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  1. J

    Looking for a commercial viable "crop" on 4 acres

    the apples are tropical anna I think and the peach and nectarine are both low chill tropical varieties too. We didn't plant them though they were here when we bought. We have a tropical plum that hasn't fruited yet but we had one at our last place that always had heaps on it. We seem to be...
  2. J

    Looking for a commercial viable "crop" on 4 acres

    ugh! we have 2 Jaboticabas and I am sick to death of them! We have sooo much fruit that we freeze kilos of it every year. We also have a house orchard with lemons, limes, oranges , mandarins, apples, peaches, grapes, native raspberries etc etc always adding to it!:D
  3. J

    Looking for a commercial viable "crop" on 4 acres

    you could probably get the seed from diggers club or eden seeds, any heritage seed company I imagine. I might do it myself yet! we could have a somersoft carrot co-op. We are looking at doing something with our 5 acres as I am kinda sick of the shares- they feel a bit hollow at the moment...
  4. J

    Looking for a commercial viable "crop" on 4 acres

    organic certification on such a small farm would be nearly impossible if the farms around them aren't organic. We have 5 acres and looked into it but because we are surrounded by pineapple and strawberry farmers (lots of chemicals) we would only be able to farm about .5 acre in the middle of the...
  5. J

    Looking for a commercial viable "crop" on 4 acres

    raspberries are a high value crop, although I like evand's suggestion :D ginseng has about the same value per hectare as "grass" so I'm told but hard to grow. and takes 7 years for a return. Roses too can be good. Kinda depends how much time you want to put in and what sort of return you are...
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