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Barb_FL · February 7, 2021

I'm small scale, but last year pre-covid, I would hold a 1-1.5 hour table / garage sale of just tomatoes and did the same for a plant sale.

This season, starting late in September I sold plants and advertised on Facebook Marketplace, Nextdoor, and a couple of times craigslist.

I was going to do an experiment with Better Boy (Dave Freeman - the tomato guy), so I had a lot of BB plants. What I found out is that people like to buy what they have heard of.

I sold all my plants for the same price $5 in a 4" square container. When the plant was too large for the 4" square, I transplanted to a 6" round container, but that required more potting mix, etc and me holding the plant longer.

What really works well in November is selling plants where the people can taste the tomatoes as-in SunGold, and the rest of the cherries.

February 7, 2021	#14
Barb_FL Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Indialantic, Florida Posts: 2,000	I'm small scale, but last year pre-covid, I would hold a 1-1.5 hour table / garage sale of just tomatoes and did the same for a plant sale. This season, starting late in September I sold plants and advertised on Facebook Marketplace, Nextdoor, and a couple of times craigslist. I was going to do an experiment with Better Boy (Dave Freeman - the tomato guy), so I had a lot of BB plants. What I found out is that people like to buy what they have heard of. I sold all my plants for the same price $5 in a 4" square container. When the plant was too large for the 4" square, I transplanted to a 6" round container, but that required more potting mix, etc and me holding the plant longer. What really works well in November is selling plants where the people can taste the tomatoes as-in SunGold, and the rest of the cherries.