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Wild ramps #6120216
01/10/18 08:22 AM
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So, I have a large piece of land. It is covered...I mean covered with wild ramps. We eat them as soon as they are ready. I feel like I could sell 200 lbs a year and not put a dent in them. Question is, where can I sell that quantity all at once?


Thanks for any advice

Re: Wild ramps [Re: Trapping dad] #6120234
01/10/18 09:00 AM
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You will have to do some leg work. Try restaurants, don't know if one restaurant would buy 200lbs but you may get a few to buy 5-20lbs. You have to get out there now and get them on board with an order before the ramps even are close to coming up.


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Re: Wild ramps [Re: Trapping dad] #6120334
01/10/18 11:19 AM
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Are ramps what we call leeks?

Re: Wild ramps [Re: Trapping dad] #6120599
01/10/18 05:21 PM
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I have heard it called a wild leek as well. We eat em like mad when they come on, my wife pickles them too. I hear they are susceptible to over harvest, but this is a unique situation in that I literally have at least 30 acres of a solid carpet, and then patches where they have spread over the years maybe twenty foot diameter. I am certain that with a little research I could harvest a ton of them sustainably. If anyone knows about sustainable harvest I would be interested in that as well.

Re: Wild ramps [Re: Trapping dad] #6136167
01/24/18 12:37 AM
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My daughter has the same numbers on her place......10's of thousands of'em. I would love to find a steady market for them, but so far have struck out. I've found the odd place that wants a couple good messes of them, but they don't want more, and they don't want to pay s**t for the ones they would buy. There was someone on here 3-4 years (?) ago that showed a literal trunk-load of fresh leeks/ramps they had picked and had sold. I don't remember who it was, but if they were any kind of business person they wouldn't blab who they sell to!!


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