The Most Profitable Crop Revealed: Market Farmers' Money-Making Secret!
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Discover the crop that holds the power to revolutionize your earnings and propel your farm to unprecedented success. Join Curtis Stone as he shares his wealth of knowledge, practical insights, and success stories that revolve around cultivating this game-changing crop.
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About Curtis Stone:
Curtis is one of the world’s most highly sought-after small farming educators. His book, The Urban Farmer, offers a new way to think about farming𑁋 one where quality of life and profitability coexist. Today, Curtis spends most of his time building his 40-acre off-grid homestead in British Columbia. He leverages his relationships with other experts to bring diverse content into the homes of gardeners and aspiring small farmers from around the world. Learn more at FromTheField.TV.
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Here in Hawaii we grow a lot of ginger. The more you hill it continually the better it will do. New hands of ginger grow on top of the original tuber, not downwards as you would think. If you keep hilling it and you leave it in the ground long enough it will keep making new clusters towards the soil surface. Hope that helps some people
Very helpful! Mahalo. - Mike in Coronado
Very helpful! Mahalo! -Mike in Coronado
Very good thanks. Like potatoes!!
What do mean by Hilling it? At more soil on top?
@@dizzy2k224 yes. Covering the bottom half of the atwm in soil, some plants grow new roots and tubers from the stem. He is saying ginger doea too
Gday from Northern Australia. Watch out for your water temperature even when growing in a hot house. Cold water shocks what is a sub-tropical /tropical plant esp. when on the sprouting stage.
Irrigation tank in the hot house would benefit from having a stock tank heater in it to bring the water up to temp and keep it there. The tank would also act as a thermal mass which would radiate heat at night to smooth out tomorrow fluctuations.
Cheers ~D.
An easy Celsius to Fahrenheit conversion to remember is "x 2 + 32". Its just approximate, but 10°C x 2 + 32 = 52°F
The actual conversion is 10°C x 1.8 + 32 = 50°F
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are u my math teacher
Thanks man. Ball park figures are fine. My brain feels bigger and better as a result of this information. T y
God forsaken Freemasons. Submit to Rome.
Double and add 30 is a similar approximate conversion.
Hey Curtis Iv'e spent the last two years visiting farms,gardens farmers market, both here and all over the US. I have noticed your impact, very impressive how almost all of them suggested I watch your videos. Thanks for all the positive advice!!
My favourite plant to grow.
Grows well in aquaponics as well for folks in warmer climates. 😉
👍 have you ever tried galangal ? Another rhizome like ginger but different taste
@@BESHYSBEES Certainly have. This is our most recent aquaponics harvest of galangal,
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Tend to leave it in the soil beds to grow as a perennial here in the subtropics. 👍👍
@R V All's well here with us thanks R V 👍😁
They are great if your into juicing & Asian cuisine, fresh teriyaki sauce, pho soup, etc. been growing for years, no pest for ginger or turmeric & I live in south Louisiana
Who thumbs downs this outstanding content. Free information from successful farmers with years of hard won expirience. There are a lot more POS's walking around this world than I ever thought possible. COME ON!
Love this video. My plan was to grow these exact 2 crops next season. Now I can sprout them inside and move them outside when it is time. We are in coastal Georgia so the ginger should definitely love the humidity and heat. Our temps are in the 90s right now🥵 thanks for sharing
Ginger requires warmth: growing it in northern Canada, under crop cover is challenging.
Kelowna is a great place to grow ginger, other places not so great.
52 degrees (10 c) during the day will not cut it. It MUST be 52 even in the evenings as well.
IF temp. dips too much during the night, it will slow down growth and possibly cause damage/crop failure.
Fertile and MOIST soil ginger loves !!!
Massive growth in mid summer under crop cover !
As temp dips in late summer ginger HAS to be cropped (unless its in a heated green house).
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Thanks - I’m in Maryland, zone 7. My ginger has been growing like crazy all summer, but it’s clearly time to harvest. Will start it indoors earlier next spring. Frozen ginger does not have the same texture as fresh, and can spatter badly when stir frying, but it’s still better than store bought powdered - and is great for smoothies. I plan to freeze, pickle, and dehydrate/powder - so will have a nice variety to use.
