O.P. varieties the plant buying consumer wants

PaulF · May 12, 2006

As a retired old guy growing and eating tomatoes along with you good people I have refined my tastes down to a paltry 40 or 50 varieties and I think I have lost sight of what the general open polinated/heirloom plant buying public would purchase from a nursery/greenhouse.

Let me explain a bit. A man and his wife operate a medium sized greenhouse/nursery in Northern Kansas and has grown mostly hydroponic tomatoes and sold hybrid plants, but has been getting interested in heirlooms the last couple of years. He approached me with the question, "How retired are you?" Then offered me the position of "Head of Tomato Operations" or something like that. What a perfect part-time job!

My duties, along with doing a lot of seed and dirt work, would be to grow, market and sell heirlooms to the general public. (I am assuming along with the biggers, betters and earlys, etc.)

Here it comes: how about if my network of friends give me a hand with what you think the heirlooms people out there would buy whether or not they have heard of heirlooms? Why go into this blind when I have 1000 friends to give an opinion?

Thanks,
Paul

May 12, 2006	#1
PaulF Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brownville, Ne Posts: 3,296	O.P. varieties the plant buying consumer wants As a retired old guy growing and eating tomatoes along with you good people I have refined my tastes down to a paltry 40 or 50 varieties and I think I have lost sight of what the general open polinated/heirloom plant buying public would purchase from a nursery/greenhouse. Let me explain a bit. A man and his wife operate a medium sized greenhouse/nursery in Northern Kansas and has grown mostly hydroponic tomatoes and sold hybrid plants, but has been getting interested in heirlooms the last couple of years. He approached me with the question, "How retired are you?" Then offered me the position of "Head of Tomato Operations" or something like that. What a perfect part-time job! My duties, along with doing a lot of seed and dirt work, would be to grow, market and sell heirlooms to the general public. (I am assuming along with the biggers, betters and earlys, etc.) Here it comes: how about if my network of friends give me a hand with what you think the heirlooms people out there would buy whether or not they have heard of heirlooms? Why go into this blind when I have 1000 friends to give an opinion? Thanks, Paul