Growing veggies

[Andy Bittner]

I plant to grow vegtable plants and vegtables for sale next season. Anyone know if there are any extra forms to fill out with the state or county? I have been growing perennials, roses, and shrubs and get a yearly visit from the county.

 

[Michael Pawelek]

Andy, You will probably have to check locally to find the rules for your particular area. Where I am in Texas you have to have a nursery license to grow and sell vegetable plants, and get inspected annually, but nothing to sell the actual vegetables. Go figure? I assume just selling the vegetables makes one a common farmer here in Texas! :)

[Eric Rohloff]

Typically perennials need a license at least in Michigan. Other plants get inspected for disease and any other pest by the MDA.

Your info would be found here.

http://www.agri.ohio.gov/plant/?div=plantpest.htm

[Andy Bittner]

Thanks. Anyone else grow vegetables? Any tips on storage ect?

[Michael Pawelek]

I have sold vegetables commercially, and canned vegetables for my family, for over 35 years. One of the huge problems when you have a successful crop is that you have to sell it really quick as the shelf life for many vegetables is really short unless you have adeqaute cold storage which is another subject all to itself considering the cost of electricity currently. :) I've tried staggering vegetable crops in the past at my location but because it gets so hot so soon in late Spring and the fact we may have a unusually early freeze in Fall one crop per season has worked the best in my case.

[Chris Sawyer]

The Packer puts out a book each year on veggies... It will tell you the proper storage temp, est. shelf life, and all the other standards a producer needs to know. I have ice machine and walk-in cooler and tend to lean to those crops that use my infrastructure to the max.. i.e. broccoli, collards need ice to hold, salad mix and arugula use the walk-in the most and are easy sale to chefs. I use the six row planter from Johnny's to make full use of the ground space in the greenhouses.... www dot jakesfarm dot com

[Cindy Meredith]

Of course it depends where you live. I see from your profile, you live in Ohio. Every state is different, so check with your state Dept. of Agriculture to see what you need to do.

In Texas, if you're only selling vegetable seedlings, you do not need a nursery license or a sales tax permit, since you don't need to collect sales tax on vegetable seedlings. They are considered food, and therefore, no sales tax is collected. If you want to sell plants other than vegetable seedlings, then you need a nursery license.

[Andy Bittner]

Thanks for the advice

Here is my short list:

Bean Kentucky Wonder Green

Bean Garbanzo (Chick Pea)

Brussel Sprout Catskill

Caper (Capparis inermis)

Corn Incredible

Eggplant Fairytale

Eggplant Black Beauty

Onion Red Zeppelin

Pepper Cayenne Long Red Thin

Pepper Thai Hot Slim

Pepper Baby Yellow Miniature bell

Squash Cocozelle Zucchini Bush Compact Italian

Squash Eight Ball F1 (Zucchini)

Squash Waltham Butternut

Tomato Sugary

Tomato Caribe

Tomato Mortgage Lifter

Tomato Rose

Tomato San Marzano

Tomato Rainbow Blend  - Wide color range of heirlooms, red, yellow, black, orange, bicolors

Gettin the seeds from http://www.ivygarth.com/