I'm growing ginger in my room right now, it's easy. You can do it indoors all year with a small grow light.
Do u have any good vids of people doing it indoors?
I've grown ginger. You do wanna keep it moist but I think there's important tricks to it. Such as u wanna make sure there's good air flow, and it occasionally drys out. I found out that the rhizomes start to rot indoors if it's consistent moist. It's hard to even notice cause the stems will stay green and healthy. So if you keep it moist, constant air flow is a must otherwise you'll likely be growing some bad fungus and bacteria that'll rot your rhizomes. Those raised wooden beds are most likely excellent at giving air flow.
Great video! My Gujurati ayurvedic doctor's been after me for a while now to grow ginger and turmeric, both used a lot in ayurvedic medicine.
Very cool. Thank you.
Namaskaram
YESSS! Curtis finally describes a crop perfect for my coastal Texas climate!
Thanks for posting this! I’m excited to try this since I have been trying to think of things I can grow that other people aren’t in my area.
Thanks for sharing... Ginger and Turmeric are both wonderful... love knowing how they are grown, as I had not thought about it much!
P stands for phosphorus. K stands for potassium
There are so many variables to having a profitable crop! Especially in many places in the U.S where markets are over saturated with farmers. Farmers need to come up with more innovative niche like a farm Air B&B
We started our ginger and turmeric this past early spring just to see what will happen. It has taken off here in North Texas. It loves our heat and humidity that simulates the tropic weather it loves. We also set both on irrigation systems so the soil can stay nice a moist. We haven't really fertilized it with much besides compost that we make ourselves. Great information on prices to potentially sell to local restaurants. thanks
Nice to meet you our apple trees from seed are finally getting fruit last year was the first year about 10 years of growing wait :-)
It would be interesting to see how the true cost compares to other produce. If you take into account the amount of fertilizer/compost you are talking about adding through the growing period, in addition to the significant time a single bed is used up for a single crop, how does this compare to something like microgreens that has a bed turnaround of 4-7days?
(Sale cost - Total cost)/number of days the bed is being used
Good to know they can put out lots of shoots from one piece, i gave a lot of mine away and forgot to keep enough to re plant so will definitely be trying this
Glad to see you back ....
Wonderful ! Thanks Curtis. I've been planning ginger and turmeric for the coming spring! This is very helpful.
Thank you I was just going to go on the hunt for how to grow ginger and your video popped up. My question is what and how do you harvest? Are the parts that you are regrowing the part that can be harvested? I am just loving this whole process and you did a great job explaining it. thank you!!
ahhh you got me, but I was looking into starting ginger for anyway probably the best clickbait thumbnail outcome ever👍
Wonderful work
Looks easy enough Curtis. Turmeric is an everyday food for us! I guess trying some of different crops will tell you how successful you will be. Pests are always a concern. We don’t like to use pesticides.
Great video man, now little ginger Farms will be popping up everywhere. I wonder how difficult it is to sell it.
I saw you on the summit in 2/2020. I subscribed to your channel 2 years ago.
Ive gotten store bought ginger to sprout by soaking them first to get that anti sprout stuff they put on it to come off.
This seems similar to growing sweet potatoes/yams.
Thanks for the info!! I’ve gotten this to sprout and grow but I have never been able to take this to harvest and have always wondered what I was doing wrong.
Thank you so much for all of your dedication and hard-work. You inspire so many people... Especially me! I love all the fresh food that I get to eat now because of your inspiring videos. Working on GAP certifications for future business also.
love your channel! thank you for doing all these videos!
Great video I did the same with Turmeric and ginger this year didn't grow alot because I was just testing it but I can really see it becoming a great money crop for us here in years to come....just my experience with it is it didn't have to be certified organic to grow it just had to have the eyes on it took me a while at the stores to find the right roots it seemed like they cut the eyes off to keep us from being able to grow it not sure if that was the case but seemed like it.
Ginger tea might be a good value added product.
No it does need to be certified organic, Im from cooler Canada and bought a piece of cheap ginger the local chinatown ( i chose a hand size ginger root @$0.69/lbs) started in april and it flowered in august. So if your in warmer areas, my guess is youll have better success.
Love your videos brother i am all ways learning ty !
