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It looks like an offer we made on a house has been accepted, and behind the house is nearly 3 acres of guava orchards. No, I don't know what kind of guava but it's not wild, these are trees that were deliberately planted in rows, have been trimmed and maintained for optimal guava production and harvest. Then starting about 18 months ago they were abandoned.
Thing is, I work full time and I'm not a guava farmer. I don't want to see the orchard turn to crap but I don't have the time or talent to make a guava farm work. Do you think its possible that somebody might be willing to come in and maintain the orchard and harvest the guava?
Need to add, there are HUNDREDS of these trees. And they are dropping guavas everywhere.
I can imagine the mess. I had three trees of the type of guava suitable for commercial, probably similar to yours. One I took out and the remaining two are more than enough. I can't even give guava away. Three acres, whoa
It really attracts the wild pigs and ants. It also seeds. I kill starter trees when I see them.
Maybe the fact you have so much will make your orchard appealing to work.I do hope so. I'm not a fan of eating guava, but they do need it to make Pog.
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You might contact Calavo Growers in Kea'au to see if they are interested. They gather and pulp th guava for juice so the fact that it has hit the ground is not a problem. I am in California on some complicated personal business rightnow but might be able to hook you up with a picker/transporter.... Call me after July 4th Pam Lamont 345 8440
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I have about thirty/forty tangerine trees and the pigs do a great job keeping them cleaned up. Funny how they leave the peels....
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Citrus grove pigs are sure tasty. I would bet pigs raised mainly on guava would be good too. The ones from citrus groves have orange colored fat. I wonder what color guava fat would be? You could make a hog trap but I doubt there would be any need to pen feed them if their diet is guava. A good .22 would do. Of course you might want the trap so you could cut the males and release them to be harvested later.
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Update to this question, and it comes with more questions: We've had two neighbors ask us if we would lease the guava trees to them. Any ideas? ANY?
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ask them how much they would be willing to pay?
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Originally posted by pslamont
ask them how much they would be willing to pay?
I want to be the kind of woman that, when my feet
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"
Holy crap, I never thought of that!
Seriously though, I can't find a "going rate" for something like this. I'm not greedy, definitely just looking for something fair for both sides involved. Just don't know what fair is.
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If they are looking at a finacial reward for operating an orchard, I'm sure they've set an amount that meets their goals to pay for the orchard.
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Did you buy the old guava farm on road 7?
