How To Produce $800 Worth Of Microgreens/Week (Small Space)
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- How To Produce $800 Worth Of Microgreens/Week (Small Space) /// Are you interested in making money with microgreens? In this video guide, I will show you how to produce $800 worth of microgreens per week in a small space!
Microgreens are a great way to make a profit, and with the guidance of Donny Greens, a leading microgreens grower, you'll learn how to grow microgreens for profit. I'll cover everything you need to know, from selecting the right seeds and growing medium to harvesting and packaging your microgreens.
With these tips, you can make money selling microgreens and become a pro at microgreens farming. So, whether you're just starting out or looking to expand your microgreens business, this guide on how to make money with microgreens is for you. Don't miss out on this opportunity to learn how to sell microgreens and turn your hobby into a profitable business.
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0:00 How To Produce $800 Worth Of Microgreens/Week
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Think you can sell $800/week!!?
No. Is there a $1500 or more course I could take?
Probably not right away, but it's a great goal to shoot for. 😃
How come you don't want to work with Chefs?
@genxnewb I think he just has a business model that works well for him and he doesn't need to negotiate with another business where the delivery service of goods is kind of a flat rate.
can you benefit a lot from selling your micro greens to super markets?
I started my entrepreneurial way with your videos a year ago as a hobby. Today I have 2 farmers markets under my belt with $500 weekly potential so far and expanding!
Was it hard to startup how did u do it and do u go to the farmers market and sell yourself or do they do it for you I’m looking into starting up
Started my company 1 month ago and ive officially hit the £1000 per week mark. I couldnt have done it without this man you must subscribe.
Congrats man! That’s amazing. What’s your process on the business side?
how’s it going now ? i’m about to start
Yep, I took the challenge and have been growing microgreens for 5 weeks. Fairly easy when Mr. Greens shows you how to avoid the speed bumps. Still training on the growing, the hard part is getting the business end setup and finding your customers. Off the bat I've noticed health improvements in myself and I am developing a plan to capture a retirement community as my first set of customers!
Awesomeee MJ, love to hear this!! Thanks so much for your comment 🌱💚
Seems predatory
@@craigcraig6248 Why? Old people like food.
@@craigcraig6248 It's called capitalism
Trippin
Excellent and valuable advice in an easy to understand format. Thank you Donny! 👍🏻
Awesome glad you enjoyed it!! 🌱💚
Hey Donny! Just wanted to say thank you for making these videos and encouraging my family and I to make a run for the microgreens business.
Also, you are very correct on the startup cost comment you made when you said, "don't go for the craziest and best stuff." There are SO MANY used supplies on places like offer up and facebook market place, I don't think I would buy new on much of the materials (save for new trays, new seeds, obviously).
Racks: Those U-Line racks with the wheels/casters on the bottom ARE EXPENSIVE if you buy brand new ($400-$600, depending on size). There are so many people trying to sell this very item on the places I listed above, NO NEED to buy new.
If you're still reading this comment section a year later, I'd like to ask you if you recommend reverse osmosis systems for watering. Let me know if it's worth it!
Thanks, Donny.
Very informative. Thank you. I wanted to ask, if you are growing at home in a spare space in the home, do you have to get the health department or any agency to come and view your property and grow space? Do you need an llc?
ty for this gem 🙏
Thank you so much for posting these videos, Donny.
A few weeks ago, I decided to grow basil for the restaurant i work at. My boss asked me about micro greens and i told him that I'd check them out.
I quickly came across your videos and they really gave me the encouragement to take in the task. I have most of the equipment already, icluding lights and racks, so I ordered seeds from True Leaf yesterday, and i also have some Bootstrap trays on the way. 😃
Thank you so much for sharing what youve learned.
Its saved me endless hours of searching already.
Kudos to you, good sir!
Best micro greens channel out there. I learned so much so far. Securing bulk seeds of the right varieties in Canada is my current issue. Have to order from 3 different places for 4 kinds is crazy.
Mumm's Sprouting Seeds is in Canada. Excellent quality and quick ship
Much love thanks a lot!! yes Mumms for sure
Fantastic! Great vidio!
Thanks Barb!!! 🌱💚
I go once a week and make $380
I saw this and thought I would be able to sell it at Farmers market and make $800 per week. Still hopefully to atleast make 700 or something… let’s see🤞
So informative thank you so much
you are very welcome
Nice video, thank you🔥NYC
you are very welcome!
do you need to sell them fresh on the market? what about storage and shipping later? in dried form? do you have a video on that?
