Zeid

I was looking At the bangkok post and found the following article

http://www.bangkokpost.com/Business/20May2008_biz26.php

I think that is not a bad idea, to prevent people from converting their rice, food farms to generate more bio-fuels. I feel it is a step in the right direction. as long as it does not come on the account of old jungle trees, and rainforests

does anyone have a clue where those lands will be?

and if you stay on the land for so many years will it be given to the farmers?

I love it,

we do laab with it

somtam

there is this chicken and cabbage

kanamchin,

oh i do not know what else the wife uses it for, but i even brought some with me to the UAE, i have also a big jar fermenting now back home.

just looked up the kubota, there is harvester that looks like a very sweet machine, uh uh uh (from the comedy show home improvement )

http://www.siamkubota.co.th/en/products.aspx?cid=5

now that is rated at 8 rai, so o a good day (i guess) 6 rai will make you 4200B at your current expecting price not bad, even if half of the revenue has gone towards expenses and depreciation. though what else can it be used to harvest?

how long does it take to harvest one rai?

hmmm

how much does one harvester cost?

will it abe a good idea to buy one and rent it out in the harvest season?

same they do with the tractor

I wouldn't recommend growing rice. My wife refuses to grow it as she says it's too much hard work as it all has to be hand planted and harvested by hand. We usually let locals use our land during rainy season to grow rice and grow corn on it for the other half the year.

Mechanical harvesters are getting to be a dime a dozen in most areas and most times work out more efficient and cost effective than than hand cutting.

Can you rent out the mechanial harvesters by the hour?

if yes how much will one cost,

boring airport for my taste

The going rate for rice land in the Chiang Mai area is 100k-150kbhatt/rai....have been here and do occasionally hear of distress bargains, but the above is the going rate here.

and good to hear that digging the pond will be much lower...where is your pond, zied??

Nong bua lamphu

the pond is also quite expensive we kept the soil and paid 50,000 for one that is almost 1 rai and isaround 3 meters deep

well i guess that tis what i get because the ones i got supposedly their roots do not go deep, so in a way i guess genetically improved, they have also delivered them, to the land

oh i got screwed

i had to register the land in order for me to get it at one Baht cheaper.

trust me we do buy sand in bottles with out the help of women , but colourfull and have camels and birds but it is still sand, but we also get alot of westerners to buy as well.

we paid 3b per tree. nong bua lamphu

impressive, a bit off the subject,

i was in a mazda double cab, with 17 people and that is a load for a coaster bus.

so Pickup + 17 = Coaster bus

Okay,

the spacing between the euco trees are 3 meters,

so what do you think of the following configuration

By Khonwan measurments

euco 100cm cassava 50cm cassava 50cm cassava 50 cm100cm euco east west direction

north south direction by ozzydom will do

euco 150cm cassava 150cm euco (or shall i do all spacing the same)

now will locate casava supplier and lant it next week.

what do yall think of spacing?

thank you for your suggestions

i did not find it on the wesite.

http://www.toyota.co.th/en/product_index.htm

how much do they cost? (in thailand)

well that covered my question do Toyota Prado exist in Thailand

the euco trees have been planted for one month now

i guess tomorrow we will have a very long conversation with the in-law.

well now as i understand i can still harvest the cassava without affecting the Euco roots, so they will be harvested independently not affecting each other.

so best thing to do now is see what spacing i have and direction of planting, fertilize the land and plant cassava if possible.

so in 6 years time will be able to get around 4 cassava harvests and 1 or 2 to enable sun the sun to reach the cassava.

since it is rainy season do i have to worry much about watering or in the dry season how much watering is needed?

what would you consider good spacing ?

is cassava same as man sapalang or something like that?

Thanks Ozzy Dom,

the only reason i have mentioned 3 years is from reading other topics where cassava is harvested every three years, i understand Euco needs 5 Years to be good.

now should you leave the cassava for 5 years can you harvested without pulling the euco tree roots? i am not in a real hurry to harvest and make money now as i am still building my base.

now the land i am talking about is only for rai a pilot, the mother -in-law took the liberty to plant us some euco trees 800 of them. which i do not mind as we where still considering. next to me i have access to two 1 rai lakes that are about 3 meter deep, another small lake also on the other side of land.

thought not sure how the land was planted what direction.

so can i wait for 5 years on the cassava?

will harvesting at this age damage the roots of the euco beyond recovery

and will the water available be enough?

how damaged will the land be, (not a big concern as a lake, house and garden, some veggies will be placed on it in 3-5 years time)

area is in southern nongbualamphu

True, but also Cassava requires good drainage. the point is if they are in equilibrium where the drainage and Euco requirements for water.

Well just had one of those brilliant ideas

now should it be brilliant after this discussion i doubt but thought to give it a go.

now since it will take the euco three years to mature so i have been told, and if you leave the cassava for that period you will end up with good tonnage, so all in all after 3 years this should be a great harvest.

now i know cassava needs good drainage, but doesn't euco tress drain the water from around the cassava?

cassava need some what sheltered area (correct?)wouldn't euco do that , providing that the euco juices will not affect it since cassava is under ground.

i feel that this might kill the quality of the soil hence a good rest period or rotating the crop with a nice rest fertilizers and some broad beans beans (or something that has the same kind of roots) would revive the land.

my only problem is will the euco trees affect Cassav?

i am posting this post dreading the replies.

we did our in Bangkok, as we had to translated by a certified person also get it certified by the ministry of exterior. the translation was cheap but the official stamp was for 1300Baht i guess.

if you also have a good library next to you the book what to expect the first year is a great choice for our family at least.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=s...amp;x=0&y=0

www.baby-center.com

very good website.

i used to live in kathu, and driving to chalong did not take long.

phuket city close as well as patong,