confused whether to grow flowers for loose sale by weight or cut stems for bouquets, have small land near Bengaluru
Difference between loose flower and cut flower farming, which suits a small farmer?
RRamesh Gowda8 महीने पहले · 263 व्यू
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🌾Farmer.in Krishi Teamविशेषज्ञ ✓8 महीने पहले
Loose flower farming, like marigold, jasmine and chrysanthemum sold by weight for garlands and temples, is lower cost, can be grown in the open field, and suits small farmers near a town with steady demand and festival peaks. Cut flower farming, like rose, gerbera, carnation and gladiolus sold by the stem for bouquets, fetches more per unit but usually needs a polyhouse, high investment, careful grading, cold chain and a reliable buyer or auction market. For a small farmer starting out near Bengaluru, loose flowers are the safer entry since the market is local and the risk is lower, while cut flowers under polyhouse pay only with assured marketing and capital. Visit your nearest flower market, check actual prices and demand, and discuss the economics with your KVK before deciding.
MMahadev7 महीने पहले
I started with loose marigold and chrysanthemum because the local market takes them daily and the cost is low. Cut flowers need a polyhouse and a fixed buyer, jumping straight into that without a buyer is risky.
LLakshmana7 महीने पहले
Cut flowers can pay more per stem but the cold chain and grading are strict, and a missed market day means the stems are wasted. Loose flowers I can sell at the local mandi the same morning. For small land and limited cash, loose is the safer start.
CChandrashekar7 महीने पहले
Before you decide, spend a few mornings at the Bengaluru flower market and watch the actual rates for both loose and cut. The festival peaks for loose flowers are real money near a city. Talking to the traders there told me more than any plan on paper.
BBasavaraju7 महीने पहले
The polyhouse for cut flowers is a big spend and you need the capital and a steady buyer or auction tie up before you build it. I know growers who put up a polyhouse without a fixed market and struggled. Start loose, learn the trade, and move to cut only when you have the buyer and the cash.
NNanjundappa6 महीने पहले
Loose flowers I sell daily at the local market with almost no special equipment, that suited my small plot and limited money. Cut roses a neighbour grows need grading, sleeving and quick cool transport. For the festival demand near the city loose flowers paid me steadily without the heavy setup.
MManjunath Reddy6 महीने पहले
Marigold and chrysanthemum take the festival peaks well and you can grow them in the open ground, no glasshouse needed. The Dussehra and Diwali rates near a city are real money for a small grower. I keep to loose flowers and time my batches to the festivals rather than risk the cut flower investment.