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Errin OH

02-07-2006 21:58:31




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Question - Anyone here grow vegetables beyond a small garden? I have been researching growing some Green Beans (bush type) and have a few questions.

Any takers?




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Markuss

02-08-2006 17:54:24




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 Re: OT High value crops in reply to Errin OH, 02-07-2006 21:58:31  
Where in Ohio are you located? I am in Columbus and I used to grow 1/4 acre of green beans by Toledo. Did OK, most of the times, marketing was the challenge. Email me if you want to discuss in more detail.



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Gary Schafer

02-08-2006 10:38:30




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 Re: OT High value crops in reply to Errin OH, 02-07-2006 21:58:31  
My Dad grew strawberries in Northern Wisconsin. He tried all types of different vegetable crops. Found the strawberries were the highest yield per acre of all. They are a lot of work but you can do ok with them. You must have irrigation.
Sold some to stores in the area but then went to just “pick your own”. You don’t get as much for them that way but there is much less hassle with labor, delivery, store needs etc.

By the way I still have lots of irrigation pipe for sale that was used for the strawberries if someone is in need.

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Gary

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730 virgil

02-08-2006 10:09:35




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 Re: OT High value crops in reply to Errin OH, 02-07-2006 21:58:31  
do you have farmers markets near you ? that is something that seems to work well near me
as others said labor is major concern something else that we hear about ; madison wi area are u- pick places needs to be fun type thing
for kids to keep families coming back organic veggies help too so it helps to be near a larger town or city



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Hugh MacKay

02-08-2006 08:45:55




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 Re: OT High value crops in reply to Errin OH, 02-07-2006 21:58:31  
Errin: I have grown bush beans commercially. I also had a major chain of supermarkets as my main buyer. The single biggest problem is timing. My buyer also bought from another grower who had somewhat different climate from me. Most of the time the supply demand was good, but when it went wrong it was damn wrong.

Growing bush beans is not excessively costly until you encounter picking them. I always advised my buyer to keep me as well informed as possible of their needs. It is a whole lot easier to let them rot in the field than in the cooler after you've spent $0.35 per lb. to have them picked.

I'm also convinced you need good crop rotation and be a good distance from soybeans to stay clear of bugs. Problem with the soybeans, there is usually 100 times the acreage, bugs stay spread out as long as soybeans are tender, then they all converge on your bush bean patch.

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PhilcaseinWPa

02-08-2006 06:46:55




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 Re: OT High value crops in reply to Errin OH, 02-07-2006 21:58:31  
Like everyone else has said you need to have a market. I don't know what you mean by a small garden but with just a few acres or less and the right market you can make money if you have the right crop. Most vegetables are labor intensive. Unless you are really big the wholesale market isn't worth it. A small diverse vegetable farm with a good retail market(s) or resturant trade can be profitable but be prepared to do a lot of hand labor and deal with people. If you just want to be a tractor jockey that isn't the choice for you. A lot of farmers can grow a good crop .... selling it is the problem. E mail me with specific questions but I don't grow a lot of green beans. Can't get people to pick or can't afford those willing to pick but other growers have told me they do ok paying pickers by a piece work method.

Phil

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Bill from MA

02-08-2006 09:24:35




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 Re: OT High value crops in reply to PhilcaseinWPa, 02-08-2006 06:46:55  
I have read in the paper that local guys here (N. E. Mass) have had great success growing ethnic vegatables. A slightly different take on the market issue.



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RickL

02-08-2006 06:02:59




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 Re: OT High value crops in reply to Errin OH, 02-07-2006 21:58:31  
Like all this stuff you better have a market and quick turn around because they won't keep long.good luck thats why I do it with the crop residue items,it will keep and have mor ehten one use for it etc. You HAVE TO HAVE MARKET OR NOTHING IS OF VALUE.



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tlak

02-08-2006 05:08:26




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 Re: OT High value crops in reply to Errin OH, 02-07-2006 21:58:31  
For all you have in them, they're all high value till you go to sell them.



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on clound nine man

02-07-2006 23:08:47




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 Re: OT High value crops in reply to Errin OH, 02-07-2006 21:58:31  
we grow Hemp man high value



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Doug Anderson

02-07-2006 22:40:04




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 Re: OT High value crops in reply to Errin OH, 02-07-2006 21:58:31  
Before the plow, you need:
Market,
Labor,
Irrigation.
Later,
Doug



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john in la

02-08-2006 05:05:13




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 Re: OT High value crops in reply to Doug Anderson, 02-07-2006 22:40:04  
Then after you have all that you still need all that high dollar precision equiptment.

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