Call out to any Kentucky market growers.

PA_Julia · December 4, 2016

Hi,

This coming season will be our first selling for market.

Our primary seller will be tomatoes followed by bell, sweet and hot peppers, carrots, bush beans,cucumbers, crooked neck squash, fennel, leeks, okra and onions.

We are also planning to also sell tomato and pepper starts and some flower starts as well.

What have your prices been set at for your area?

What has your 2016 season seen?

We are in western Kentucky in the town of Princeton which is located 50 miles east of Paducah.

Any help is deeply appreciated!!

Cole_Robbie · December 5, 2016

I'm about 50 miles west of Paducah. Here is the fb page of my market:
https://www.facebook.com/Carbondale-...64892/?fref=ts

Hopefully, you have a fb account so you can see their page. You can see a lot of prices in the pics posted. Overall, prices tend to be very low, on a national perspective. I get $2 a pound for most of the tomatoes I sell, regardless of them being heirlooms. If I don't match the going market rate for tomatoes, then I sell very few.

I sell plants in the spring in 4" pots for $2 or 3 for $5. For 1-gallon pots, I get $5. Almost no one buys six-packs of garden plants.

kygreg · December 7, 2016

I live in Hopkinsville which as you know is about 30 miles from you; at the farmers market in the spring tomatoes bring $2.99 lb. The most popular variety is Cherokee Purple; these are grown in green houses are large fruits; in summer the going price is $2 lb. although I don't sell produce, I think selling tomato seedlings would be more profitable than the fruits but am not sure if the demand would be as great.

PA_Julia · December 7, 2016

Thank you, both of you for such helpful information!!! I will post my progress.

PA_Julia · December 7, 2016

Cole-Robbie, yes I do have a Facebook account and have been looking at their page. Thank you for the link!!! Very helpful!!

December 4, 2016	#1
PA_Julia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Princeton, Ky Zone 7A Posts: 2,208	Call out to any Kentucky market growers. Hi, This coming season will be our first selling for market. Our primary seller will be tomatoes followed by bell, sweet and hot peppers, carrots, bush beans,cucumbers, crooked neck squash, fennel, leeks, okra and onions. We are also planning to also sell tomato and pepper starts and some flower starts as well. What have your prices been set at for your area? What has your 2016 season seen? We are in western Kentucky in the town of Princeton which is located 50 miles east of Paducah. Any help is deeply appreciated!! __________________ Personal Best- 4.46 LB Big Zac 2013

December 5, 2016	#2
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	I'm about 50 miles west of Paducah. Here is the fb page of my market: https://www.facebook.com/Carbondale-...64892/?fref=ts Hopefully, you have a fb account so you can see their page. You can see a lot of prices in the pics posted. Overall, prices tend to be very low, on a national perspective. I get $2 a pound for most of the tomatoes I sell, regardless of them being heirlooms. If I don't match the going market rate for tomatoes, then I sell very few. I sell plants in the spring in 4" pots for $2 or 3 for $5. For 1-gallon pots, I get $5. Almost no one buys six-packs of garden plants. Last edited by Cole_Robbie; December 5, 2016 at 07:43 PM.

December 7, 2016	#4
PA_Julia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Princeton, Ky Zone 7A Posts: 2,208	Thank you, both of you for such helpful information!!! I will post my progress. __________________ Personal Best- 4.46 LB Big Zac 2013

December 7, 2016	#5
PA_Julia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Princeton, Ky Zone 7A Posts: 2,208	Cole-Robbie, yes I do have a Facebook account and have been looking at their page. Thank you for the link!!! Very helpful!! __________________ Personal Best- 4.46 LB Big Zac 2013

December 7, 2016	#3
kygreg Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: kentucky Posts: 1,019	I live in Hopkinsville which as you know is about 30 miles from you; at the farmers market in the spring tomatoes bring $2.99 lb. The most popular variety is Cherokee Purple; these are grown in green houses are large fruits; in summer the going price is $2 lb. although I don't sell produce, I think selling tomato seedlings would be more profitable than the fruits but am not sure if the demand would be as great.