Holy Moly......
Went a little crazy. Finding room may be a challenge. I can get them started, but may need to re-look the raised beds and containers, he, he, he.
Along with the usual suspects in determinate and indeterminate varieties....
Brown Berry cherry
Chocalate Cherry cherry
Cupid cherry
Gold Nugget Cherry
Lemon Drop cherry
Riesentraube cherry
Mexico Midget cherry
Delizia ind.
Fantom det.
Tomande Ind.
Granny Smith Ind.
Caspian Pink Ind.
Ooooh lala.
Most of them chunky determinates will be in 5 gallon containers. They sit right on the front porch for easy access and enviro control.erlyberd wrote:At least with the Determinates you can utilize pots to save space. I too am going over board this year! At least were having fun.
Once you circle the first variety for ordering, the flood gates seem to open up.
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Halfway,
Just my 2 cents.
I grew Chocolate cherry last year and so did some of the other vendors.
Customers seemed to shy away from both the plants and the fruit. The plants that didn't sell went into my garden for produce sales. Most of the fruit split before ripening. The ones that didn't split had a muddy look to them.
Golden Nugget, Now this one was a hit and will be planted again this year.
You may also look at Sun Gold. Very popular last year. Lost many sales for not having this variety.
Eric
Just my 2 cents.
I grew Chocolate cherry last year and so did some of the other vendors.
Customers seemed to shy away from both the plants and the fruit. The plants that didn't sell went into my garden for produce sales. Most of the fruit split before ripening. The ones that didn't split had a muddy look to them.
Golden Nugget, Now this one was a hit and will be planted again this year.
You may also look at Sun Gold. Very popular last year. Lost many sales for not having this variety.
Eric
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I would highly suggest Black Cherry as well
That is a lot of Cherry Tomatoes I hope you have a lot of room.
If you are using pots or buckets you may want ot check out the local nursery's for unwanted pots they may have. I got a bunch of 5 - 10 gallon pots last year as well as a ton of starter size pots all for free. Just and idea.
That is a lot of Cherry Tomatoes I hope you have a lot of room.
If you are using pots or buckets you may want ot check out the local nursery's for unwanted pots they may have. I got a bunch of 5 - 10 gallon pots last year as well as a ton of starter size pots all for free. Just and idea.
Black Cherry is also going to be new to me this year.
Good tip Gix, I also get free pots, six packs and smaller ones that people throw over the bank at the local cemetary. Its recycling and it helps keep the area clean.
I also scored nicely on craigs list last year. A woman gave me hundreds of pots for free in one gal sizes and up! She had thousands of them. I was selling tomatoes in like 8" gallon pots for $2.50 each. Hoping for many repeat customers with deals like that. Time will tell.
Good tip Gix, I also get free pots, six packs and smaller ones that people throw over the bank at the local cemetary. Its recycling and it helps keep the area clean.
I also scored nicely on craigs list last year. A woman gave me hundreds of pots for free in one gal sizes and up! She had thousands of them. I was selling tomatoes in like 8" gallon pots for $2.50 each. Hoping for many repeat customers with deals like that. Time will tell.
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If they are organic plants, that may not be enough. I sell my starts in 4" pots for $1.50. When I up pot to 6", they are $4.00.I was selling tomatoes in like 8" gallon pots for $2.50 each. Hoping for many repeat customers with deals like that. Time will tell.
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