I would check with your county first before investing any $. We in Virginia are allowed to use cages or floats to farm a certain square foot area. I live on the water so it makes it easy. The easiest is a dock and a tailor float. Then you buy your seed oysters.
@@RiverReboot ….hi I live on the water and have my own dock and there are a few natural oysters present. I called the county agriculture extension office and no one knew anything.
@@MarkCartret yes get you some and put in a tailor float tie to dock they can’t do anything I wasn’t sure you had private access. The only issue is if your putting those cages on the ground like I have in someone’s oyster bed. I would go for it get you 500 to 1000 and next fall you be eating good. The Triploids grow faster because they don’t reproduce. I would also grow the diploids and put them under your dock somehow once there big enough to let them spread naturally. Just remember they don’t like to be down in the mud but on something like old cider blocks hard bottom pilings what ever you can get them off the deep mud on. Oysters strike to stick to objects.
Thanks for the update. Great eating!
Glad you like the salty taste!
this sounds like a ton of fun to me, though it needs some property and alot of equipment
Yes, you need property but it’s really not a lot of equipment once you have the bags and cages. You do need to keep it clean….
Good video….I have been looking into doing this in NC. Where would I start to find out about the process, licensing etc?
I would check with your county first before investing any $. We in Virginia are allowed to use cages or floats to farm a certain square foot area. I live on the water so it makes it easy. The easiest is a dock and a tailor float. Then you buy your seed oysters.
@@RiverReboot ….hi I live on the water and have my own dock and there are a few natural oysters present. I called the county agriculture extension office and no one knew anything.
@@MarkCartret yes get you some and put in a tailor float tie to dock they can’t do anything I wasn’t sure you had private access. The only issue is if your putting those cages on the ground like I have in someone’s oyster bed.
I would go for it get you 500 to 1000 and next fall you be eating good. The Triploids grow faster because they don’t reproduce. I would also grow the diploids and put them under your dock somehow once there big enough to let them spread naturally.
Just remember they don’t like to be down in the mud but on something like old cider blocks hard bottom pilings what ever you can get them off the deep mud on. Oysters strike to stick to objects.
That looked awesome
@@lucasmetro thanks for the comment!
please do an update
We launched our own gourmet coffee! I haven’t made any videos and I have not reseeded my oysters. I hope to do both in the next 2 months.
what did she charge you for the 1000
also what size were they
I can’t remember exactly I want to say $175.00 it was less than $200.00.
They were as big as my pinky fingernail.
Why don't you make youtube videos any more
Funny you should ask that. I’m working on one now. I’ve just been busy working and life comes at you fast sometimes.
time for another update