The Great Coconut Adventure Begins…
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- It’s been a difficult few weeks, with lots of soul-searching and a few important decisions about our life here. And out of all the chaos and all of the uncertainty popped one little word…
Coconuts
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Nice to see you back, CZcams is not the same without you. Good luck with the coconuts and the farm.
Welcome back to the world of CZcams Ben (and Anna). I'm sure I speak on behalf of your 10.8k subscribers when I say you've been sorely missed!
Take it easy mate, come back at YOUR pace, we ain't going anywhere.
We had same issue over year ago with our rice fields and converted to coconut farm All is going well. We didn't account for flooding in rain season but dug trenches for three hundred trees. We got lucky no deaths. Good luck waiting for coconuts
Oh this is great, thanks for the comment, and congrats on your farm 👍
Yay, I was worried you gave up since you havent uploaded for a while ^^;
Yay, you're back. Enjoy your videos mate.
❤👍🏼Romantic! Have a great weekend. 💞💞
Coconut trees usually live up to 80 years, but can live up to 100 years if well cared for.
They reach maturity in 6 to 10 years, and can produce fruit for up to 70 years.
I'm quoting here but I think it's good business considering what they're charging for fruit & drink
Great to see you back! 🎉
Like all the other comments so far, I’ve missed your vids. We’ve just moved into the house in Phayao,…….I’ll email you some photos. I can’t get over the great value here for the dollar!
glad to see you back. I enjoy watching your videos
Hi Ben good to see you, I did many many years ago put coconut trees completely round the property, not for a cash crop mainly for good shade, there are now 15m tall, we have them professionally harvested once a year,
For your information as you are thinking of starting out,see below.
The coconut tree grows from a single seed, which is an entire coconut, taking between 3 and 8 years to bear fruit, and living between 60 and 100 years. Each coconut takes almost a year to develop from a flower into a fruit.
If you're going to put them in put them in and forget about them for a few years.
Great info thanks Freddie 👍
Experience counts ben, good to listen and learn it reduces the risk.
Good to see you back
Missed you mare. The girls have gotten much bigger.
The last thing I was expecting was to have you pop up on my feed today.
Good to see you.. And to hear about your plans, maybe going nuts is the future. Good luck and keep telling us about it.. 😉🙏❤️🇹🇭
Thanks Leon, yeah weird timing that. I woke up and decided to plough through a video the morning after we emailed 😅
Hi mate, good grief, I wish we had rain in Hua Hin. The wet season here was about 3 weeks, I kid you not. Reservoir's here are very low to the point of being nearly empty. Goodness knows what will happen in the dry season?!!!
I've planted a fair few coconuts by my canal, they were windfall coconuts. I love them.
Good luck with your planting. Dave
Plant them and takes 3 yrs to get good harvest. Lots to do. Good luck
Hey, good to see you back Ben.
Welcome back! Not to put more on your plate but don't leave it too long to investigate getting your two pups spayed.. Otherwise you will be knee-deep in pups before you know it. I speak from experience 🙃
Yeah we’re on that. Few months yet, I think 9 -12 months before we get them neutered. They’re only about 4 months now 👍
Good luck with the coconuts
Welcome back 👍😀
Been worried! Glad you’re back!
Welcome back i missed u the puppies and the farm.
The future is in 🥥's Ben 😊 great blog fella delighted you're back 😄
Cheers Dave 👍👍
You have been missed sir!!
Going nuts for coconuts.😊
We has Banana tree's but now just recently replaced them with Coconut tree's there about 1mtr tall and looking great 👍
Welcome back Ben! Loving the coconut idea I think it would make your back yard look incredible. I wonder how many rounds of coconuts you’d need to sell to get back your initial investment.
Life is an experiment! No harm in trying new and different things. And, we truly enjoy watching your experiments and ideas being implemented!
coconuts to you
Good luck
My advise would be to grow food for yourself and sell the extra at a local market.
Growing commercially is hard work and not much profit.
I am farming and make nothing, just pay wages and have headaches.
That is what my wife and i do.
We grow to eat and any excess she sells on the village market.
