Crop Focus: Salad Turnips (Hakurei)
Average yield per 30″x25′ bed: 50 lbs. Can yield up to 70 lbs!
Sold at $6 per pound or .5 lb bunches at $3 each.
Planted at 10 rows per bed using the Jang seeder (YYJ24 roller)
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I'm learning a lot from you, Curtis. I have two questions that I hope you'll answer and if not maybe someone in the comments can help me out. (1) When is the best time to buy your seeds for the coming season? (2) Where do I begin to figure out my irrigation requirements and the kind of system that best suits my situation? Thanks a bunch!
Such a great way to explain how you can make money off urban vegetables.
helpful? ooh my yes! thank you!
True capitalism is awesome, not the crony kind that the MSM sells as capitalism.
I've watched this video twice (so far) and tried to like it multiple times….FANTASTIC INFORMATION!!!!! thank you so much
Do you sell the greens as well? or just the turnips?
How do you like the jang seeder? Does it work if there is plant material left over or does it need to have a perfect seed bed?
Funny in southern US you would get more from the greens than the root.
My first curiosity is do you have a video discussing things that have went wrong. For instance you lease land from someone and your crops were damaged by someone related to the person you lease from or even a stranger vandalize their property? Hope that makes sense.
I gardened organically for 50 years. I found it necessary to mulch with a lot of composted grass clippings all year, and later I mulched in the fall with shredded leaves + clippings. This turned out well. My topsoil got richer every year. I haven't heard any mention of how the soil is enriched in any videos.
Hi Curtis!
Do you track average amount of hours you spend on a bed per season?
And if so, do you take into account the amount of time needed to produce (seed, harvest, clean, etc) each crop?
Tank you!
This is a q. not for Curtis. ๐
Im a start up market farmer in Sweden, looking for a source of Hakurei seeds in Europe. No one have it.. ๐ If anyone have a source in Europe, please tell. ๐
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Any update for this planned??
Where do you get your bulk seeds from?
Does your book cover how to sell your crops?
How would you recommend to store full turnips (with greens) until they get to market?
Help me, Curtis! I can not find any Hakurei turnips seeds in Germany. Where do you buy yours?
How do you feel about transplanting these?