Discuss your tips, tricks and experiences growing and selling vegetables, fruits, flowers, plants and herbs.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Broken Arrow, oklahoma
Posts: 23
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How much to charge for garlic scapes this week?
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Mid-Atlantic right on the line of Zone 7a and 7b
Posts: 1,369
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A guy near me who grows 7 acres of garlic sells scapes in a bag with a label for $4.99.
It holds 4 ounces of scapes. I throw mine on the ground after I pull them. They are not worth the time to drive around selling them. If I was in a market every week though, I'd probably bunch about 10 stems together and put a rubber band around them and sell them for 3-4 dollars. When you add it all up though, is it worth the labor for how many you end up selling? |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Posts: 6,794
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Always interesting to see the difference in different places.. a bundle of 5 scapes sells for $3 at our markets here.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Near Philadelphia, PA
Posts: 1,940
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CAD no less!
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Newfoundland, Canada
Posts: 6,794
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2021
Location: Madison, WI
Posts: 21
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Old thread I know.. but I can't imagine throwing garlic scapes on the ground. That's my favorite part of the plant and the whole reason I grow garlic. I can get bulbs anywhere, scapes I can only get a few times a year. I grill them, or throw in food processor and make a garlic scape pesto. Or mix with butter for a nice garlic spread. As for the what they are worth, they sell for about $2 a bunch at my local market. That's maybe 5-10 scapes. Given a whole bulb typically only sells for $1, I would think selling the scapes would boost profit about 25%.
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