The Beginner’s Guide to Making Money Growing Garlic
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Garlic is in high demand and makes an excellent cash crop. If you’d like to learn how to make money growing garlic yourself, keep reading!
When you eat garlic, chances are you’re eating the bulb of the garlic plant—the bulb-shaped, underground bud. Like other plants, garlic also has a stem, leaves and even flowers! Though these are technically edible, you rarely see them in meals. Both raw and cooked garlic have impressive health benefits, including reduced cholesterol and blood pressure, better immune function, and treatment of respiratory infections.
How Much Can You Make Growing Garlic Per Acre? On average, farmers can harvest between 4,000 and 6,000 kilograms of garlic per acre. The market price of garlic also fluctuates, but farmers can expect to earn a profit of between Ksh. 200,000 and Ksh. 400,000 per acre.
The Pros of Growing Garlic:
Garlic has many health benefits. Whether you grow it for your family or for your customers, you can rest assured that you’re providing something nourishing.
Garlic is relatively easy to grow. It doesn’t require too much maintenance or watering.
Fresh garlic is extremely flavorful. Chances are that the garlic you’ve had from the grocery store is imported from somewhere far away from your home. Once you’ve had fresh garlic, you’ll never go back to store-bought (and neither will your customers)! Garlic is relatively inexpensive to grow. So you can make a great profit from it.
The Cons of Growing Garlic:
Although garlic is in high demand, it’s also a commonly grown and sold vegetable. You can help differentiate yourself in the market by selling a more unique type of garlic. Like most other crops, garlic is susceptible to pests. So you’ll need to be mindful of taking measures to prevent them.
How to Market and Sell Your Garlic:
After you've harvested your garlic, here are some of the ways you can market your garlic.
Offer Unique Types of Garlic: The most reliable way you can make money selling garlic is to grow and sell a variety of it that isn’t typically sold at your local farmer’s market. Even better if you sell multiple varieties.
Make it Easy for Folks To Buy Your Garlic: If your garlic is hidden behind other vegetables at the farmer’s market, your customers may not reach for it. Place your garlic in between the vegetables your customers are already buying, so they’re more likely to buy it.
Think About How You’re Presenting Your Garlic: Whole garlic plants are more attractive than individual bulbs, and they look appealing when grouped together in a bin or basket.
There Are Multiple Ways To Sell Garlic: You don’t just have to sell whole garlic bulbs. Here are a few other products you can bring to farmer’s markets (or wherever you’re selling your goods): Minced garlic in airtight jars
Cloves for planting + planting instructions
Dried, powdered garlic or garlic flakes
Garlic-heavy foods such as breads and dips
Garlic paste
Garlic oil
Garlic herbal supplements
Pricing Your Garlic: The price you charge for your garlic will vary depending on where you live, the time of year, the type of garlic you’re selling, and where you’re selling it.
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