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How many plants to grow?

9 years ago

So ive been gardening and selling vegetables for 3 years in the Tx Hill Country. Actually to be honest I let my boys sell them in a roadside vegetable stand (supervised of coarse), but ive been planning expansion. This winter I have added 14- 40'x4 beds in my garden, 4 - 20'x4' rooting beds, 2 uncovered and 2 covered. I have also built a 20x40 greenhouse to go with my smaller 20x20, and everything plumbed for irrigation. The idea behind this is to start a backyard nursery and have weekend plant/ vegetable sales. Around here growing really starts to kick off in March or even as early as February depending on the year, for example, yesterday just after Christmas we reached almost 80°F! I think I have the actual growing part down, but the trouble I am having is figuring out what, how many size of plants to sell. I have already come to the conclusion that many shrubs, ornamental grasses, ground cover ect. will take a couple years to be ready, but as a start I was thinking of getting my feet wet with vegetables. I have tried seeking advice from local nurseries, but most of them are not that willing to give advice to potential competition. So I am asking advice on What to grow that sells best (vegetables, herbs, ornamental, shrubs ect)? Whats a good number of plants to start with? What size to grow them to? And what to price them at? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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