So i watched a lot of your videos and i am planning so start a business here in germany - but there ist one question i still have: How do i find the right customers? Where and how can i start to attract them?
Great video for people to watch!
thank you!
nice bro i didnt realize you were in Ny im up in hartford ny, crushing some outdoor produce and indoor greens on one rack. arugula is my fav💚 thanks for all the experiencial knowledge would love to link up sometime and shareIdeas⚡️ givethanks
Awesome bro, keep on crushing it!
Question, based on your experience, when you first started, do you grow your crops first then find your customers? or find your customer first then grow based on the need?
Do I need to get an LLC first? What else do I need to be legal?
I'm considering growing micro greens and I want to know what I'm getting into. I have a few questions I hope you can answer. Why hasn't growing micro greens been commercialized? Why can't I just buy them at a food store or order them online? If growing micro greens is an easy and profitable business then wouldn't there be high competition?
So i just order everything for controlling environment and my first rack. It is on its way and I am super excited to get started. I definitely underestimated the setup costs though and would advise to expect to spend ~4k to get a decent professional setup. Just the PPE, storage, and food safety needs alone are ~1k.
Care to share your supply list?
@@jesslynchain6835 Also interested.
Not sure what you’re doing or building but you can get started way less and idk what food safety you are talking about costing you money
@@DonnyGreens Do you hear about Mycodo? You will love it ;D
Donny, I'm in another part of NY. Are there many state regs to accommodate?
I don't have that.
The link is broken for the course
Is this business still doable when there are suppliers selling 18oz for less than $2 in supermarkets? Thailand here. I do see premium prices in niche sites and probably to upscale restaurants but there aren't many over here.
What solution would you suggest for water if you don't have a way to get a hose to your grow space? When you were working out of your father's garage, did you have another way, or did you just use the hose from the garden?
You could put a 5 gallon (larger, or smaller depending on how often you want to fill it) bucket up on a shelf above your working space, connect a hose to it, and connect an on off valve (or a watering wand with an on off built in). You now have a low pressure watering system. The higher the bucket, the more pressure. I think head level would be sufficient for watering microgreens, but it's not going to blast dirt off of used trays. Bad thing is if and when it leaks. It's going to leak. Plan for it.
Hi I have a question. So I heard that sunflower is really hard to grow. Broccoli for example only has Germanation and then just water every day. Is that also the same for every other plant or is every plant individual?
Easy to grow
2:05 it`s a nice culculation (theoretically), but you need to sell these 60 trays. No one knows, where you can sell those 60 trays every week :D Do you have sold it via internet purchasing or to a supermarket?
Does it really matter if you soak your peas or sunflower seeds? Some say there isn’t a difference in yield, but I know you do soak. What is your take on it?
yes it makes a huge difference for germination so they can take in the water and get a good start. Peas 8-12 hrs and sunflower 4hrs
Wish I could double like this video!!
Haha much love 🌱💚
Hey i am from Germany and this is the first time i hear about the Microgreens business. And although i hear about it the first time i already think about starting it myself :D. Can you tell me how you pack and deliver your product to your Private Customers?
Hi, ich bin auch aus Deutschland und will was mit micro greens machen. Wollen wir uns austauschen?
@@Masterbelly1988 moin, woher kommst du?
I’m from the Netherlands, do you think you can charge 20 to 30 euro’s per tray here in Germany and the Netherlands?
What size light are you using with the amazon 6 shelf 2 ft or the 4 ft?
He is using the 4 foot. I saw a video from another channel where he was being interviewed and I am almost positive I saw 2 lights per shelf on some of his shelves in the background. Many people are using LED instead of fluorescent lighting. I want to follow his recipe but if he is in process of switching to LED's, I don't want to make a mistake on my lighting
Can I have a tour of your facility in NY? Thanks
No sorry, im not doing farm tours right now!
How do sell them ?
Your the man broo
thanks homie
@DonnyGreens , would you be willing to post a list of the necesarry resources to start a farm of microgreens avalabile in Europe ? Most of the products listed are unavalabile for me . I would really apreciate it because I am willing to start a microgreens farm
just find similar supplies in your area!
I have a 5x5 grow tent and light. Think it would be ideal to throw in 4-5 racks into the tent and dial in the light perfectly so I don't have to buy the rack lights? This would be a test run to the start of my micro green business. I can throw in oscillating fans inside for proper ventilation As-well. I want this to be budget friendly and buy a light for each shelf would bite into my pocket. This leads into the next question of would trays on lower shelves not get the adequate lighting. I live in an area where I have a few farmers markets I can attend to and starting a small business would be really cool.
