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chasbear · 07-10-2010, 02:58 AM

Yeah, lets see those pics!

You must have a tractor there to get something done or else you have the luxury like us here of getting laborers for just $2 a day! Still, I'm dying to have some motorized, wheeled equipment to at least help with the spraying and hauling. Here in the developing world small tractors and even the engines to build one up are few and far between.

Our regular afternoon rains 10 months out of the year takes care of things like irrigation. We did have 5 months of drought from Jan to May, though, from the el Nino that just passed thru and our plants are just now showing what the stress did to them; so far we've lost about 100 or so fruiting bunches. There just wasn't any water anywhere that I could have done anything about it with and no budget either, for that matter. Heck, we didn't even have water for the house, as well as going without electricity everyday because the hydro-powered electric companies were so short on supply.

We have hung on here with our own self-imposed shoestring budget since we didn't have the $5000 to get 2000 plants developed. I hope that you also have some arrangement that makes your situation plausible in the end. Funny thing... I sold my 1978 Goldwing along with many other toys when I decided to move here from the US 2 years ago! I'm looking forward to getting a small single cylinder bike for roaming around here in the near future. Goldwings are unheard of, though. Whenever I tell someone here that I used to have a 4 cylinder, 1000 cc bike, they just have NO concept; nearly ALL of the bikes here are singles, 150 cc or less!

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chasbear Banana Explorer chasbear's Photo Gallery Location: Bukidnon Province, Philippines Find me on the map! Zone: Equatorial Name: Charles Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 189 BananaBucks : 22,862 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 153 Times Was Thanked 210 Times in 65 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 26 Times	Re: What are signs that my Orinocos are ready for harvest? Yeah, lets see those pics! You must have a tractor there to get something done or else you have the luxury like us here of getting laborers for just $2 a day! Still, I'm dying to have some motorized, wheeled equipment to at least help with the spraying and hauling. Here in the developing world small tractors and even the engines to build one up are few and far between. Our regular afternoon rains 10 months out of the year takes care of things like irrigation. We did have 5 months of drought from Jan to May, though, from the el Nino that just passed thru and our plants are just now showing what the stress did to them; so far we've lost about 100 or so fruiting bunches. There just wasn't any water anywhere that I could have done anything about it with and no budget either, for that matter. Heck, we didn't even have water for the house, as well as going without electricity everyday because the hydro-powered electric companies were so short on supply. We have hung on here with our own self-imposed shoestring budget since we didn't have the $5000 to get 2000 plants developed. I hope that you also have some arrangement that makes your situation plausible in the end. Funny thing... I sold my 1978 Goldwing along with many other toys when I decided to move here from the US 2 years ago! I'm looking forward to getting a small single cylinder bike for roaming around here in the near future. Goldwings are unheard of, though. Whenever I tell someone here that I used to have a 4 cylinder, 1000 cc bike, they just have NO concept; nearly ALL of the bikes here are singles, 150 cc or less!