> On a related note, I was just browsing a Dept. of Commerce database,
> and found a request from a Mexican Toy Company for "5,000 - 8,000"
> VFT's per MONTH!. That's 100,00 a year, and he wanted 2 - 4 year
> old plants.
>
> I wonder how many growers could afford to sit on 300,000 or so
> plants for 3 years?
Does anyone know how long it takes to produce a saleable VFT
using commercial methods (maybe tissue culture) under optimum
conditions? I agree that from seed, it is maybe 2-3 years
under normal growing conditions before you have anything
worthwhile. I was pleased this Spring to finally have some
seed raised VFTs surplus to requirements - something
I couldn't have imagined when I first started growing them!
-- Clarke Brunt (clarke@brunt.demon.co.uk)