Hey Muskoka!
You can find our locally grown specialty cut flowers every Wednesday at the Gravenhurst Farmers Market and every Friday at the Rosseau Farmers Market!
How profitable is it to grow tulips?
This year we are breaking it down to see what worked and what didn’t, and whether tulips should be part of our growing plans in the future.
Every grower is different in terms of their purchase price and sales outlets but we are hoping our breakdown can help others in the same boat!
This is our basic breakdown, and does not include our labour to plant, harvest, market, deliver etc. those points will be included in this series of tulip videos!
Breakdown here 👇🏼
Exotic Emperor Tulips:
• purchased 400 bulbs for .41 cents or $164.00 CDN
• sold $215.60 to florists and $344.65 direct to consumer
• TOTAL PROFIT $396.25
Purple Prince Tulips
• purchased 200 bulbs for .33 cents or $66.00 CDN
• sold $50.85 to florists and $155.00 direct to consumer
• TOTAL PROFIT $139.85
These are the first 2 variety’s to bloom of 7 variety’s planted. This year we planted a total of 1500 bulbs with the goal to sell as many stems as quickly as possible. Last season we grew 4500 tulips and lost many flowers in storage, some to disease in the field, found our consumers got tulip fatigue and sales were not as quick, nor did we sell wholesale to florists. On top of this it was an incredible amount of work to harvest 4500 tulips over a few weeks. Hence why we scaled our planting down and are breaking it down this season to see what works and doesn’t work!
Let us know if you have any questions in the comments!
How profitable is it to grow tulips?
This year we are breaking it down to see what worked and what didn’t, and whether tulips should be part of our growing plans in the future.
Every grower is different in terms of their purchase price and sales outlets but we are hoping our breakdown can help others in the same boat!
This is our basic breakdown, and does not include our labour to plant, harvest, market, deliver etc. those points will be included in this series of tulip videos!
Breakdown here 👇🏼
Exotic Emperor Tulips:
• purchased 400 bulbs for .41 cents or $164.00 CDN
• sold $215.60 to florists and $344.65 direct to consumer
• TOTAL PROFIT $396.25
Purple Prince Tulips
• purchased 200 bulbs for .33 cents or $66.00 CDN
• sold $50.85 to florists and $155.00 direct to consumer
• TOTAL PROFIT $139.85
These are the first 2 variety’s to bloom of 7 variety’s planted. This year we planted a total of 1500 bulbs with the goal to sell as many stems as quickly as possible. Last season we grew 4500 tulips and lost many flowers in storage, some to disease in the field, found our consumers got tulip fatigue and sales were not as quick, nor did we sell wholesale to florists. On top of this it was an incredible amount of work to harvest 4500 tulips over a few weeks. Hence why we scaled our planting down and are breaking it down this season to see what works and doesn’t work!
Let us know if you have any questions in the comments!
How profitable is it to grow tulips?
This year we are breaking it down to see what worked and what didn’t, and whether tulips should be part of our growing plans in the future.
Every grower is different in terms of their purchase price and sales outlets but we are hoping our this breakdown can help others in the same boat!
This is our basic breakdown, and does not include our labour to plant, harvest, market, deliver etc. those points will be included in this series of tulip videos!
Breakdown here 👇🏼
Exotic Emperor Tulips:
• purchased 400 bulbs for .41 cents or $164.00 CDN
• sold $215.60 to florists and $344.65 direct to consumer
• TOTAL PROFIT $396.25
Purple Prince Tulips
• purchased 200 bulbs for .33 cents or $66.00 CDN
• sold $50.85 to florists and $155.00 direct to consumer
• TOTAL PROFIT $139.85
These are the first 2 variety’s to bloom 7 variety’s planted. This year we planted a total of 1500 bulbs with the goal to sell as many stems as quickly as possible. Last season we grew 4500 tulips and lost some in storage, some to disease in the field, found our consumers got tulip fatigue and sales were not as quick, nor did we sell wholesale to florists. On top of this it was an incredible amount of work to harvest 4500 tulips over a few weeks. Hence why we scaled our planting down and are breaking it down this season to see what works and doesn’t work!
Let us know if you have any questions in the comments!
‼️ 21 days until Spring ‼️
Ahhhhh we’re not ready!!! Anyone else?
Top 5 reasons we love growing Snapdragons!
1. They are hardy annuals, which means we can plant them out before our last frosts and get blooms even earlier in the season! This is very important when growing in zone 4B with such a short growing season!
2. They have a great vase life. This is so important, as we want our market bouquets to last as long as possible to gain repeat customers! Also great to rely on blooms for wedding work knowing they can be stored for lengths of time before being used.
3. Snaps are great for straight bunches at the Farmers market! We always love to have bunches or singles of flowers available for those that aren’t looking for a bouquet and these babies do incredibly well!
4. Pollinators love them! Nothing cuter than coming across a bee snuggled up inside a snapdragon floret having a snooze.
5. Snapdragons are cut and come again flowers, meaning when you cut the stem, another one grows. If you pinch them back early in the season and continue to make deep long cuts on the stems, they will continue to provide until our first frosts in the Fall!
What do you love about snapdragons?
