I'm writing this down for my own benefit: 350 plants, planted 2 feet apart, yielded 9000 lbs of tomatoes. Which works out to 26 pounds per plant. Priced between $3.75-$2.75 until July. Then $3 for "#1s". $41k gross revenue. For just one product .
Very good advice you can grow all you want but if you can't sell it it's not going to work a lot of farming isn't farming its marketing keep up the good work bud
Man i am really sorry about your father i feel ya my father left to be with his father in January but your ok you sound ok thats good!! Life must go on!!! Glad you are doin some videos!!! Keep your head up!!!
@@farmerdre1 I used to be a semi commercial beekeeper and there is saying that the most important asset of a beekeeper is his back, and yes, you need a healthy back to lift boxes of bees, combs and honey all day. Take care.
You did real well this year with only one tunnel producing a good crop! Will you be planting starts in December again - really enjoyed following the whole growing process. Thanks.
Keep up the good work. You will get there just have faith mate and Look after your back call on your mates to help out. When does your weather start to turn cold?.
Good Job man! Love the vids. If you can get Bell Peppers to over-winter in there... you can make some money too. They will live up to 3 years. IDK what kind of production that they would have... but bet the second year would be better than the first. Perhaps try a single "trial run" row?
Organic is not that profitable. A lot of work, but nobody wants to pay premium price for the product. And organic is not perfect looking. People are used to perfect looking produce.
I’m putting in a 39 x 96 NRCS hi tunnel over the winter. Plan on putting in Big Beef, Red Deuce and a few Sungolds Your videos have been a great help. Thanks, Dre!
I love sungolds, but have had a hard time selling them. Heirlooms cherkee purple and pinks such as june pink and german johnson sell really well here in NC. Big Beef is a good field variety and is very disease resitant. Mt. Glory , Mt. Spring are determinates good for high tunnel very good yields and only get about 3.5 to 4 foot tall
Gene i understand. I am going all in and grafting my tomatoes. The family loved Black Crim but can’t sell them at the market. Everyone wants big slicers. Big beef, Big Dena and Red Deuce will be my go tos. Sungold just for us
Good info. Have you ever sold produce at a produce auction? There is a large produce auction about 2 hours from us, and because people from New York, New Jersey, Philly, etc. buy there, the auction prices there are what our retail prices are in my area (we live in an area with a lower population).
Is that where guys go to unload for the season if they've got too much to sell reasonably quickly to other more lucrative outlets? Seems like a guy wouldn't dump his haul there unless that's the only place within reasonable distance where they could unload him..Geographical disadvantages?
a store that shall remain nameless has gotten people around here so used to cheap food that the residents wont pay a living wage for farmers to make a living!
Determinate tomatoes are great. do a mixture of Rutgers-style slicers for your area, and cherry tomatoes like sungold, sakura, or mountain magic. Don't know where you live, but if you live in an area where tomatoes are do well, those varieties are always extremely high producers and high flavor
Notice the side roll downs. They provide massive fae during the day. My green houses are similar design and unless night time Temps drop below 60 I generally leave them open. Even in the middle of summer with no fans I run at most 5°over ambient
You can command over $3/lb, are you kidding? Never seen tomatoes over $2/lb at any grocery stores....... I am happy if I can get $0.5/lb wholesale.....