Thread: Mango Orchard

OP don't waste your money, rice land is not good for trees, it can grow rice, not much nutrients left in the soil.
Cost more to fix the soil than the trees will make, plus don't build a house on farm land, you won't get planing permission.
Thais say no problem, no one cares, until someone cares. Planing permission can not be back dated.
Step carefully and believe nothing. Jim

Originally Posted by jamescollister

OP don't waste your money, rice land is not good for trees, it can grow rice, not much nutrients left in the soil.
Cost more to fix the soil than the trees will make, plus don't build a house on farm land, you won't get planing permission.
Thais say no problem, no one cares, until someone cares. Planing permission can not be back dated.
Step carefully and believe nothing. Jim

Hi Jim,

I hear you. The days of rice growing on the land is over. I want to remove all the small rice paddies that were built on the land over the years. I could have it bulldoze flat, but the land would turn into a small lake during the rainy season. The land will be raised because of the rainy season.

I'll go and make an application for building permits. As we speak nothing there are no buildings on the property. The place is only 40 kms from our city home. So,it's not critical that we live on the land for now. I'll want to make sure everything is legal.
I don't want to build a something and then have it come back and bite me.

I'll still keep my day job here. In ten years, I'll be sixty years old and most likely be wanting to do something different. Instead of collecting a pension and go out beer drinking all day. I rather be keeping active and doing something useful.

Does anybody know where in Ubon Ratchathaini I can get some soil samples tested. It'll be good to know what is in the soil and what could be done to improve it. In the near term, I'll agree with Jim that its going to cost money, but I hope to change that in the long term. Anyway, thanks for your input.