Nursery
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Contents
Mission/Vision
Goals
Goals for 2016
Fruit trees
-apples -pears -plums -apricots -peaches -cherries
Perennials
-asparagus -currant -gooseberries -raspberries
Economics
- Purchase fruit trees for ~$8.50/tree
Options for fate of tree
- Sell bare-root 3/4" fruit trees for $25/tree or $20/tree when purchasing 10 or more trees (avg $21/tree)
- Sell potted 3/4" trees leafed out for $45/tree
- Plant and grow trees in the ground until next season, sell as 1" bare-root for $35
- Plant and grow trees in pots until next season, sell as 1" potted for $60
Options for how trees are sold (using 500 trees as a baseline): net profit
- All bare-root sales: 500 trees = $6,250
- All potted sales: 500 trees = $18,250 MINUS cost of pots/soil/fertilizer
- Assuming free soil and fertilizer from farm, pots costing $700: $17,550
- Assuming $250 on fertilizer and $600 on soil: $16,700
- Trees overwintered in-ground and sold as bare-root next season: $13,250
- Trees overwintered in pots and sold next season: $25,750 MINUS cost of pots/soil/fertilizer
- Assuming free soil and fertilizer from farm, pots costing $700: $25,050
- Assuming $500 on fertilizer and $600 on soil: $23,950
Timetable
Jan-Mar
Apr
May-Aug
Sept-Dec
Growing Methods
Irrigation
- Drip irrigation
Containers
- In-ground bags
- Above-ground air pruning bags
- Plastic pots
Tree resources http://www.colostate.edu/Dept/CoopExt/4dmg/Trees/trees.htm