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I haven't bought anything since before Covid. The price then was $3.48 for a 6-pack. The price at Lowe's yesterday in northern Florida for cabbage plants, that nobody would want to buy, was $6.
Here in Canada it's $7 for a 6 pack of cabbage seedlings. The price has gone up here, 3 years ago it was $6 for a 6 pack. I looked up prices in America and on average it was $6.95 per 6 pack of seedlings.
If you want to grow cabbage you can get a seed packet with 30 or more seeds in it for $2.95 a packet and then grow your own. Cabbage is a cool climate plant though so it's hard to say how well it will grow in your warmer climate.
I haven't bought anything since before Covid. The price then was $3.48 for a 6-pack. The price at Lowe's yesterday in northern Florida for cabbage plants, that nobody would want to buy, was $6.
There won't be any veggie starts here for months yet. I always find the price for starts to be ridiculously high. Last year I saw tomato plants for $26. Not starts, but about 1 gallon size. You wouldn't get $26 worth of tomatoes off of that plant not to mention all your time and effort.
Most veggies are easy to grow, so I grow mine from seed. Although I haven't priced seed yet for this year. Maybe the price of starts won't look so bad.
One thing that is painfully obvious, as the years go by, the number of seeds in a packet gets smaller and smaller and smaller.
In spring 2021 which was the last time I bought any vegetable seedlings, they cost me $4 for a 4-pack of peppers or eggplants. Larger vegetable plants sold as individual plants in 3-4" pots were being sold for about $3 back then.
There won't be any veggie starts here for months yet. I always find the price for starts to be ridiculously high. Last year I saw tomato plants for $26. Not starts, but about 1 gallon size. You wouldn't get $26 worth of tomatoes off of that plant not to mention all your time and effort.
Most veggies are easy to grow, so I grow mine from seed. Although I haven't priced seed yet for this year. Maybe the price of starts won't look so bad.
One thing that is painfully obvious, as the years go by, the number of seeds in a packet gets smaller and smaller and smaller.
I don't mind that *too much*, as long as there's enough seeds to grow the amount of plants I want in my first year, and then after that I just save seeds.
Cabbage is a cool climate plant though so it's hard to say how well it will grow in your warmer climate.
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That's what really kills me. Bonnie is the only supplier for Walmart, Ace Hardware, Lowe's and Home Depot in my area. Bonnie also has a nursery in Florida. They have a cabbage that matures in 45 days, but they seldom ship it to my area. Even in a normal winter we can seldom count on having 45 days without temps in the 80s, so trying to grow a long-season cabbage is a waste of time and money.
That's what really kills me. Bonnie is the only supplier for Walmart, Ace Hardware, Lowe's and Home Depot in my area. Bonnie also has a nursery in Florida. They have a cabbage that matures in 45 days, but they seldom ship it to my area. Even in a normal winter we can seldom count on having 45 days without temps in the 80s, so trying to grow a long-season cabbage is a waste of time and money.
I don't find cabbage is ever worth buying as a plant at a nursery though - I only do it for plants that will produce more valuable crops like peppers and tomatoes, or maybe perennial herbs like tarragon or sage. Cabbage is pretty easy to start from seed indoors, I've found it's less prone to root rot and other issues compared to peppers and cucurbits.
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Ours were higher last year than pre-Covid, but I opted to start from seed inside with an LED grow light. Here there will not be any summer plants like tomatoes and cucumbers until April-May so I don't know what they will cost this year.
yes.
$6 plus tax.
the plant cost and everything else
plus time means a store bought cabbage
is cheaper since cabbage is featured
as a "loss leader" frequently.
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