Thread: Mango Orchard

My wife has been given some farmland from her father. The land is located in Ubon Ratchathani province and has been used for growing sticky rice for many years.
I have no desire to grow sticky rice or even eat it. We decided to covert it into a
mango orchard.

I am trying to learn how to run an orchard.
I'm looking for on-line resources on the management of a mango farm.
Information on best practices of running an orchard would be appreciated.

If you have personal experiences running an orchard or farm, I would appreciate your
knowledge and input.

Originally Posted by mike123ca

We decided to covert it into a mango orchard.

You shouldn't be telling everyone.

Try this thread on TD.

https://teakdoor.com/farming-and-gard...arvesting.html

Originally Posted by mike123ca

My wife has been given some farmland from her father. The land is located in Ubon Ratchathani province and has been used for growing sticky rice for many years.
I have no desire to grow sticky rice or even eat it. We decided to covert it into a
mango orchard.

I am trying to learn how to run an orchard.
I'm looking for on-line resources on the management of a mango farm.
Information on best practices of running an orchard would be appreciated.

If you have personal experiences running an orchard or farm, I would appreciate your
knowledge and input.

Electrified razor wire all around the perimeter and some old Thai guy on 24 hour watch during harvest time might be OK for openers .

Here some reading material for you.

Guide to Growing Organic Mango With Natural Farming System

Originally Posted by piwanoi

Electrified razor wire all around the perimeter and some old Thai guy on 24 hour watch during harvest time might be OK for openers

You would actually trust the Old Guy who you're paying a shit wage to?

The father parceled out the land to each of his 7 children, the land we were given is adjacent ( on all 4 sides) to a brother or sister. The road leading to our property is a private road. I think few outsiders know that we own the land, but family relatives can also be a pain in the ass.

In the near future, the country home will be built there.

To Pragmatic and Palex
Thanks for the links...

great information.

In my neighbourhood, I see many people with 1 or 2 mango trees and they grow very large ( over 5 meters). Then 1 day, I viewed a utube video about growing mangoes. The video speaker would let the trees grow about 2 meters and after that he would prune them to maintain a certain height and size to his trees.

Yes, the trees were smaller and had fewer mangoes compared to a larger tree. The advantage was that it was much easier to harvest the fruit from a smaller and you required less space compared to the larger trees, so it was possible to grow more trees per rai.

Boon Mee, Your mangoes look very good. Could you tell me the age and the size of your trees. Do you do anything to improve the quality of your soil? Last question, do you have filler trees between your mango trees? Sorry for all the questions.

Originally Posted by piwanoi

I made it quite plain to Jan my wife that I am marrying her and and not her extended family of "hangers on", this for me has worked to perfection ,all you have to do is stand your ground and tell them ,you choose ,its back to abject poverty with your parasitic family, or a life on "easy street" with me

Fcuk me Piwanoi, no it's not an offer, but I read the same 'Riot Act' to my missus when I joined the clan here. It works for me also. Okay, I sometimes mellow but never too much.

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

1 year old..

matt

We did that every time they came into fruit the foking locals nicked them.

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.

Originally Posted by mike123ca

Does anyone know where in Ubon Ratchathaini

Try a University.

Originally Posted by daveboy

We did that every time they came into fruit the foking locals nicked them.

Same same for everything around here. If it hasn't got a wall around it it's seen as community property.

Originally Posted by daveboy

We did that every time they came into fruit the foking locals nicked them.

You made the huge mistake in presuming that the Mango's were actually yours and not for every Tom,Dick and Harry to pick as they may , often I may add with your good lady,s complete knowledge that its taking place

Originally Posted by mike123ca

In my neighbourhood, I see many people with 1 or 2 mango trees and they grow very large ( over 5 meters). Then 1 day, I viewed a utube video about growing mangoes. The video speaker would let the trees grow about 2 meters and after that he would prune them to maintain a certain height and size to his trees.

Yes, the trees were smaller and had fewer mangoes compared to a larger tree. The advantage was that it was much easier to harvest the fruit from a smaller and you required less space compared to the larger trees, so it was possible to grow more trees per rai.

Boon Mee, Your mangoes look very good. Could you tell me the age and the size of your trees. Do you do anything to improve the quality of your soil? Last question, do you have filler trees between your mango trees? Sorry for all the questions.

The trees are 10 to 12 years old & ~ 15' tall. I haven't done anything to the soil after some 150 ten lor truck loads of dirt brought in 4 years ago to raise the level of the property. I used to have several mature Jackfruit trees between the Mango trees but the floods of two years ago took them out. Jackfruit cannot take water like Mango.

Good luck with your orchard.

picture last year.



1 year old

matt

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don't know what kind of this mango, anyone have any idea?

matt

Originally Posted by rubberdiesel

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don't know what kind of this mango, anyone have any idea?

matt

They look pretty similar to a couple of my trees we call 'Apple Mango' The leaves look the same as on my trees.

The fruit is a tad more bitter than the standard sweet Mango but good.