Thread: What vegitable/plant?

Today I come across a couple of Rai where the farmer has not re-planted with cassava. I don't know if this is a one off trial or its for local markets. Anyway I was wondering if anyone knows what the guy's growing?

Peanuts

Thank you Boloa. Well this thread didn't last long did it?
It's the first time I've seen Peanut plants. Now I know I'll see how they progress and check for copycats. May be Peanuts are the future for local farmers?

I like the local Peanuts,great roasted ...eat with a fews beers or for cooking (massaman curry ) or you can buy boiled peanuts from local sellers...a nice healthy snack


Boiled Peanuts In Thailand

Since living in Thailand I've taken a liking for boiled peanuts in their shells. Obviously I don't eat the shells.

Nuts are good for you

Originally Posted by boloa

I like the local Peanuts,great roasted ...eat with a fews beers or for cooking (massaman curry ) or you can buy boiled peanuts from local sellers...a nice healthy snack


Boiled Peanuts In Thailand

Indeed...
Quite a stable market for peanuts in every manner.

....and not that temperamental to propagate - don't require too much moisture [as applies also to mung/soy beans].

Peanuts are part of the legume family so will add nitrogen to the soil as well. An excellent crop to grow in the months between rice in single season areas...as I have tried to tell the locals for years...

Originally Posted by Troy

Peanuts are part of the legume family so will add nitrogen to the soil as well. An excellent crop to grow in the months between rice in single season areas...as I have tried to tell the locals for years...

But grandpa never did it so..............

Originally Posted by Troy

Peanuts are part of the legume family so will add nitrogen to the soil as well. An excellent crop to grow in the months between rice in single season areas...as I have tried to tell the locals for years...

I've known a few farmer types that do just that - besides peanuts, integrating other soil benefitting vegetable matter.

^^ I told grandpa! However, now I am grandpa so they are starting to listen...

Stupid question from a city dweller,
Why grow peanuts when cashew nuts would yield more per key?
Harder to grow, less of a yield?

^ Cashew is a tree, takes three or so years to produce fruit and you wouldn't be able to grow rice as well. I don't know how good the trees are in drought conditions but you will lose out on your stable food as a result.

The peanut is grown in the drought period in single season rice areas and helps with soil conditioning and fertility between the rice cycle. It is not a substitute crop it is an additional crop.

Originally Posted by Troy

The peanut is grown in the drought period in single season rice areas

Unfortunately where I saw these peanuts growing it's a way away from the rice fields. The last couple of years I've seen them trying to grow squash in-between rice harvest and re-planting. This year nothing. They appear to have given up sadly.

Originally Posted by Troy

^ Cashew is a tree, takes three or so years to produce fruit and you wouldn't be able to grow rice as well. I don't know how good the trees are in drought conditions but you will lose out on your stable food as a result.

The peanut is grown in the drought period in single season rice areas and helps with soil conditioning and fertility between the rice cycle. It is not a substitute crop it is an additional crop.

Cheers Troy.

really peanuts there? could this work in very hot Sisaket surroundings?

On growing and harvested the peanuts, where is the market for them .

Originally Posted by Troy

Peanuts are part of the legume family so will add nitrogen to the soil as well. An excellent crop to grow in the months between rice in single season areas...as I have tried to tell the locals for years...

The farmer never harvested his crop of peanuts. He just ploughed them in and re-planted with cassava. I'm unsure if he was improving soil quality or harvest price was low.

Originally Posted by Happy Dave

where is the market for them .

Either at local markets or a merchants. I've never seen a local merchant of peanuts.

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Thank you Boloa. Well this thread didn't last long did it?
It's the first time I've seen Peanut plants. Now I know I'll see how they progress and check for copycats. May be Peanuts are the future for local farmers?

Where is this please

Buriram Province

I have been looking on Google and it appears that Peanuts are grown all over Thailand, some grow them immediately after the rice as they do not need a lot of water and take about 115 to 130 days from planting to harvest.

I've been here 10+ years and I've never seen peanuts growing other than the ones on this thread. It's predominantly cassava grown around here followed by rice. Then there's the odd mango orchards and odd rubber trees.

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

I've been here 10+ years and I've never seen peanuts growing other than the ones on this thread. It's predominantly cassava grown around here followed by rice. Then there's the odd mango orchards and odd rubber trees.

It's all about buyers, more cassava/rubber and rice buyers out my way, than corner shops, peanut buyers are 140 km away.
Small growers can only sell at local markets, small time sales, you need big buyers to come for farmers to gear up production.

Same goes for bananas, fruits, coconuts etc, no bulk buyers, if you can't sell at the local markets the produce rots, same goes for fish, just left to rot on the pickup truck.

We have and have cut down loads of papaya trees, can't give them away, locals can only eat so much som tam, taking a pickup load to Ubon to sell, wouldn't cover the fuel costs.

Originally Posted by Thaimato

Dried them in the sun for a few days, shelled them and planted them.

Nah, you did wrong. They're wet cuz they're boiled in salt water before being sold. Best eaten wet IMO.