Post by templeton on May 28, 2015 22:49:10 GMT -5
Over the last 5 years I've been breeding peas.
I've now got what i reckon is a marketable commodity here in Australia, a robust deep purple snow pea, which if last years F6 crop was anything to go by, should be acceptable in terms of taste and size. North America and UK already have purple snow peas, but import laws make it expensive and time consuming to get them here, which is a barrier to entry in my market, Australia. I'm growing out ~ 80 plants, which should produce several thousand seed. Not enough for commercial crops, yet.
I have limited resources to grow large seed crops.
If I offer it to an alternative seed seller like Eden, based on their prices I'm likely to get $20 / kilo, say half of their wholesale price. I feel like it's worth more. How do you put a value on a new vege variety?
While I appreciate that folks here who sell seeds might wish to keep their commercial advantages private, I was wondering if anyone can offer generic advice on how I might take it to market?
There are another 3 varieties in the wings (2 more purples and a yellow), so it's not really a one off.
I don't need to make money out of it, but my ego needs continual stroking...
T
I've now got what i reckon is a marketable commodity here in Australia, a robust deep purple snow pea, which if last years F6 crop was anything to go by, should be acceptable in terms of taste and size. North America and UK already have purple snow peas, but import laws make it expensive and time consuming to get them here, which is a barrier to entry in my market, Australia. I'm growing out ~ 80 plants, which should produce several thousand seed. Not enough for commercial crops, yet.
I have limited resources to grow large seed crops.
If I offer it to an alternative seed seller like Eden, based on their prices I'm likely to get $20 / kilo, say half of their wholesale price. I feel like it's worth more. How do you put a value on a new vege variety?
While I appreciate that folks here who sell seeds might wish to keep their commercial advantages private, I was wondering if anyone can offer generic advice on how I might take it to market?
There are another 3 varieties in the wings (2 more purples and a yellow), so it's not really a one off.
I don't need to make money out of it, but my ego needs continual stroking...
T
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