Actually the grow bags keep the produce off the ground ...less bugs .I tried being a "Farmer Brown" once Doc. But, by the time I kept every thing watered, fertilized, and sprayed to keep the dang bugs from eating before it was ready to pick, I found I could just stop by the local farmers market and buy it cheaper. I'm guessing I really didn't know what I was doing.
It's the economy of scale working against you. Single plant, 10 plants, 100 plants.. all take the same effort. Makes you wonder why put all the effort for few pounds of tomatoes. No point really, unless you're really into it or have plenty of resources (mainly time) to do it.I tried being a "Farmer Brown" once Doc. But, by the time I kept every thing watered, fertilized, and sprayed to keep the dang bugs from eating before it was ready to pick, I found I could just stop by the local farmers market and buy it cheaper. I'm guessing I really didn't know what I was doing.
Just for the Aesthetic ValueIt's the economy of scale working against you. Single plant, 10 plants, 100 plants.. all take the same effort. Makes you wonder why put all the effort for few pounds of tomatoes. No point really, unless you're really into it or have plenty of resources (mainly time) to do it.
Scale it up from there 1000 tomatoes, 10000 trees, 100000 lettuce, million seedlings, 10 million grain and it changes the game to... work&profit. And then you got a motivation to do it, instead of just passing on watering some store bough parsley which you can replace on the next trip.
Have to tip hat to people like Doc here who are willing to put in that extra effort and patience for such brief benefit.
P.S. Looking at the grocery app for 12MTD.. 23% of my veggie purchases have been tomatoes (13%) or cherry tomatoes (10%)
It will still have great seasoning value ....I’m not sure what im doing wrong?
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