Welcome to TM Durian Farmer I'm Terry , I traveled around Thailand with my family exploring and documenting some of the coolest places in Thailand. Along the way we decided to plant a Durian farm and stay in Thailand
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Hi Terry, My knowledge in this area is limited, but I'm curious why more farmers don't sell directly to consumers to capture extra profit. I understand there are certain risks, such as not finding enough customers, and that selling directly to wholesalers is often more convenient. Considering my mother is starting a durian farm, what are your thoughts on the benefits and challenges of selling directly to consumers versus wholesalers?
@@romeolucarelli6114 I sale to both commercial and local markets . People that know us buy directly and we sell them the fruit that comes ripe before the commercial buyers come in and buy it all . They always leave some and we also sell that out . This is typical for farmers that grow durian the only reason we sell to the local market is to lower our loss from fruit ripening too soon before the buyers come in .
Could you please tell me as to why you have two plants close together? What is the planting distance between two plants together and the next tow plants? I am curious- thanks
Thanks for your tips Terry. Super helpful, looking at options for our orchard. Does your region have a pronounced wet and dry season? And is humidity always at above 80% ? Heard pollination time needs humidity, but too much water and the trees flush out and drop their fruit buds.
We have a dry season and humidity drops down to 30 here for a short time during the months of march , April , and some of may . It's important to plant the right variety in your region .Some varieties are more drought resistant than others . We find that monthong does best for this
@@TMDurianfarmer ahh wow, okay good to know monthong is so hardy. Yeh our area has 5 months of dry season, so we will need to irrigate. One good thing is we might be able to shut irrigation for 2 weeks and use the dry to induce flowering. Only concern is excessivelt low humidity during pollination.
@@AussiePharmer that's how we induce flowering here. We start to induce flowering in October .humidity starts to drop at the end of January and starts to go back up in may. What area are you in
@@TMDurianfarmer oh cool, thats reassuring to know we can mimic your success. Looking at a little known area of Northern Queensland in Australia. Its outside the main growing area, but they have challenges there like excessive rain that prevents pollination and reduces fruit quality during ripening. Seriously thanks to your channel, i have learnt a tonne and taking first steps to the orchard.
Hi 👋 thanks for video and well done form your farm. Do you think it is possible to make a durian farm in Issan (around Nong Khai) ? Some people tell me yes some not…If I get it PH of ground is important right ? I should look your video again to be sure I understand everything (I m French 😊).
@@TMDurianfarmer thank you. Did you make a video talking about PH an detail to choose a good land and good area in Thailand ? Any I looked that you made a lot videos. I think I will look all of them 😅. Nice job 👍
How can you equalize the fish emulsion for all the trees ? Raw fish fertilizer to go with the water system or that fish emulsion is mixed with the water in the tank ? Your system is amazing but i wonder how fish fertilizer is distributed equally to each tree together with water flow. Thank
@@HMongConnection my wife just spoke a few days ago with a neighbor that has two plots of good land for sale .she was asking if we new any one interested . They are close to our farm in a great location .one has durian on it now the other has rubber trees .
Hi Terry,hope you and the families well? What’s your opinion on seedlings or grafted durian plants,Malaysia or Thai? Malaysia durian seems more expensive and people say tastes better. I’m undecided on where to get it from or it doesn’t matter as long as the plants are the Species you want and it’s a healthy plant?
@@yanfamilyandi3221 as long as it's healthy 👍 If you're planting it in Thailand what I found is Thai varieties do much better than Malaysian varieties here. Thai varieties are much more drought resistant like monthong .
@@TMDurianfarmer Sorry Terry, I should’ve mentioned that the farm is in Laos but thank you for the info. I have no issues about water as there is a natural spring runs through the farm all year round even in the driest part of the year but I’m just worried about the sheer dry heat during summer,”will the heat alone eventually kill the tree even if we water enough? Have you experience this issues before, if so,how did you or other farmers overcome these problems?
@@yanfamilyandi3221 that's what I'm talking about the heat and the dryness .that's why a Thai variety will work best . I would try monthong .I have mk on my farm and it does not do well in the dry months . My monthong does just fine . You can try Malaysian variety but I think it will die . The weather in Malaysia is much more humid year round and lots of rain
Sir wonderful review, i live in south india. My neighbour got a durian tree about 20 years old. Past five years it started giving fruits. But we are unaware of its name. On looking at the fruit can anyone confirm the name of the durian variety !
Thank you for posting these videos, hugely informative. Living in north Isaan and have approx. 19 rai. The soil is not suitable but that can be fixed as can drainage. Love your scientific approach and yes I bet it is confusing the local "experts"...
