Nick and Mark, I think it would depend upon what you want to sell, each market and vendor is different.

Myself, I would grow a larger percentage of tomatoes and winter squash. I'm known for both of those.

This is a very good question that I ask myself every year.

I will start this thread.

Early plant Items Most for early Market(late may-june)
GREEN ONIONS = 440 row ft. (yield=@ 6 per foot=2640 onions
or 375 bundles of 7 @ .75 each = 275.00
cost to grow = 37.50 = profit of roughly 237.50

SPINACH = 660 row ft.(yield= 400 Lbs. one half pound bag/$3
for a total 800 bags = $2400.00
cost to grow = 30.00 = profit of roughly $2370.00

MIXED LEAF LETTUCE = 880 row ft.(yield= 450 Lbs. 8 oz. bags)
900 bags @ $2.00 a bag =1800.00
cost to grow = 40.00 = profit of roughly $1760.00

EARLY RED POTATO,S = 880 row ft.(yield= 1750 pounds)
580 3# baskets for $2.50 ea. = $1350.00
cost to grow = 80.00 = profit of $1270.00

SNOW PEAS = 880 row ft. (yield = 260 Lbs. = 260 1# bags
at $2.50 a bag = $650.00
cost to grow = 20.00 = profit of roughly $630.00

GREEN ARROW PEAS = 880 row ft(yield = 300 Lbs of full pods)
at 2# bag for $2.50 = 150 bags= $375.00
cost to grow = 20.00 = profit of roughly $355.00

BEETS = 880 row ft.(yield = 900 Lbs. = 335 bundles/w.tops
at 2.00 a bundle = 670.00
cost to grow = 35.00 = rough profit of $635.00

carrots = 440 row ft.(yield = 400 Lbs = 250 bundles
at $1.50 a bundle = $375.00
cost to grow = 20.00 = rough profit of $355.00

Note: the above crops will take-up about 1/3 acre leaving
you with 2/3 acre for warm weather crops.

(Fuel costs for tractor-tiller approx 45-60 dollars)
rough net profit for early plantings = $7611.00
(note: this does not reflect cost of driving to and from farm market and farm market fees if you use a farmers market) It costs me 25.00 for each time I go to the market
so 24 market weeks = 600.00 deducted from my net profits for full season

I have a farm stand in front of my house to sell my produce
and I also sell at the main farm market in my area.
Ratio of sales (farm market 60% ----farm stand 40%)
This will be my 7th season .

I will do a breakdown of the warm weather crops next. This should be pretty accurate based on my previous plantings and yearly records. Mark & Nick.

Sounds like you have been keeping very good records.

Have you tried to hold some onion sets for fall green onions? I had some this last fall and they sold well.

I will be waiting to see what else you have done.

I plant my onions in wide rows, equivalent to 3x what I plant in a single row. That gives me more onions in less space. I pull some of the larger ones and gives the smaller ones room to grow. I've not ever had any to grow into large onions. Last year, we planted our onions and then covered them with old straw. They didn't grow very well early in the season, but after our market was done, we went out and we had green onions that we had forgotten (this was at Thanksgiving time).

I plant in 30-36 inch beds, so my numbers won't be helpful for you.

I do know that I would never grow that much spinach and lettuce. I have a hard enough time selling a 40 foot bed of each!

Carrots are another thing that I think is low. I was pulling 20-25 pounds in 3 feet of bed space or about 9 square feet.

What works for one person, doesn't work for another. Personally, I would love to grow 4 high tunnels of tomatoes, but I could never sell that many. So, I only grow one.

Jay

I haven't been able to grow carrots since I moved when I am.
Jay, I am selling more tomatoes than I could ever grow, and probably be able to sell more, especially years like this last 2 years.

I sell quite a few radishes, more than I ever thought I could, plus we get $1.50/bunch of 8.

Marla