Petitti Garden Center/Casa Verde Growers

City: Columbia Station, Ohio

Website: CVGrowers.com

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Environmentally controlled square footage: 895,000

Percentage of production space under permanent environmentally controlled structure devoted to each crop:

Ornamental bedding plants54%
Flowering potted plants2%
Container perennials35%
Herbs2%
Plugs and propagation material2%
Vegetables5%

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We sell 100 percent of our material direct so none of the above.

Have you ever been involved in a contract growing relationship?

Yes

Why are you no longer involved in a contract-growing relationship?

Contract added more space so didn’t need more product

Percentage of sales by customer:

Independent garden centers6%
Wholesale florists/brokers6%
Your own retail shop88%

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