MANGO FARMING
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MANGO FARMING
Have a few hundres mango trees on a farm in Poipet.
Keen to discuss and communicate with any other growers to exchange ideas, etc.
Farm open to a visit it you like can accomidate for a day or two if you are serious
looking at a solar water pump set up has anyone got any connections please
thanks ROY
Keen to discuss and communicate with any other growers to exchange ideas, etc.
Farm open to a visit it you like can accomidate for a day or two if you are serious
looking at a solar water pump set up has anyone got any connections please
thanks ROY
Do you sell into Thailand?
Where is your main market for mango?
Do you have other fruit or vegetables?
We have a farm outside Siem Reap that is growing mango, banana, papaya, beans, durian, lemons and various herbs.
Only natural fertiliser used as "organics" will become more valuable.
Mangos have a short market time so we are trying to diversify.
We usually sell them from the farm...not so much price but easy on transport and labour.
Our family help manage the farm and now live onsite....with easy access to Siem Reap on a new tar road.
Was thinking to go to solar pumping but the sums did not add up for us to purchase the equipment versus running a well maintained diesel engined pump.
We also have siphon and gravity feed for most of the land so only have a short lift to pump from the reservoir to the header tanks.
It is a work in progress but the long term prospects are quite good.
Ultimately we will have electricity from the grid to run pumps in the near future....so we are holding off any major purchases for the moment.
Other projects are to increase water catchment capacity and use this extra water for "out of cycle" fruits....better prices at market, and develop more permaculture plantings.
Broccoli & mushrooms are other vegetables under consideration.
Where is your main market for mango?
Do you have other fruit or vegetables?
We have a farm outside Siem Reap that is growing mango, banana, papaya, beans, durian, lemons and various herbs.
Only natural fertiliser used as "organics" will become more valuable.
Mangos have a short market time so we are trying to diversify.
We usually sell them from the farm...not so much price but easy on transport and labour.
Our family help manage the farm and now live onsite....with easy access to Siem Reap on a new tar road.
Was thinking to go to solar pumping but the sums did not add up for us to purchase the equipment versus running a well maintained diesel engined pump.
We also have siphon and gravity feed for most of the land so only have a short lift to pump from the reservoir to the header tanks.
It is a work in progress but the long term prospects are quite good.
Ultimately we will have electricity from the grid to run pumps in the near future....so we are holding off any major purchases for the moment.
Other projects are to increase water catchment capacity and use this extra water for "out of cycle" fruits....better prices at market, and develop more permaculture plantings.
Broccoli & mushrooms are other vegetables under consideration.
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In the near future...something you know, or more BS from the crappiest energy supplier in the world?robboat wrote:Ultimately we will have electricity from the grid to run pumps in the near future....
Energy is one thing. Reliable energy is another thing completely.
Good luck.
ירי ילדים והפצצת אזרחים דורש אומץ, כמו גם הטרדה מינית של עובדי ההוראה.
I don't understand the need for water. I have several on my property, some fifty years old and some we have planted from seed that are now 6-7 years old. They withstand the dry season quite well since they are native plants and survive quite well on what nature provides in rainy season.
I am an optimist......vladimir wrote:In the near future...something you know, or more BS from the crappiest energy supplier in the world?robboat wrote:Ultimately we will have electricity from the grid to run pumps in the near future....
Energy is one thing. Reliable energy is another thing completely.
Good luck.
Ombarang,
We are using the irrigated water to improve "out of season" fruit & vegetables for better prices.
Mainly lemons at the moment but as the system improves we will expand.
See the pics:
Lemon tree
Beans
Bananas
Our mango trees are just 7 years old - they do not need much water to produce - and we have been selling the mango from the farm.
We are looking into value adding for later - drinks and dried mango products aimed at the local tourist market.
Where do you sell your mango....into Thailand? Or local?
We are using the irrigated water to improve "out of season" fruit & vegetables for better prices.
Mainly lemons at the moment but as the system improves we will expand.
See the pics:
Lemon tree
Beans
Bananas
Our mango trees are just 7 years old - they do not need much water to produce - and we have been selling the mango from the farm.
We are looking into value adding for later - drinks and dried mango products aimed at the local tourist market.
Where do you sell your mango....into Thailand? Or local?
We sell locally and give away to relatives and impoverished locals. We also maintain a tree out of eye shot from the house so that schoolkids can pilfer to their heart's content. There is not any future in selling commercially since all the middlemen are Vietnamese (we live near the border in Kampong Cham province) and offer ridiculously low prices.
ombarang wrote:We sell locally and give away to relatives and impoverished locals. We also maintain a tree out of eye shot from the house so that schoolkids can pilfer to their heart's content.
Even when life might not be as good as you want it to be, little Gems like this appear.
I refuse to go out with nothing more than a whimper followed by a small farting sound and a shit stain on my bed sheets..
Just thought I'd share that with you.
Just thought I'd share that with you.
Agreed! That is pretty cool!scoffer wrote:ombarang wrote:We sell locally and give away to relatives and impoverished locals. We also maintain a tree out of eye shot from the house so that schoolkids can pilfer to their heart's content.
Even when life might not be as good as you want it to be, little Gems like this appear.
Some of my best early-childhood memories are of nearly getting caught scrumping apples, pears, etc - there's no fun in it if there's no risk.ombarang wrote:We sell locally and give away to relatives and impoverished locals. We also maintain a tree out of eye shot from the house so that schoolkids can pilfer to their heart's content.
At least go up there and wave a stick at them, ombarang... they'll thank you for it later.
Dried mango is a favourite of mine... and the PI do a better version than the locals, here - worth digging into if you've the interest.
You're a God damned thief! I knew it! (No, I won't come say that to your face, calm down...)Chuangt2u wrote: Some of my best early-childhood memories are of nearly getting caught scrumping apples, pears,...
There's nothing tastes as sweet as an apple straight from the tree.
There's probably an app' for scrumping these days, though.
I saw a mango farm in north queensland recently where they had cut the tops off the trees so they grew much more bushy with a maximum height of about three metres.More branches means more fruit and it is much easier to pick the fruit.
Its hard to see much profit in mangoes because,depending on the variety they all fruit at the same time thus reducing the price.An ideal crop for do nothing khmers or those without working capital.I saw a big tractor ploughing the shit looking land this side of pech nil recently and after ploughing the land was the beautiful red dirt that one sees in other parts of the country.
I dont know what crops would be profitable on this land but there is so much of it lying idle.
Its hard to see much profit in mangoes because,depending on the variety they all fruit at the same time thus reducing the price.An ideal crop for do nothing khmers or those without working capital.I saw a big tractor ploughing the shit looking land this side of pech nil recently and after ploughing the land was the beautiful red dirt that one sees in other parts of the country.
I dont know what crops would be profitable on this land but there is so much of it lying idle.