Omri said:
I'd sell mature plants for 25ILS (~$5.5USD) and smaller ones according to how much they cost me.
Omri,
That's the nub - figuring out what they cost. Seeds run from $1.25 - $4.00 a packet, but the number can vary from 25 to over 100, even for the same price. I pay about $11 for a 50 quart bag of potting soil, but almost all my plants are in 3" containers, except for the basil and Kenaf Hibiscus and Trumpets.
My biggest expenses this year were:
Seeds: $123 (but I have a bunch left over - guaranteed 35 seeds per packet and some had over 100)
Potting Soil: $120 (not an area I want to save money - I like this stuff even if it does cost more)
Electricity: $95 and counting (next year, it will be next to nothing - I will raise everything that makes it to a transplant stage in a GH.
It's nearly impossible for me to assign a cost per plant, so I look at the market and set my base price from that. Some places are selling toms as cheap as $1.50 each but they are in smaller cells, others are charging $3 each. That's why I priced mine at $2.50 - a bit more but I can tell people they have been raised using only natural ferts, nuits and pesticides (OH law won't allow me to claim organic status). Because I started the peppers a month earlier, I added a dollar to their cost. I was going to price my Trumpets at $12.50 since the few places that sell them want $16-19 for ones in a gallon pot. But if I can avoid having to repot them and still get $10, I'm happy. I spent $8 on the seeds and have sold about $80 worth of plants and still have three or four to sell.
Mike