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Post by Blueflint on Jul 8, 2008 7:13:37 GMT -5
I am looking for current prices people are charging this week on peppers: bananna, jalapeno, hungarian hot wax, small bell and pimento.
Thanks, Blueflint
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Post by canadamike on Jul 8, 2008 10:44:25 GMT -5
I'd send a phone call to Alan around lunch time if I was you, otherwise I am sure he will answer, but when exactly is another thing. His phone number is in the news from the farm thread, when you click on his CSA announcement.
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Post by Alan on Jul 9, 2008 22:32:13 GMT -5
Hey Blueflint, sorry it took me so long to reply. Usually, just depending on the demand and who the crowd is, we sell long sweet or long frying peppers anywhere from four for a dollar to six for a dollar. Bell peppers we generally charge anywhere from fifty cents a piece to seventy five. Of course we are in a somewhat depressed economy in Washington County so you can probably get more just depending on demand, timing, and location. I have seen them for much higher than that, but those are the prices I have been charging this year and last year.
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Post by ohiorganic on Aug 28, 2008 5:29:32 GMT -5
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Post by Blueflint on Sept 1, 2008 20:16:20 GMT -5
Here is a quick update. Spring was wet and cool then we turned off dry, almost as dry as last year and without irrigation, total loss was in order...pumpkins, winter squash, watermelon, canteloup and the second planting of sweet corn. Following are our current prices we are charging for produce:
Heirloom Tomatoes $3 a pound Cucumbers, two heirloom types, $1 each Bell peppers, green, purple, red, etc. $1 each Pimento Peppers 2 for $1 Jalapenos 6 for $1 Hungarian Hot Wax 6 for $1 Banana Peppers 6 for $1 Eggplant $2 each Okra $3 pound Sweet Corn (finishing our first planting) $4 a dozen Green Beans, 4 types available, $1.60 pound Yellow straightneck and zuchini, $1 each Yellow pattypan 2 for $1 Basil $2 a bunch
Blueflint
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Post by Alan on Sept 1, 2008 21:57:11 GMT -5
Nice pricelist blueflint. Just about on par with what we have been charging.
What about a bushel of corn?
Beans?
Tomatoes?
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Post by ohiorganic on Sept 2, 2008 5:39:21 GMT -5
Blueflint what is your customer base? Are you selling in Columbus/OSU? if not you should as the more educated the customer base the higher the price you can get. College towns are the best place to do a farmers market.
I think you are way low on your bean prices-I get $3 a pound and easily sell out. Local stores (Kroger/Wla-Mart/Marsh's) have green beans for $1.50 to $2 around here in rural western Ohio. Your ripe peppers should be higher as well- in the store they go for $2.00+ so why not charge $1.50 each on the red bells. After all, they take an additional 30 days over green peppers and you will lose at least 50% in that time to bug damage or bacterial rot so they need to be priced higher than green (unripe) peppers
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Post by Blueflint on Sept 5, 2008 20:42:20 GMT -5
We didn't get enough good corn to sell by the bushel due to the dry weather. We did manage to pay for the seed, fertilizer, fuel, machinery expense but that is about it. Beans did real well. Last weekend I picked them real clean, fertilized (first time this year) and watered in. With that and this wonderful rain today, I expect a real good flush of beans next week again. We get $38 a bushel and we got a lot of comments on the quality of our beans this year. Rare bean varieties are sold only by the pound and range from $2 to $4 a pound and we are done with those this year and are letting those beans finish up a fresh batch of seed. The only tomatoes I will sell in volume are splits...a couple weeks ago we had a nice rain and about 80% of near ripe tomatoes split from the sudden swell. I get $1 a pound for these in 5 gallon bucket quantities (no small amounts on these). Great for canning or freezing. Our bell peppers are small this year since we couldn't irrigate them and the extreme dry weather. With size down, price is down but they sell well. My pimentos are great this year along with the banana and hungarian hot wax. I don't put a lot of plants of these in as their selling is up and down from week to week. I agree with the loss on mature bell peppers...frustrating at times.
We sell a lot of produce here on the farm and also set up a stand once a week out on state route 32 and do well there. We are also selling at a farm market on the east side of Cincinnati this month. I agree about selling near colleges. I looked into selling in Wilmington but the market there is only for Clinton County grown produce which leaves us out as we are in Adams County.
We use little fertilizer and spray only when absolutely needed. Our farm stresses self sustainability and heirloom preservation. We produce the seed stock on 99% of what we grow and keep several batches of backup seed "just in case". Right now I have bean seed drying down along with processing tomato seed with more to come.
Got to run, Blueflint
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Post by ohiorganic on Sept 11, 2008 4:25:58 GMT -5
Blueflint, you know about the cincilocavore site/email list? You should join. This is a wonderful way to connect with people looking for local foods in the SW Ohio area. it has helped my business a lot. groups.yahoo.com/group/CinciLocavore/
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