Just caught up with your channel, looks very nice, we're in a similar position thinking same things so good to see it's achievable, but we're plus 4 kids on you 555. As a comment on this we started with a house in Bangkok 11 years ago and planted coconut, banana, mango, papaya, chompoo, mayom, guava, orange, lemon, nooni, eggplant, chilli, cucumber, tomato, long bean, probably some things I'm forgetting, point is most things took up to 5 years before giving fruit, especially the trees and coconut was not a good yield, why the uncle has hundreds. Our mango and papaya ended up doing the best. I guess my advice, like yours in another video, is not to put all your eggs in 1 basket 555. PS the canal extension is a good idea, my wife's family dug ponds on their farm and now they have to pump water miles to get it to their crops during dry season, dig canals and put your crop either side, seems like a basic to me...
Welcome back maye
It's great to see you back, Ben. I always wanted to do cashew trees here in Isan, but my Thai family couldn't see my future vision. I suppose I just get to watch your venture grow from the beach. Enjoy your vids.
Beach sounds good too 😇
Coconut trees? Go for cacao trees a better cash crop, although the coconut trees would look nice on the property. Good luck and good to see you back.
Good idea with the Coconuts. They don't have a good record of growing very well in Isaan ofcourse, normally they grow better down South, but I think you can grow them successfully, just a bit of different quality.
Welcome back ❤
Great news that you’re back. Have missed your videos. Take care.
-7 here today. Can’t wait to warm our bones in Thailand 🇹🇭 in March ❤
If you decide to grow coconuts, my assumption is you are aware of them already, but grow Malaysian dwarf coconuts. 8 feet tall max, and all of coconuts are at arm length, instead of normal ones harvested on ladders.
Have trained monkeys here for harvest!! Dwarf coconuts, splendid idea
Good to see you back it’s good to have a break sometimes from working on your land keep the content coming
Good to see u back Ben and in such a positive frame of mind. Go with your gut. U need these projects to keep u sane out there in between your uk commitments 👍
It is looking better and better every time I get a chance to get on line. This is busy season for us, I am back on the island. Best wishes!
So glad to see you back Ben!! My husband and I were wondering about you! Hope you have a wonderful year ahead of you😊
Would it not be good to utilise them big canals and farm fish in them while growing coconut 🤔
Welcome back.
Good, a new adventure. New purpose. New water channels? New bamboo bridges? New blue pipe?
Dogs have grown fast.
🌴🌴< < < WECOME BACK ! WE THOUGHT ELVIS LEFT THE BUILDING > > > 🌴🌴
Volume and choice of background music, spot on! Good job mate!
Yay ! Good to see a video but also you taking care of yourself 🙏🏽
Good to have you back. You've been missed. Happy New Year.
It sounds like Culebra early mornings….heavely!
Would look fantastic
Welcome back your channal 😊👍🤗😉🫰❤️🎉🎊🏝🌴
Good to see you again. Every time I’m moving or adding blue pipe around the house I wonder how you’re doing. Fun to see how big the pups are getting.
Blue pipe lol 🤣 thank god am hopeless at diy 😂
So what kind of coconut tree are you going to be planting? I went for NAM HOM, A dwarf variety wasn't for selling the coconuts, just to make the place look nicer, I did lose one to floods, but the rest now must be for 4-5 m tall after 4 years
Great stuff. I’ll update about the variety of coconuts soon 👍
My husband just retired. It has been difficult find projects for him to do. The house has been take care of already. We are now planning to move to South America for part of the year and do a bit of this and that. One of those is planning new fruit trees and a few dwarf coconut plants. A few months ago we went and all we had were the really long coconut plants, so now we have to figure out and make sure we get the shorter plants. Should be fun. It nice seeing you being occupied with the land.
Sounds great 👍
Look into Avocado Trees Ben, heard from local Thais that they're the future hidden gem.
Welcome back, You have been missed. Love your coffee cup. 5555
Good to see you back Ben. Want more updates on the dogs too mate. But did enjoy learning about the coconut farming mate
Cheers Ricky, it’s appreciated mate. The dogs are a handful, wreck the place 🤣. I’m gonna build them a bamboo kennel way out in middle of the farm 😅
How you doing Ben? You dont seem to have the same positive energy. You have been missed by all! Long for Thailand you are such a lucky bugger! Take care❤-23 & 🌨❄️here just now.
