How much spent on seeds for a 1 acre market garden

[Dylan121]

Hello,

Can anyone tell me how much a 1 acre market garden would expect to spend on seeds in 1 year (roughly without going into detail about what is being grown etc)?

Thanks everyone.
Dylan

 

[Netherfield]

How much does a new car cost?

 

[Dylan121]

:-( lol. I mean roughly - say if growing mainly more traditional veg - potatoes, carrots etc
for example

 

[wrenbird]

Question is impossible to answer, far too vague. Going by our veg garden, seeds are far from the only cost, and prices for seeds can vary widely depending on variety, quantity, supplier etc.
Oh, and by the way, I don’t have an acre of land to sell, rent, lend, borrow or give away either.

 

[SteveHudd]

£100-£2000

 

[solo]

Have a look at moles seeds website. It will give you a guide to seed costs and planting rates/ hectare.

 

[farmerm]

Well if you grow a crop of wheat budget on about £30/ac or a fraction of a penny per seed, on the other hand if you want to grow a crop of giant 1T pumpkins you could pay more £1000/seed...
Giant pumpkin seed sells for £1,250 - BBC News

 

[Bogweevil]

Hello,

Can anyone tell me how much a 1 acre market garden would expect to spend on seeds in 1 year (roughly without going into detail about what is being grown etc)?

Thanks everyone.
Dylan

About £3000 for intensively cropped, three crops every two years, ground growing a wide range of crops making full use of intercropping, catch cropping and successional cropping in skilled hands and ample labour. Half that for run of the mill cropping.

 

[delilah]

https://www.facebook.com/CSANetworkUK/posts/3927784113975306

 

[Dylan121]

Thank you very much for your replies. I had thought maybe it would be around 3000 for a mix of traditional vegetables and more "greens" like cabbages and lettuce etc.

On a different note - is insurance for a market garden business expensive?