How We Can Be Able To Make Success In Mango Plantation

What do we know about Mango Plantation? How we are going to manage that piece of success we are about to embrace, when and how we are going to take our first step in facing all the challenges in Mango business world, in the middle of global crisis! This is mainly one of the reasons why we had to pushed through in buying particularly this property, was due to the fact that diamond industry has hit to bottom, thus, our company soon realized that it is not worth spending the ratio of 20 while only earning of 5. Have written about "Diamond Industry Holds Crisis".

We already have accepted the fact, that one day we all going home, possibly in 3 to 4 months time! Needless to say, we have to think about our future, of what we could do in terms of investment, despite of what is happening globally!

As what I have written in my other blog, we won a lottery! LOL, kidding aside... That we managed to acquire a "next to nothing" property in BOHOL, Philippines (province where I come from). Please read the whole story at "Mango Plantation - Our Business In The Near Future". We do have mixed emotions right now, though the sale hasn't been finalized yet.We both have made some research about Mango Plantation/Growing Mangoes in the Philippines, which luckily have found some useful information we would have needed to manage our own. Goodharvest site - Your Total Mango Farming Partner!. Also this other website Mango Farm Business gives us comprehensive information and guide on “how”, “when”, “where” and “why”. The chapter summaries are:

PRICES

• Farm gate prices
• Wholesale prices
• Retail prices
• Carabao Mango Market Price Monitoring in Metro Manila

HARVESTING

• Production volume and area harvested
• Number of trees
• Harvesting period
• World mango production by country

MARKET

• Foreign trade statistics (import and export)
• Market channels
• Geographical flows
• World Market

PRE-PRODUCTION

• Geographic suitability and investment potential of mango in the Philippines
• Mango Cultivars and Related Species in the Philippines
• Ideal Mango Growing Conditions in the Philippines
• Establishing a Hectare of Mango Nursery
• Establishing and Maintaining a Hectare of Mango Scion Grove

PRODUCTION

• Establishment of Mango Orchard
• Pruning
• Weeding
• Fertilization
• Irrigation
• Flower Induction
• Fruit Bagging
• Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
• Harvesting

POST PRODUCTION

• Field Packinghouse
• Establishment of an Integrated Mango Processing Plant
• Production of Mango Leather
• Low Sugar and Sulfite-Free Pineapple and Mango

INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGY

• Combination of Potassium Nitrate Spraying and Smudging
• “Ug-og” Method
• Bowflies and Mango Hoppers
• Irrigation
• “Damba” for chemical spraying

OTHER RELATED SERVICES

• Pest Clinic information services
• Directory information services
• Policy information services
• Bazar information services
• Search information services

Whole information to be found at Mango Information Network by DOST website.

There will be loads of pressure ahead of us, we just have to give our utmost time and dedication to be able to become successful! We also found this website which gives masses of tips and ideas on How To Grow Mango Trees.