Really missed you Ben, please don’t make it so long again ❤️👍
Good luck with the coconuts project,it’s getting hot the next couple of days in Nong Buha Lamphoo,around 34 degrees,think I’m going to stay a couple of days in a resort in nong Buha with a swimming pool to cool down😅
You’re right, I’ve just filled up my pool for first time in about a month. Was in there today 👍
Hi there
For little outlay and a few years waiting time you could be onto a winner , can’t be any worse than the rice crop , and like someone said they are mostly found in the south , so maybe a premium crop when ready , who knows , worth a try , good to see you back ,
Regards Davy 🏴🇹🇭
We all missed you, Ben. Glad you are ok. Get a stylish, trendy haircut and trim your beard and you'll feel a lot better. Unfortunately when we live in rural Isaan, we sometimes need a "mini-vacation" to the big city to recharge our battery and remind us what we're missing. Take care.
It's all gogogo
If
Landed subject to floodinh, grow rice mate😅
We grew rice last year, and you’re right, the floods didn’t do much damage. I’m keen on a slightly different path though 👍
Ben, if the real Stamp sit on your lap, you won’t pushed her away right? Welcome back…
🤣🤣🤣 I just read this comment to Anna and she assures me that the real Stamp would kick my ass
first 10 seconds.. :) ..wow perfect .. great to see you back, coconut farm looks great..do you get monkeys too.. (i know what my wife tells me. thats what we all say)... go with your gut ben (or wife)...you,ll make it work
Yes El Niño and La Niña are real….ask any farmer!
I know it’s a real thing, I’m just unsure if it’s the reason we’ve been flooded past two years. I hope so 🤣
Squirrels gnaw holes in our coconuts before we can use them.
I have a gun 😅
Have you watched the CZcams farang growing durian in Thailand?
I watch low brow - is that who you mean?
I watch low brow but I mean this: TM Durian Farmer
Hello mate you should plant durian. I watched another channel and the guy makes a lot of money from Durian!
We considered this but it’s a much bigger investment and a 5 year period until the first fruit, and in this province of Thailand the climate isn’t so good for durian, as in the south. Thanks for the tip though, appreciated mate 👍
nice video!! I'm looking forward to November then it's my time to come to Nampong Khon kaen for 6 months, I'm really looking forward to it. How do you do that with a visa?
I’m unsure about the visa options - a tourist visa can be extended but I don’t know for how long. Personally I have a marriage visa, which I must renew every year
To make coconuts a success, you must be able to climb them. Can you make a video of you trying…😂
Haha yea in a couple of years 👍
What about Durian? I have seen a few videos talking about how much money you can make growing Durian. I have learned a long time ago not to chase other peoples ideas for making money. Just because your neighbor is spending a ton of money on growing coconuts does not mean they know anything more than you and me.
Happy new year mate, sounds like a plan. Just keep in mind that if they are wealthy they would have liability insurance or lose. They could not care if they lost plants as it’s covered. You will need a monkey soon :-) 😂
What province is your home?
Nong Bua Lamphu province 👍
I enjoy your vlogs but I feel something is missing and perhaps you are not utilizing your location and unique living situation. Maybe add a little more detail to your filming. Your videos are void of humans and characters. I know many people are shy in front of the camera but I feel they would add more interest to your movies. It's frustrating watching you half-heartedly attempt a project and then never really see the end of the project in any great detail. I'm not having a go pal but sometimes it seems as though your heart isn't really in it
Thanks for the feedback 👍
Exciting! It makes sense to grow coconuts. The cost is minimal other then the labour to dig canals. Plus easy to harvest and very little maintenance.
The trees provide shade , beauty and 😅n come. Two questions
What kind of money per year on 200 coconut trees?
Can you harvest fish in the canals to utilize all the space?
I think it depends on which coconuts - different varieties for the juice or the flesh etc. Also depends on if you sell the entire crop to a wholesaler or yourself locally / market. We’re exploring the possibility of making some product or other with the coconuts too, obv adding value. For now though just getting all those trees to an age where they’re producing coconuts is enough 😅
I would be planting Durian, with a long term production of about 60 years, reaching maximum (and highly profitable production numbers/kg/tonne) within 15 years and continual increasing growth thereafter 🤔🫣
Food for thought mate 🤫
You make 1,000 durian tree farm, you’ll be set for retirement 👍🤫
We thought about that but it’s a difficult thing to grow, especially in this region of Thailand. Also if it was a success, my mother in law would eat all the profits 😅
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