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Selling peas

Posted by kevinw1 z8b BC Canada (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 7, 04 at 13:55

My peas just finished bearing and I am rippimg them out to replant in the space, but I'm interested in others experiences selling them.

I had snap peas and snow peas. Most other sellers here had ordinary shelling peas, a few had some "edible pod peas" which I think were snaps, but not many, and only one week. Maybe they kept all the rest and ate them themselves :)

I priced mine quite high: CN$2 for a 4oz bag, and one week when I had LOTS, CN$3.50 for an 8oz bag. Other sellers were selling their shelling peas for CN$2.50 per large bag: looked like at least 1lb, maybe more. I sold out of both snaps and snows every week because peas are GREAT for sampling: offer passers-by one, ready-stringed, and about 50% will try it, and of those about 50% will buy. These are people who otherwise would not even have stopped, probably were not even there to buy produce. Lots of people had never tried edible pod peas: I had to tell them to "eat the whole thing, pod and all" (and even at that some people didn't get it and shelled out the peas to eat :) ). It's great handing out a sample, seeing someone bite into it, hearing the "crunch" from 6 feet away, and seeing their eyes go wide in surprise.

This year I only made one planting of each kind, which was a mistake. Next year I will try planting 3 batches at 4 week intervals to stretch out the season.

Total harvest off a 20-ft quadruple row was 25lb snap peas, and off the same size planting, 12lb snow peas.

Kevin


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RE: Selling peas

I sell shell peas and get 2 dollars a pound.I plant them as soon as the ground can be worked and plant more every 2 to 3 weeks.


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RE: Selling peas

  • Posted by nettle z8 Vancouver BC (My Page) on
    Wed, Jul 28, 04 at 17:23

i'm near you (regionally) i guess and i sell peas for 3$CN a pound, pretty much all season. i always sell out of them first thing in the morning. i could prolly get more right at the start of the season. i love peas! the only problem with them is that i'm tempted to snack on them if it's slow...can't be always eating the assets!


 
 

 

 


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