Durian farming depends on weather is labor intensive and takes a lots of care to produce good fruits. You must hire laborers from Cambodia mostly under age to take care orchards during season. My wife’s family got large farm near Trat airport. While visiting Chanthaburi in May we went to one of the largest farms and sample best durians. I don’t know how many trees they got but they own few mansions for different family members and climate controlled garage size of half a soccer field full of luxury cars. This year they sold 600 million baht worth of durian.
Terry be careful man, you know wearing thongs is not good😂. Seriously I am seeing a lot of snakes this year on the farm bought myself some snake Guards. Was cutting Bamboo yesterday and walked right over a small cobra I did not even see it the wife’s auntie shouted to me.😮
I have also seen many more snakes this year . I got myself a pair of knee-high boots now.. I subscribed to your channel and saw that pool Vila you built that's a nice home 👍 mate
Thank you Terry,that’s clear on what I wanted know. Do you find it difficult sourcing out all your needs regarding fertiliser,chemicals and pesticides? Just I heard that people are very secret about their products and who they sell it to. Lastly can you provide some links where you source all your fertiliser,chemicals etc.
Yara is the brand I use they have a specific use for durian depending on the age of the trees . If you contact me using line I can send you the different sprays I use . You can find my contact details in my channel description
Very COOL Buddy. So exciting. I guess by now you're living off the fat of the land, enjoying the seasons profits. 🙂I've been a small organic farmer for 40 years, nearly half of my life. But living in the burbs of Australia lately and working on selling up and farming in the Philippines or Thailand. ....... Been fascinated with everything Durian for many years now and I've just made the jump and started distributing fresh Thai Monthong from my home on a busy road. It's expensive here, fresh chilled Thai Monthong, delivered via plane every week to Australia sells for 80 Aussie dollars a kilo, or roughly. USD. $54 or 1,965 Thai Baht. Even at that price it's still selling like hot cakes, The Asians here love it but the Aussies are slow to catch on, but I'm sure they will eventually. Profits are small but I've found my dream job and loving it. Planing on selling fresh Durian from other countries too. This is all helping me to understand I want to stay financially involved with Durian. Do a job you love and you never work a day in your life. Yes so I'm really loving watching your videos. You explain all the important details really well. When I make the big jump to living in SE Asia I'd love to do the same kind of thing as you. I love growing papaya actually, but would be fantastic to have a Durian set up like yours with a few other rare tropical fruits as well. Thanks for leading the way Bud. Best regards. 👍🙂
That's awesome you import the durian . I also looked into air freight it's definitely not cheap . If you're ever over this way stop by I'll give you a farm tour 👍
Hi Terry, great irrigation system you have. I’m searching more information on irrigation for my venture and just needed some clarification on your pipe work. Are you running 3” and 2” parallel top and bottom all the way down the field then 1/2” to the trees? Or 3” pipe only runs alongside of each section of the padding?eg, you’ve divided yours into 3 sections. Will it be possible to get an example detailed line drawing of your irrigation systems? Thank you.
I sent the 3 inch line right to the middle of the field crossing all mounds then from that I sent a 2 inch line down each mound then ran the one inch from the two inch to the sprinkler head. I also have a valve on every 2 inch line .I have 14 2 inch lines coming off the 3 inch so when I run it,I shut down half and rotate in order to have enough pressure
Hi Tim, my Thai partner and I have just purchased some land. We plan to move out from the Uk in a couple of years once we have built the farm and it’s making some money, we intend on growing both Durian and Papaya, I’d really like to get in touch with you as I’m sure you have some really good pointers when we are in the planning stages. What’s the best way to get in touch? Mark
Hi Mark In my channel description I list my line ID for people to contact me . Take a look and contact me I'm more than happy to give you some pointers 👍
Hello, great videos sir. I'm new to Durian Farming. I have no idea so I've subscribed to this page. More knowledge to me 😍 At the moment, my durian fruits are dropping. They're an egg-size small.
Durian trees will naturally thin out the fruit. At this point to help keep more fruit you should be applying boron and calcium .apply by spraying on the fruit weekly .good luck 👍
I fell in love with Durian on my first bite. I was staying for a week in Bangkok and looked for it everyday. We can only get frozen fruit in Australia but it is mushy and terrible. I only like fresh and actually travel primarily to eat Durian… my durian tours!
8:00 I am so ready to get to this part of the farming. Still in the development process. Not farming Durian alone, but a test farm for the region. I like your channel, looking forward to more content. TThanks for sharing. 🍈
Terry I noticed that you are cutting fruit as opposed to allowing the fruit to ripen. Is there a difference between the 2 methods of harvesting. I know that in Thailand thiw is the protocol. In Malaysia they allow it to ripen on the tree.
We also allow it to ripen on the tree before harvesting. The cutters check the fruit for ripens before cutting . In Thailand many don't like it over ripe. When the durian falls off the tree it is over ripe and has a short shelf life .
