squash blossoms????

[Granite26]

OK, so I have a customer that wants to buy summer squash blossoms. Everything I read says they only keep a very short time and need to be used immediately. This would make it impossible to supply them.
Anyone tried taking blossoms to market? How did you keep them in a good state and what the heck did you charge?
Thanks

[feldon30]

I don't have personal experience but did find an article:

http://www.harvestwizard.com/2007/06...h_blossom.html

[Fred Hempel]

We sell 10 blossoms for $5.

They are collected in the morning, placed in clamshells and stored in an ice-chest.

If kept refrigerated, they keep for 4 or 5 days.

[Worth1]

Originally Posted by Fred Hempel

We sell 10 blossoms for $5.

They are collected in the morning, placed in clamshells and stored in an ice-chest.

If kept refrigerated, they keep for 4 or 5 days.

Sounds like a good deal, I just read where they sold from $1.00 to $5.00 a piece.


Worth

[Granite26]

Thanks for the replies.
I was seeing 50 cents each as a pretty common price.
I guess they keep a little longer than I thought.

[biscgolf]

i sell a lot of them to restaurants at $6/dozen but have had zippo luck with them at the market at 50 cents apiece (or any price for that matter)... fred is spot on on the methodology...

[Fred Hempel]

They are an item that is hard to sell at the market, but we throw extras from the week into CSA boxes and they are appreciated.

Originally Posted by biscgolf

i sell a lot of them to restaurants at $6/dozen but have had zippo luck with them at the market at 50 cents apiece (or any price for that matter)... fred is spot on on the methodology...

[Petronius_II]

Really nice article, Feldon, thanks for linking it.

[Jeannine Anne]

If you are growing for blossoms. Butter Blossom is a good variety, it produces mega amounts of male blossoms which most cooks prefer but very few female and therefore very little fruit, usually covered in male blossom thoug.

XX Jeannine

[stonysoilseeds]

i tried selling squah blossoms this summer at my local market as i personally always use them.. i did make a few sales out of curiosity and explaing my recipes. i picked them right before going to market while the flowers will still open and kept them cool. some customers returned the next week wanting them but they were not a great hit in my area

[stonysoilseeds]

in my area i had pblms selling them 4 for a buck and they were big zuchinni blossoms too