Tumeric is similar and very profitable as well good video
Hey curtis, i believe the formula is something like F= (C + 32) x5 ÷9.
Love your videos mate, keep it up 👍
I don’t know about y’all up north, but down here in the south black folks love collared greens. They buy it by the trash bag full at the farmers market!
Is there a harvest video on the out come of the ginger?
All totally worth it👩🌾🌞🌱
Haha I knew that thumbnail would be clickbait. Nice info Curtis, thank you!
How did this ginger crop turn out?
Hello Curtis, been a keen follower of your agri business, I have a question does water affect veggies? My water is somehow salty, leaves some whitish stuff on surfaces I don't know if it's fluoride, not sure but can it affect growth of veggies? I'm growing spinach and lettuce.
How is it possible to sell ginger for $30 when in Europe it sells for €3-6 per kg??
European organic ginger is always the dry skinned root with bark, and I buy it wholesale for ~3-4/kg in UK. This is fresh, young, pink shoots. It's the type of ginger required to produce the authentic Japanese pickled ginger, giving it an appealing pink colour. Would most definitely be paying ~20+/kg for this product in London.
@@a.dubuis903 what do u use it for im just growing some organic indoors if u want me to let you know when it's ready? Iv got worm castings in there too
Very interesting. Thank you.
Is veg' freezable if you have excess? Does it lose quality if you do fteeze it?
Yes you can freeze excess veges. If you pick them and immediately process them and freeze, you retain good nutrition in the vegetables
Curtis, you essentially said that (converting to US measure) about .44 lb potassium per row @ 60'x2'. Question: would mixing into the soil a years dose (6 months x .44 lb) have an adverse affect on the crop? Potassium won't "burn" ginger, will it?
I never said anything about straight potassium brother. You should listen more carefully.
On peut faire des infusion (thé) avec les feuilles verte du gingembre ^_^
Merci pour cette vidéo
Je ne savais pas, merci !
Crazy yields!
In U.K. I’m managing to get ginger to sprout bought at lidl
When did u sprout it and where are u growing it? Indoors?
This idea that non-organic root crops from the grocery store will not sprout; I've tried them all and they all sprout perfectly.
great news.
I’ll take both weed and hot ginger tea 😊
I live in north texas, anyone have experience with growing ginger in a climate as hot and dry?
I’m in zone 8a.
I’ve grown ginger and turmeric in pots, just bought some from a local store and thought I’d try planting it to see what happens.
It grew stems and leaves and then quickly rotted. Turned to mush.
But if it likes the heat, Texas has it. But probably too much heat.
So 40 kilos is about 88 lbs at $5 - $8 / lb ... about $440 - $700 US depending on what you can sell it for. Some organic varieties are going for over $8 / lb.
Retail here in Arkansas is 22/lb and I can sale it for 10.
When commercial ginger doesn’t sprout you can thank Monsanto. They are mostly responsible for ruining food supply.
Would love a ginger update
If u put it the soil at the right time how long the crop takes to be ready??
Where do you source your containers that you sell your produce in ?
Hi Curtis, I watched most of your videos. Here is a red flag about what a kg or 2.2 lb. of organic ginger sell for. I don't know the wholesale price, but it has to be about half of retail price. We drink ginger tea every day and buy organic for many years. The USDA certified organic ginger at our local grocery store sells for $4.99 a pound. I doubt any one buys them at 20$ to 30$ a kilo.
thanks for the info - will also be interested in how you fare with turmeric...
As always......….thank you.
That’s pot plants are beauty’s!!!! What strain?
I couldn't concentrate on the ginger. 👀😎 Looked like a nice big crop of medicine
Hard to see that area your in without seeing waves and waves of microgreens....
Hey friend need help on sandy soil should i use wood chips in my garden
They spray it with maelic hydrazide to keep it from sprouting.
Great hook! 💯👏🏼😃
Excellent video 👍
How did it go with the turmeric?
Does ginger have a preferred soil PH?
How long is the growing process from start to harvest?
Young ginger (for ginger tea, ginger beer, ginger candy etc) usually harvested 5~6 month after planting
Mature ginger (for cooking, herbal drink etc) mostly harvested 11~14 month after planting. To meet this growth stage, most ginger planted in tropics / warm climate
You can't grow ginger in Northern Minnesota or Wisconsin and blueberries and ginseng take FOUR YEARS to go to harvest.
