the time he was in operation plus fines and court fees due to zoning violations and the such. Make sure you do your homework. Because when you are dealing with the government triying to get their cut from your hard work, “I didn’t know” is not an excuse. But dont let it stop you either.

Also, wear and tear is generally not included in COGS, that's general overhead costs. Tray costs you could include in COGS, but lights, racks, expansion and such are not supposed to be a COGS item.

Do you use the 6x6x3 PLA clamshells by green paper products if so how much can you fit in it for example sunflower.

Your labels do look amazing. But I was wondering, what's your ROI for the label maker? If you're only saving 3 cents per label, at 1200 dollars for the printer, plus ink costs (say 1 cent per label maybe?). Your ROI comes in after you've printed 60,000 labels. Or somewhere around there.

I always ask myself how much seed I need for one 1020 tray. Do you only do by try and error? Our is there a good side where I can read it?

What label printer do you have?

Can you grow in sand

Hi ! I'm really worried seeing the price you pay for the plastic trays i see 120 euros for 30 trays. But 120 euros is the price for 240 trays shipping and tax includes !!!!

Why do the tips of my microgreens turn yellow? Help!

what is coyer, you talked about it alot..

hey i wouldnt say no to seeing the details and calculations. i also like math haha

2.2 LBS per Kilogram

Is he nervous or something?

you talking 25 min and only 5 of them are explaining the values...

This video could have easily been 10 minutes. Way too much rambling.