I was afraid you were ignoring the "labor" factor in your calculations until you finally mentioned it. From what I see in your operation you have enormous personal labor invested in this. Its a good thing you love it! Whatever it may be, you look to be doing an excellent job.
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Originally Posted by PureHarvest
Thanks guys.
I'm calling a florist today that has 4 locations.
Hoping they will be interested in some dahlias, as I hope to have hundreds of marketable stems.
Sunflowers aren't that big of a deal, as I don't have that many and the seeds are dirt cheap and were my only purchased input.
My goal has been to see if I could turn a marketable crop. I would be happy just sharing the sunflowers with folks to put a smile on their face and have color in my office and at home.
Now, the Dahlias I have a around $800 bucks in, so I need to sell a bunch of them to at least break even.
I may just have to make the 2 hour drive to south Jersey to the floral distributor (if they will buy my dahlias) to move the quantity I will have.
If that works out, I may plant two tunnel's worth next year to make the trip worth it and pay a driver to make the trip. We'll see what the season brings with bugs, disease, quality and labor...
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