Mahogany Tree

[basilic13]

Hey there...

does anyone have experience growing mahogany trees? Is it a good investment crop?

Thanks for your comments...

[missismiggins]

Probably a good investment for your grandkids...you will probably not see the benefit.

[JungleBiker]

Probably a good investment for your grandkids...you will probably not see the benefit.

That's a common myth. Sure it may be a long time before you can harvest the trees (20 - 50 years), but you can sell them at any time - e.g. after one year or ten years, etc, as living trees, not timber. Their value will increase each year as they get bigger (assuming you take care of them). You can see some nice mahogany trees growing along the streets in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Some info is attached. I suggest that if you want to grow such a tree crop that you try to tap into some of the carbon credit money that is now floating around. That may cover your planting costs.

Good luck.

JB

43_Swietenia_mahagoni.pdf

[missismiggins]

Probably a good investment for your grandkids...you will probably not see the benefit.

That's a common myth. Sure it may be a long time before you can harvest the trees (20 - 50 years), but you can sell them at any time - e.g. after one year or ten years, etc, as living trees, not timber. Their value will increase each year as they get bigger (assuming you take care of them). You can see some nice mahogany trees growing along the streets in Vientiane, Lao PDR. Some info is attached. I suggest that if you want to grow such a tree crop that you try to tap into some of the carbon credit money that is now floating around. That may cover your planting costs.

Good luck.

JB

That's interesting!

Do you reckon that you could do the same with teak trees - selling as live trees rather than timber?

[basilic13]

very interesting comment indeed...

however i read some mahogany species can be sold as timber after 15-20 years... long but not that long... have you heard about that?

[meandwi]

Hey there...

does anyone have experience growing mahogany trees? Is it a good investment crop?

Thanks for your comments...

It is a beautiful tree and the wood is just as beautiful. But, it is not a good investment crop. It is too expensive to maintain. You will have every type of bug in Thailand chowing on your trees and spreading to other crops in the area. You can't spray weed killer around the roots, it will slow down it's growth. The first 4 years you will spend most of your time standing and staking the trees that fall over. When you finally have big enough trees to sell. Landscape Architects Will not design them on their projects due to the size and amount of the seeds that drop causing damage to cars.

Don't gow it.

meandwi

meandwi

[Loom]

very interesting comment indeed...

however i read some mahogany species can be sold as timber after 15-20 years... long but not that long... have you heard about that?

Teak is a fast growing tree, but I've heard mahogany grows faster than teak.

[GungaDin]

See http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Teak-Trees-t208190.html