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Originally Posted by BigVanVader
French breakfast radish is the best to grow for sales. Quick turnaround and very uniform. Selling bagged lettuce is a huge undertaking if your going to do it for sales. I likely won't wash mine this year. Just not worth it. Mini heads sell really well. The ones from Johnnys are great. I'm moving to more heads and less mix. They get the same $ and wayyyyyy less work.
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I have 3 or 4 different radishes to try. Speaking of, need to get the seed going.
Yeah, the whole lettuce thing is a real struggle for me. Heads vs. Cut.
I like the idea of cut, because lets be honest, customers are lazy. But it certainly does entail more work. On the other hand, if you do a cut and come again lettuce, then your at a minimum doubling your money. If not possibly tripling or quadrupling. Assuming all the stars align and it doesnt bolt.
Heads on the other hand are tempting because as you said, lot less work. Just pluck and sell. But what you see is what you get.
You mentioned Johnny's. Last year I tried the Rex Variety Lettuce in a homebrew hydroponic rail system.
I wasnt terribly impressed. Small heads, and although they are claimed to be perfect for hydro in a greenhouse, they bolted faster then a couple of other misc. varieties that I had.
Decisions decisions.