What if I live in a small town? And not much about thier health as much as a bigger city..
When you're talking about "farmers markets" I feel a bit ambiguous, could you specify a little more what is within that market?
A farmers market is a farmer market. Nothing ambiguous about it. Try looking that term up so you can learn about what farmers markets are and maybe even one thats local to you!
I'm restarting my farm this week...my goal is $1000/week!
Hell yeah thats a great goal!
I just received yours and Clive's book. This is my plan to exit my job of 18 years. 🙏
Not gonna happen
Awesome Turia, love it!!! Enjoy the book, i hope you learn a bunch! And definitely start growing asap so you can learn that process and get it down before you have the stress and responsibility of the business!!
Sparkley, nothing happens when you dont take action. Sounds like Turia is going to make it happen!!
@@sparkley0125 haha what a sh!t person u must be lmao. Goood luck Turia!
lmao right!?
What system do you use for taking orders in the start?
Square works for charging customers and now i am using Farmstar
Am I missing something? I've seen you plug the "One Tray Away Challenge" several times and every time I've tried the link, it says it's "in progress." I've entered my email address to get on the "waiting list" and the page just refreshes... no confirmation that I've signed up, no error message, just the same opt-in form asking me to enter my email once again. I've even tried with a different email address and even a different browser; it's the same thing, every time.
Not sure what the issue is, but can you please fix it?
"In Progress" is true for me as well, seems that the (one tray a day challenge) ball has been dropped for somehow.
Hey donny, I'm from india the water quality here is very hard should we need an RO water filter for irrigation or hard water is okay?
buy a water distiller maybe
hard water here in USA is fine. try it out and see what happens. water filters are a great idea too
Do you think a person can sell microgreens when the nearest farmers market is a 3 hour drive away and the whole county has only 10,000 people? How close do you need to be to your customers to make it work?
Sounds like you have 10,000 people to get eating healthier!!
I want you to make a video about sales, getting customers, social media/Ads, etc...
Yes i have many videos coming out this year!
What size are those trays?
10 inch by 20 inch. You can find links to all the seeds, supplies and equipment I use in the descriptions of my UA-cam videos!
So the thing that has me a little confused is you run this "home delivery" service you claim is about 30 bucks a customer. Bootstrap says the 1020 trays you use on average (does depend slightly on crop) produce about 0.5 an ounce of yield. How much are these customers getting delivered for that 30 bucks per week? How many trays of greens does that take on average not to mention mile radius/gas. It's not that I have a doubt in that customer existing but what's the real breakdown and profit margin on this?
all though if you're in the city area you get this sweet customer saturation I'm sure, versus people out in a less populated or condensed zone.
yeah that like didn't really answer my question tho
I have simular thoughts. I’m in The Netherlands and I dont see anyone paying 20 bucks or even more per tray, maybe only in Amsterdam for a crop that the customer could continue harvesting for a month or two.
@@denniskatinas Yeah they're nice vids but the guy is at a point where he's just making money off of newbies. The advice is decent but not in depth and if you want more you have to pay ol' Don or he'll just like your post. coo beans
Do your calculations on an average of 20 oz per tray. Don't know where you got a yield of a half an ounce considering that sometimes that's the weight of the seed alone depending on the variety.
Do you have an idea of electricity costs per tray?
about 25 cents and thats in NY where were in the top 3 most expensive states. CHEAP
So you mean to say each 1020 tray is $25 profit or revenue ? Have you factored in (Delivery costs, store margin, seed cost, water, elec, tax, printing labels, packaging, returns, shrinkage) ?
Thats revenue, not profit. Cost of goods sold is super low which results in high profit margins. Overheads will vary greatly depending on the business. I reopened from my new house which sent my overheads through the floor.
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Where do you get the clients.
Health food stores, farmers markets, distributors, direct to homes, etc etc etc
how much do you need to start?
Not much at all!
Do you buy the trays with holes or without holes?
Both , put the tray with the holes inside the one without holes .
@@hostility4u thanks, and do you know if I can reused the potting soil after harvest. Thank you
One tray with holes inside one tray without holes. And you use new fresh potting mix each time. Check out the video i linked all about the starting supplies!
Out of curiosity why didn’t you want to work with chefs/restaurants?
i was more focused on the health benefits. I do sell to them now a bit. I always preferred helping my local community
Someone should start a microgreens arbitrage service. Buy your greens no questions asked and take care of distribution
that may work!
Why do you have two different grow lights?
options
I like to start this microgreens business but I haven't no experience. Further I don't no english very well. Please help me to start this work sir. I am in srilanka
watch my videos!
