Even though this si the Isaan forum and no one has mentioned Isaan on this thread, I'd be mighty cautious about trying to make any kind of agricultural living in Isaan!
Us Isaaners are not exculsive folk and welcome input from one and all ! Especially if it is on the joys and vagaries of putting plants in the earth to grow (hopefully!).
As for making an agricultural living here, there or anywhere, I'd urge a lot of caution and a desire to put more back into the soil than you take out, before embarking on such a gamble. It's a way of life, different to any other profession, which is why it normally confounds conventional economic analysis.
As for interesting fruits to try in Isaan, i've seen a few people trying passion fruit ("sao-arot" (Thai) or "mak gatoklok" (Lao) ) with fairly promising results, and reckon it could be a top crop in the future. Somebody I know in Sakhon Nakhon grows it to make wine and has now started distilling it too into a pasion fruit schnapps. not a bad drop. However, I reckon it's best eaten fresh or squeezed and mixed with a bit of syrup/salt for breakfast.
Please excuse my ignorance Plachon but is there a difference between pomegranate-taptim in Thai ทับทิม and passion fruit? I'd be grateful if you could spell mak gatoklok in Thai as my relatives here in Udon province have never heard of it whilst taptim is common
Cheers, bannork.
ทับทิม is larger in size and the seeds inside look like gems, gratokrok (กระทกรก) is smaller and the seeds inside look dark and wet. There are 2 kinds of gratokrok differentated by colors, the first one is yellow (sweet) and the second one is purple (sour). I am in Udon too.
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ทับทิม is larger in size and the seeds inside look like gems, gratokrok (กระทกรก) is smaller and the seeds inside look dark and wet. There are 2 kinds of gratokrok differentated by colors, the first one is yellow (sweet) and the second one is purple (sour). I am in Udon too.
Kphon