It gets dark here by 6:00, at least on overcast days. The air is chilly, no snowfall to go shovel or play in. Not much else to do but to plan for next year.
Keep in mind, I'm the eternal optimist, the kid who walk into a room full of manure and figure there is a pony (or a calf!) there waiting for me.
So this is my mad plan for this winter, next spring.
Buy 5 288-cell plant starting trays. Will fit in less than 8 sq. ft. and costs only $13.
Once they get three sets of leaves, transplant them. 30 36-cell trays ($54) and 300 3" plastic pots ($105).
I'll need eight 105-watt CFL lights @ $25 ea. - $200. Add in the seeds (~$100) and the electricity to grow them for 2.5 months ($100) and I'm up to total costs of less than $500. That's a chunk of change, at least for me, though I already have some of the stuff I need.
But, on the optimistic side, I'll have over 1,300 plants to sell and I hope to average $3 per plant. So I'll make a decent return on investment.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Mike
This will give me 1,380 plants to sell
Keep in mind, I'm the eternal optimist, the kid who walk into a room full of manure and figure there is a pony (or a calf!) there waiting for me.
So this is my mad plan for this winter, next spring.
Buy 5 288-cell plant starting trays. Will fit in less than 8 sq. ft. and costs only $13.
Once they get three sets of leaves, transplant them. 30 36-cell trays ($54) and 300 3" plastic pots ($105).
I'll need eight 105-watt CFL lights @ $25 ea. - $200. Add in the seeds (~$100) and the electricity to grow them for 2.5 months ($100) and I'm up to total costs of less than $500. That's a chunk of change, at least for me, though I already have some of the stuff I need.
But, on the optimistic side, I'll have over 1,300 plants to sell and I hope to average $3 per plant. So I'll make a decent return on investment.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Mike
This will give me 1,380 plants to sell