The math basically adds up to 1 rack of 20 trays giving you $500 per week. So basically, each rack is equivalent to a $12.50 hourly wage.
you arent understanding the labor aspect here....
@@DonnyGreens Not sure how you came to that conclusion. I just stated how much a single rack would return per week according to your statements, and extrapolated that to what someone working hourly would have to make to earn the same thing. The labor aspect was never a part of the equation, so it's not possible to say I misunderstood it.
yes but you're assuming that person working hourly is working 8 hours per day. To make $500 from a rack, its drastically less hours than working a 9-5 job
@@DonnyGreens That was literally my point: for other people to compare the disparity of effort/income to their own jobs.
Yes exactly. I love being my own boss and helping my community with the greens i grow
Why don't you sell to chefs?
i started now but i have more passion for the health and i think its a better business model too
Its not the growing thats hard. Its acquiring the customers...thats the hadd part.
Customer acquisition is totally the most important part of any business!! Time to learn sales and marketing!!! 🌱🚀
five trays per day
nicee
the tip of your nose looks like youre pushing it against glass all the time
Lmao wtf?
is there liability? My wife says they are dangerous to grow and you can easily poison someone or make them super sick if you don't know what your doing. Is that true lol ??
That applies to sprouts much more than microgreens. sprouts are grown in a jar and can develop mold or other pathogens much more easily. Microgreens are grown in trays and bottom watered so there is a much lower chance of developing mold. It can happen if you humidity is too high though. keeping your equipment sanitary will all but eliminate the chance of pathogens getting to your crops.
@@Texasfishingfamilylove this. Although I thought sun-grown wheatgrass was much much better because with LEDs the ones that do not sprout, instead the decay and therefore grow mold making you sick.
JB, Brian actually answered this really freakin well!! You’re not going to “easily poison” someone growing microgreens haha. She is mistaken and probably has an irrational fear because of things shes heard about sprouts which are different than microgreens. Pathogens come from the intestines of mammals so make sure to be clean and sanitary and have a sealed space where no animals can get in
Mike, decomposers will start to break down anything dead so the idea is to get high germination rates where most seeds actually germinate and come alive. This happens wiry indoor and outdoor growing. The benefit of outside is simply the natural sunlight vs grow lights
Thanks for the replies, I’ll show the wife lol
I have an old farm in germany. I am a Crypto miner and have enough space. My idea is, to heat a shred with trays with my miner and selling the trays. That would be a great idea, cause i have the waste heat from my crypto miner to make business with microfarming :)
I absolutely love this idea as I was also a miner until our electric rates went through the roof. Be careful of the higher temps through, they can be just as bad as low temperatures.
Ummmmmmm thats not including the cost of packing for the microgreens, fertiliser/soil, and seeds for each tray. Kinda false advertising. Youre probably making about 6 - 700 max net profit, probably less. Which is fine, unless youre working over 40 hours a week, then youre literally living off minimum wage. Now, subtract all the hours lost to mistales, bad growth, wasted respurces to get to this point.... people need a fair bit of experience the exact humidity levels, the exact light amount, the exact seed quantity, water quantity and ph to be growing lush trays like that, at that speed, as well as a climate controlled room. Any change in variables and you might get HALF that yield in the same period, but the cost of overheads dont change.
Ummmmm im talking revenue here not profit. The video is titles how to produce $800 worth of microgreens. You can choose to nitpick or you can choose to start learning, growing, and maybe even selling. My business if profitable, ive been living off it for 7 years
How much do you spend on regular e-coli and salmonella testing?
You DO perform regular pathogen tests, right?
If not, then I have a "one tray" challenge for you. :3
where is the e-coli and salmonella coming from brian? These are being growing indoors with no opportunity of runoff from nearby animal farms (Which is where most of the contamination comes from but of course you knew that right?) OR maybe you seem to have microgreens confused with sprouts and have heard some misinformation about sprouts. Not sure where this is coming from
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Would love to see a video made now a days withOUT someone using the word "literally" 87 times. Ugghh
At least thank the guy for the information...
Hahahah thanks J 🙏🏼
Didn’t realize i did that… sorry
@@slif51 I did with a like and I subscribe to him, so yeah. I'm doing my part. ;-)
@@DonnyGreens Believe me, it's not just you. It's just the new "thing" now...
I m sri lankan. I like your business. But I Can't Speak English verry well. How can me contact you.
how much do you sell these for my friend??
depends on size
Shroud doing micro greens now?
I said the exact same thing. LOL