Rubber planters plan protest over govt failure to tackle falling prices

[fruitman]

26 minutes ago, impulse said:

Have you ever shopped for avacadoes in Thailand?

 

Many times, 70-99 baht and you have to be lucky to not get a rotten one.

[impulse]

17 minutes ago, fruitman said:

43 minutes ago, impulse said:

Have you ever shopped for avacadoes in Thailand?

Many times, 70-99 baht and you have to be lucky to not get a rotten one.

 

And yet, they still plant rubber trees and not avacadoes...  Or is it avacados?

 

[Bosse137]

8 hours ago, rickudon said:

We tried ducks, worked for a while, but egg prices dropped and was only breakeven. done a little bit of vegetable growing, but too labour intensive to really do commercially. I just concentrate on fishponds, but really hard to turn a profit when other family members ignore your scientifically based stocking ratios and overstock - loads of stunted fish and poor food conversion rates are the result.

 

Latest is mango trees ..... 

 

And, of course, any 'plan' always starts with - my money!

Mango was our first crop,but it was no hit.Whatever fruit or vegetable one tries,one needs to use a lot of poison to make it work. We had some good results with orangetrees,but we did not want to go on because all the poison and hormons one has to use.Finally we opted for rubber.Of course they need to be tended to,but not at all like the other crops.Price goes up and down,but you harvest 9-10 months of the year and have a steady incom.And no poison...So of all the bad alternatives,we have found rubber is the best. So has most of other people here done too.If not for the rubber,I don`t know what would happen to this area in the future.Most of the other labourintensive crops has started to use machines and don`t need much labour any more.

[rickudon]

20 hours ago, impulse said:

 

Have you ever shopped for avacadoes in Thailand?

 

I rarely eat them, but maybe buy once a year from Royal project. I do have 2 trees (out of 6 i had originally as seedlings.) I do find they need a lot of water in the dry season. Not sure how long before i will see any fruit