CDEVIDAL,
1.) Approximately how much time per plant is spent pruning? Labor seems to take a big chunk out of profit on indeterminate toms. No pruning. Trellising does take time. Time depends on your method of support. You'll find out
2.) Sell any determinate varieties? I only sold early maturing determinites at farmers markets for early season sales (none to restaurants)
3.) Sell any hybrids? No
4.) Did you have to send the toms to a washer/sorter/packer before selling? No. We were not THAT big. We simply hand wiped each tomato with damp cloths.
5.) What was usually in your "sample tasting" box?
6.) Was it fancy-looking, like velvet-lined? ;-) No. We used the 1 layer 10 lb cardboard tomato boxes.
7.) What was usually in your "restaurant sales" box? A selection of multiple colors (at least 6 colors minimum) from our "restaurant quality" variety list. This list usually included > 100 varieties.
Bill