I want to grow big ass huckleberry shrubs but they take 14-17 years! to grow.
Sorts related, anyone tried growing ginseng? I’ve heard that is a very profitable thing to forage for, so maybe growing it would be some wild untapped market for a market gardener.
Lots of legal complications with that.
6 years to harvest gensing
Are you growing this through the winter?
Omg you got me mate!!
What are your brix levels? How do you get the max without all the microbes and fungi you get in outdoor soil culture.?
There is no reason you can't get a indoor soil to contain all members of the soil food web. All you need to do is make bio complete compost. Check out Dr Elaine Ingham and the soil food web Inc to learn how.
@@Soilfoodwebwarrior Ok
I'm about to order Ginger I don't really like it but I can sell it to people that do
How long till you harvest?
LOLOL funny opening Curtis.
where can I buy 'mother' plants?
He said in beginning. Use .org ginger from store
I don't think that the ginger has to necessarily be certified organic for sprouting. The reason I say that is because I've seen sprouts coming out of ginger at a Chinese market, & they weren't organic. Chinese markets are probably the most toxic places to get fresh produce. I've also seen sprouts coming out of the ginger in Indian markets.
EXCELLENT!!!
You got me !! I was thinking Saffron or cannabis. Lol
Where do u get the ginger
Any updates on this one?
Thank you so much for this video I hope my Ginger and turmeric are organic I just purchased them a couple days ago at the Mark before I saw your video going to give it a try!!! Really want to try microgreen hemp, any suggestions on where to get the seeds???
KM Krieger I ordered hemp seeds by the ounce a couple of years ago and they showed up. Very reasonably priced. I got them here...
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Good luck and enjoy your garden!!
If it's got the eyes on it,it will grow some can be kinda slow so give it time.
Its 14.50 per kilo on Amazon, free shipping.
The leaves on my Ginger come up, never unravel and seem to be kind of Tangled Up in each other. What am I doing wrong?
It just takes time, they often take a couple days to fully unfurl and sometimes the leaves will "bend" the shoot that's rolled up inside of it and I worry about the shoot getting kinked, but they always end up evening themselves out. Sometimes Ianually unwrap them if they look bad, but I'm sure that's more for myself than for my plants haha
10 C x 9 = 90, 90/5 = 18 + 32= 50 F
Hey curtis, can you sell the greens/stems as well?
Great video on Ginger buuuut gonna have to nexeh.... on it actually being all that profitable on that scale. Micro greens is by far the most $$$ per sq meter...eh?
Turmeric @12.99 lbs , beats ginger at less than half that a pound , for this SoCal small farmer ...
Those rhizomes are actually underground stems, not roots.
Hey Curtis I have some questions for you about navigating zoning issues..
Ginger is powerful
ive tried ginger over and over and over and can not get it to sprout even purchased seed ginger :(
How do you think ginger would grow in the Arizona high desert? It’s dry here.
Cover with plastic to keep the humidity in
planting in fall to overwinter and harvest in the following summer?
Ginger does not handle cold soil. They start to rot.
@@AlexLemberg yeah exactly so its planted in spring as early as possible providing ample heat and harvested around 9 months later before it gets too cold. but this clip is misinforming given the planting and its release in september. thats all.
@@dolanlehen1917 In which way is this clip misinformative? He talks about the planting in spring in the tunnels, and explains in quite good detail in my opinion.
So ginger is the most profitable crop? Any information regarding costs and prices to establish that claim???
@momentinpassing Yawn. Heaven forbid I request information germane to the TITLE of the video! I know all about ginger and turmeric, especially as my primary residence has been and remains China and Thailand where we don't have to tent anything. So tell me what "Asians" eat... And if its up to individuals to gather their own data and do their own due diligence, simply entitle the video accurately as being about the husbandry of ginger and turmeric. Sorry if the concept of saying what you mean and meaning what you say is so fking difficult for you to understand, you butthurt asshat.
@momentinpassing NONE, asshat. He could have just as accurately entitled it "Italian cooking with ginger in the 17th century. How about addressing the issue about which the video is TITLED? Too kompleeekated for a butthurt asshat like yourself to figure out???
Awesome!