Impatiens in Hanging Baskets

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GREENHOUSE COSTS OF PRODUCTION BUDGETS

New Guinea Impatiens in Hanging Baskets

Table 6. Costs of producing New Guinea impatiens in 8-inch baskets from cuttings.

	Finished Flat Costs
	Small	Medium	Large
Variable costs
Rooted cutting¹	$1.26	$1.08	$1.02
Basket	0.61	0.53	0.49
Rooting medium	0.06	0.06	0.06
Labels	0.04	0.03	0.03
Fertilizer	0.09	0.08	0.07
Pesticide & fungicide	0.09	0.08	0.07
Labor	0.50	0.50	0.50
Interest on variable costs	0.12	0.11	0.10

Total variable costs	$2.77	$2.47	$2.35
Overhead costs²	2.33	1.73	1.66
Loss allocation	0.27	0.22	0.21
Total per pot	$5.37	$4.41	$4.22

¹ 3 cuttings per pot.
² 6 weeks pot-to-pot, 9 weeks on 12-inch centers.

Table 7. Costs of producing New Guinea impatiens in 8-inch pots.

		Greenhouse Size
Production time	Spacing	Small	Medium	Large

8 weeks	12-inch centers	3.90	3.32	3.17
(6 weeks pot-to-pot	14-inch centers	4.05	3.44	3.28
2 weeks at final spacing)	16-inch centers	4.22	3.57	3.41
	18-inch centers	4.42	3.71	3.55
	20-inch centers	4.65	3.88	3.70

10 weeks	12-inch centers	4.32	3.63	3.47
(6 weeks pot-to-pot	14-inch centers	4.62	3.86	3.69
4 weeks at final spacing)	16-inch centers	4.97	4.12	3.94
	18-inch centers	5.37	4.41	4.22
	20-inch centers	5.82	5.74	4.53

12 weeks	12-inch centers	4.74	3.95	3.77
(6 weeks pot-to-pot	14-inch centers	5.20	4.28	4.09
6 weeks at final spacing)	16-inch centers	5.72	4.67	4.47
	18-inch centers	6.32	5.11	4.89
	20-inch centers	6.99	5.61	5.36

14 weeks	12-inch centers	5.16	4.26	4.07
(6 weeks pot-to-pot	14-inch centers	5.77	4.71	4.50
8 weeks at final spacing)	16-inch centers	6.47	5.23	5.00
	18-inch centers	7.27	5.82	5.56
	20-inch centers	8.15	6.47	6.20

15 weeks	12-inch centers	5.37	4.41	4.22
(6 weeks pot-to-pot	14-inch centers	6.06	4.92	4.70
9 weeks at final spacing)	16-inch centers	6.84	5.50	5.27
	18-inch centers	7.74	6.17	5.90
	20-inch centers	8.74	6.91	6.61

16 weeks	12-inch centers	5.58	4.57	4.37
(6 weeks pot-to-pot	14-inch centers	6.34	5.13	4.91
10 weeks at final spacing)	16-inch centers	7.22	5.78	5.53
	18-inch centers	8.21	6.52	6.24
	20-inch centers	9.32	7.34	7.03

Table 9. Costs of producing New Guinea impatiens in 10-inch hanging baskets from cuttings.

	Finished Flat Costs
	Small	Medium	Large
Variable costs
Rooted cutting¹	$2.10	$1.80	$1.70
Basket	0.83	0.71	0.66
Rooting medium	0.14	0.14	0.13
Labels	0.04	0.03	0.03
Fertilizer	0.21	0.18	0.17
Pesticide & fungicide	0.14	0.12	0.11
Labor	0.64	0.64	0.64
Interest on variable costs	0.18	0.16	0.15

Total variable costs	$4.28	$3.78	$3.59
Overhead costs²	3.65	2.70	2.59
Loss allocation	0.42	0.34	0.33

Total per pot	$8.35	$6.82	$6.51

¹ 5 cuttings per pot.
² 6 weeks pot-to-pot, 9 weeks on 15-inch centers.

Table 10. Costs of producing New Guinea impatiens in 10-inch baskets.

		Size
Production time	Spacing	Small	Medium	Large

8 weeks	15-inch centers	6.05	5.12	4.87
(6 weeks pot-to-pot	16-inch centers	6.14	5.19	4.94
2 weeks to final spray)	18-inch centers	6.33	5.33	5.08
	20-inch centers	6.56	5.50	5.24

10 weeks	15-inch centers	6.70	5.60	5.34
(6 weeks pot-to-pot	16-inch centers	6.88	5.74	5.47
4 weeks to final spray)	18-inch centers	7.28	6.03	5.75
	20-inch centers	7.73	6.36	6.07

12 weeks	15-inch centers	7.36	6.09	5.81
(6 weeks pot-to-pot	16-inch centers	7.63	6.29	6.00
6 weeks to final spray)	18-inch centers	8.23	6.73	6.42
	20-inch centers	8.90	7.23	6.90

14 weeks	15-inch centers	8.02	6.58	6.28
(6 weeks pot-to-pot	16-inch centers	8.38	6.85	6.53
8 weeks to final spray)	18-inch centers	9.18	7.44	7.10
	20-inch centers	10.07	8.09	7.73

15 weeks	15-inch centers	8.35	6.82	6.51
(6 weeks pot-to-pot	16-inch centers	8.76	7.12	6.80
9 weeks to final spray)	18-inch centers	9.65	7.79	7.43
	20-inch centers	10.65	8.53	8.14

16 weeks	15-inch centers	8.68	7.07	6.74
(6 weeks pot-to-pot	16-inch centers	9.13	7.40	7.06
10 weeks to final spray)	18-inch centers	10.12	8.14	7.77
	20-inch centers	11.24	8.96	8.56

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