Urban Greens
Profit Calculator
Two questions. When does a system pay for itself, and what does a pound actually make you. Start with your price. Open the costs when you want the full picture.
What are you doing?
Which system?
Electricity and rent are not in this yet. Add yours under Your costs.
This assumes you sell everything you grow. Growing is the easy part. Selling it is the work.
Start here
CurrencyWe guess from your location.
Units
How many
What are you growing?
Selling priceWhat you actually get paid per lb.
$/ lb
Channels per kit
Mats per kit
Kit price today, from our store
Your quote totalType the total from your quote. Every project is quoted to the room, so there is no list price here.
$
Shipping and import costsLeave blank if you are in the US and picking up, or add your freight and duties.
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Soil or media cost per trayWhat a tray of soil or single-use media costs you now. Leave it blank if you do not use either.
$
Producing channels
Your costs
Harvests per year37 for microgreens at 10 days, 20 for baby greens at 18 days. Lower it if you leave channels empty.
Yield per channel
lb
SeedPer channel, each harvest.
$
NutrientsPer channel, each month. One AutoKit uses about $20 of nutrients a month.
$
Labor timeHours per channel, each harvest. On one AutoKit, planting takes about 45 minutes, harvesting 30 and washing the mats an hour. Packaging time is extra.
hr
Labor rateWhat you pay per hour, or what your own hour is worth.
$/ hr
PackagingClamshells, bags and labels per lb.
$
ElectricityMonthly. This varies the most, so we leave it for you.
$/ mo
Rent, water, insurance, otherMonthly.
$/ mo
Each harvest
Product
Revenue
Seed
Nutrients
Labor
Packaging
Electricity, rent and other
Total cost
Net
Estimates from the numbers you type. Kit prices are in US dollars and come from our store when the page loads. Shipping and import duties are not included unless you add them. Exchange rates are approximate and not live, so type today's rate. Results vary with your crops, your market and how you run the room.