Kammekor wrote: ↑Wed Apr 08, 2020 5:48 pm It really depends on the game you're playing, the availability of water, and the effort and amount of money you want to put in.

Avocado
Relatively cheap, the seedlings you can grow yourself, but 5-7 years before you will have fruit (my case: 6 years)

Durian
Seedlings are very expensive, and they need loads of water. 5-8 years beofre you have fruits. The trees need a lot of maintenance.

Cashew nuts
Easy crop, cheap seedlings, nuts in 2-3 years, but labor intensive to collect the nuts.

Papaya
Easiest of all, fruits in months, just drop some seeds and you'll have a tree in weeks. Only 50% will have fruit though (only the females?).

Jackfruit
Fruit in 1-2 years, relatively easy to grow, inexpensive

Banana
Labor intensive. After having fruit once the tree will die, and you have to take out the seedlings and replant them. If you do bananas, do the cheek-pong-mon (the small ones)

Whatever you choose, don't plant anything until the rainy season kicked in.

Jerry Atrick wrote: ↑Wed Apr 08, 2020 12:32 pm

daeum_tnaot wrote: ↑Wed Apr 08, 2020 11:54 am Hello everyone,

I am working on my partner's land during the Covid crisis. The land already has a fair number of mango trees on it, and there is a large amount of vacant space remaining. We're not really sure what we want to plant to use up the rest of the land. Pepper seems to be overproduced now, bananas are a possibility, jackfruit, cashews. We also considered planting a legume crop to fertilize the soil better.

Does anyone have any thoughts on this? Anyone have any experience planting that they learned from and what they would do differently this time?

Thanks!

Depends on irrigation, soil, elevation etc. So, where's the land, does it flood, have shade, etc?

daeum_tnaot wrote: ↑Mon Apr 20, 2020 7:30 pm

Kammekor wrote: ↑Wed Apr 08, 2020 5:48 pm It really depends on the game you're playing, the availability of water, and the effort and amount of money you want to put in.

Avocado
Relatively cheap, the seedlings you can grow yourself, but 5-7 years before you will have fruit (my case: 6 years)

Durian
Seedlings are very expensive, and they need loads of water. 5-8 years beofre you have fruits. The trees need a lot of maintenance.

Cashew nuts
Easy crop, cheap seedlings, nuts in 2-3 years, but labor intensive to collect the nuts.

Papaya
Easiest of all, fruits in months, just drop some seeds and you'll have a tree in weeks. Only 50% will have fruit though (only the females?).

Jackfruit
Fruit in 1-2 years, relatively easy to grow, inexpensive

Banana
Labor intensive. After having fruit once the tree will die, and you have to take out the seedlings and replant them. If you do bananas, do the cheek-pong-mon (the small ones)

Whatever you choose, don't plant anything until the rainy season kicked in.

Thanks for your suggestions and analysis! I think we will plant some tamarind this year just for casual use. Maybe some avocado as well. Can avocado grow in normal tropical elevations?

As mentioned, thinking about cashews. Papaya is nice for personal use but hardly seems marketable (it's very cheap).

We'd love to do durian but for the reasons you mentioned. We have jackfruit already but it is not producing much fruit.

Kammekor wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 4:35 am

daeum_tnaot wrote: ↑Mon Apr 20, 2020 7:30 pm

Kammekor wrote: ↑Wed Apr 08, 2020 5:48 pm It really depends on the game you're playing, the availability of water, and the effort and amount of money you want to put in.

Avocado
Relatively cheap, the seedlings you can grow yourself, but 5-7 years before you will have fruit (my case: 6 years)

Durian
Seedlings are very expensive, and they need loads of water. 5-8 years beofre you have fruits. The trees need a lot of maintenance.

Cashew nuts
Easy crop, cheap seedlings, nuts in 2-3 years, but labor intensive to collect the nuts.

Papaya
Easiest of all, fruits in months, just drop some seeds and you'll have a tree in weeks. Only 50% will have fruit though (only the females?).

Jackfruit
Fruit in 1-2 years, relatively easy to grow, inexpensive

Banana
Labor intensive. After having fruit once the tree will die, and you have to take out the seedlings and replant them. If you do bananas, do the cheek-pong-mon (the small ones)

Whatever you choose, don't plant anything until the rainy season kicked in.

Thanks for your suggestions and analysis! I think we will plant some tamarind this year just for casual use. Maybe some avocado as well. Can avocado grow in normal tropical elevations?

As mentioned, thinking about cashews. Papaya is nice for personal use but hardly seems marketable (it's very cheap).

We'd love to do durian but for the reasons you mentioned. We have jackfruit already but it is not producing much fruit.

Avocado seems to be mainly grown in the highlands.

Passion fruit? It's just a one year crop, and it could attract snakes, but decent revenues.

We have jackfruit al well, it's fast growing and bearing loads of fruits here after 3-4 years.

daeum_tnaot wrote: ↑Fri Jun 05, 2020 8:48 am Thanks Kammekor, we have seen moto-pulled carts driving around and selling, that seems to be similar to what you are referring to. We bought durian, milkfruit, avocado, coconut from them. I guess I am looking for some more obscure items, but have no idea where to find them. Appreciate your advice!

Duncan wrote: ↑Wed Apr 08, 2020 5:48 pm ..... If its bananas , dry them or make banana wine to sell....