Welcome back to HuwsNursery. Today’s video is about saving money through growing high-value crops which are crops that cost a lot in the shop. This video will be focused on the easy high-value crops to grow and I will be using Swiss Chard as an example. I hope you enjoy this video and please expand this description box for more information…
Formula for working out the minimum you can save:
1) Find the cost of selected crop per Kilogram or Pound (For example £7.50kg / $3.40Ib)
2) How much a seed packet costs (£1.40 / $2)
3) Work out 40% of the seed count (200 x 0.4 = 80) – Estimated percentage which will grow and produce a crop
4) Find out average crop yield (250g / 9oz)
5) Multiply the average crop yield by how many plants have grown (250g x 80 = 20kg)
6) Finally multiply the total crop yield by how much it costs for the same unit of measurement (20kg x £7.50 = £150
Further reading (Will vary across the globe):
http://www.cheapvegetablegardener.com/most-profitable-plants-in-your/
http://eartheasy.com/blog/2011/01/top-6-most-cost-effective-vegetables-to-grow/
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Thank you Huw for for sharng your sound and good practical knowledge as usual. Good video
Great video. And s lot of those veggies can live more than one year even in my zone 6 with coverage. So it can get even cheaper.
Wow! Your Swiss Chard plants are very close together– I must be spacing mine out too far apart. And, I always buy mine already started from the nursery. It would be great to see how you start them.
That's a great tip to see how much you can save by growing chard at home as appose to purchasing it !
For those of you who are looking for cheap seed packs try seedsnow.com. All their seeds are organic non-gmo. They are a bit cheaper because the packs offer less seeds. The pollinating buggies will thank you
I love growing swiss chard. It grows well in my aquaponics.
We love Swiss chard too! It's really amazing how much money you can save by growing your own. Thanks, Huw!
I appreciate the video and your formula as well. Seems to be very useful indeed. Thank you very much for sharing. It's a shame that my Swiss Chard always seems to taste very bitter. I'm not sure if its because of my soil PH or maybe it was just the variety that I was growing at the time. Either way, I'll keep trying (if I don't eat it, the worms love it. LOL)… Thanks again for the video. Hope you have a great day
Excellent video Huw. Two factors that were not taken into consideration though. Firstly the loss of produce from insect damage, birds, rabbits etc. that can make a vast difference to the yield, particularly when using organic growing methods, but on the bright side, you didn't evaluate the virtue of saving your own seed, which would mean an initial outlay of zero for your seeds.
Those damn slugs ate all my chard and spinach before I could!
very informative huw thanks for sharing.
Growing first lot of swiss chard this year, never knew it cost so much, will purchase some more seed now, thank you.
Hello Huw What a great channel. You often emphasise the health benefits of the vegetables that can be grown but there are also health benefits in the actual process of growing even in small spaces. Gardening has been shown to reduce depression and stress and increase mental well being as well as providing healthy exercise. I am told a surgery in London has a small garden attached where patients can benefit from gardening. Many disabled pensioners like myself benefit from growing vegetables in a small garden. Your tips are really useful thank you.
Swiss Chard is power house of nutrition and both cold and heat hardy, prolific too. I can eat fast enough from my garden.
Ta much! I always like to watch. However, I think you got the maths wrong. At £7+ for the green, it will make the US conversion to much more than $3+. Should it have been the other way around? Anyways, keep em growing.
Great tip. Growing at home really pays especially for the high value crops as you've mentioned. For instance, the heirloom organic tomatoes I grow sell in the store for about 4.99 a pound during summer. The saving add up.
Great info and video, thanks for sharing!
I would like if you check out my channle
Last year I planted 2 Swiss chard plants and I harvested them every other week. I had enough from those two to feed 4 people per meal/per harvest all summer, fall, and into late December. It's a wonderful plant!
Thanks Huw!
Great video
thank you Stephen, this was enlightening and makes me feel ashamed I haven't worked harder to get more swiss chard growing. I love it also and it does grow so easily. thnx for sharing.
If people like swiss chard may i humbly suggest they check out growing some chinese leafy veg like pak choi, mustard, tatsoi, choi sum/flowering rape. Find a variety that is resistant to bolting and they grow surprisingly well and fast. Their taste and tenderness is superior to swiss chard imo. They germinate even faster than swiss chard.
Those are quite expensive to buy in the shops (quality often sucks too) and the shop grown ones are quite inferior to even ones i grow in scottish weather.
Great vid, thank you
good job lad
I grew rainbow chard in my back garden for the first time this past year (2015). I couldn't believe how much I was getting off of each plant. I'd cut the stems from the outside and it just kept producing. I had so much of it I ended up composting half of it!
Sadly though, I didn't like it but forced myself to eat it to minimise the waste. As a result, I won't be growing it again, which is such a shame as it's so easy to grow and prolific!
Keep up the good work. Really nice that you've compared both US and UK measurements. Very informational!
How do you sell them?
Thanks for your videos. What other veggies to you recommend that grow fast & are high yielding?
You can save a lot of money by growing your own fruits and vegetables right in your backyard or in flower pots. The price of a pack of seeds is almost equivalent to what you would pay for a single vegetable or fruit at the store, saving you hundreds of dollars each season! It's great knowing exactly what you're putting in your body as well!
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