Quote:
Originally Posted by Patty in Wisc
LOL Mitchel.
Geeze, you guys are growing a LOT!!! Ya make me feel like a peanut.
Wish I had more room & better climate.
I can't wait to plant the garden in Spring -- 'maters, peppers etc. Gotta go out & shovel now --brrrrrr.
|
It's all relative. My daughters say I'm plant crazed like the author of "The $64 Tomato". But then I'm peanuts compared to my friend Suzy who has over 2,000 varieties, who in turn is peanuts to our colleague in Bonsall who has over 10,000 species and cultivars of a very broad spectrum of plants: all edible, and all in 6-inch or larger containers with some in the ground.
On the flip side, I met a guy yesterday who has 1 large greenhouse measuring 200 feet (61 meters) wide by 2,000 feet (610 meters) long which fills up most of a 10-acre parcel. The walls are about 10 feet (3 m) high all around with a few doors, and the ceiling is about 20 feet (6 m) high in the center. He only has 4 species of plants and only about 5 cultivars of each -- all Bromeliad relatives. BUT, there are just over 1,000,000 plants in there. About 2,000 of them are "mother" plants that generate the stock. My understanding is that it takes about 4 months from the time slips (pups) are generated from the mother plants to the time they are mature in size and color to sell and ship. Just down the road a bit from him is a major nursery covering 1200 acres and they have at least 100 of such greenhouses generating all kinds of annuals and perennials.
So yeah, I'm tiny by comparison.
