fruits harvesting

I don't have any fruit trees, but I can see that harvesting can be a problem. Are there no young boys looking for work in your area?

Things like apples and pears can be harvested with long poles with little clawed baskets on them. That's what we use. You hook the fruit and it pops off the stem and falls gently into the plastic catcher up there. You can harvest a few and then lower it. The claws serve as an extension of the basket so the fruit doesn't fall out even when turned sideways. Berries and grapes are easily reached from a standing position, so those aren't a problem.

When I lived in Arizona we had orange trees in our backyard but we were able to just reach up and grab and orange or oranges. We used to have a lot of orange juice.

I think you have to train a monkey to do that! When we were in Thailand, they showed us how they trained the monkey to harvest coconut. They said that they have to send the monkeys to monkey training school!

There must be some people willing to do the work. With ladders of course.

My husband uses a long plastic pipe of about 4" diameter, puts it under the apples and they come rolling down.I have also used a wire basket tied to a pole. Most of the jamming fruits are low growing!

I love harvesting very much. Both of my parents are trees and plant lovers. My dad has a green thumb and whatever he planted grows. My mom watered the plants and trees that daddy planted. We had jackfruits. Dad used to harvest those jackfruits by himself. We also had bananas and it was dad who harvested bananas too. When he passed away, I replaced his position. We no longer have jackfruit trees and bananas. We just have mangoes and caimitos. When it is already the year of mangoes and caimitos, I transform myself into a monkey. I climbed our rooftop to harvest the mangoes since they can be picked on our rooftop. Sometimes I climb the trees. It is a very perspiring activity to climb trees but it is also fun.

I don't do any gardening, but it is great idea to grow fruits and veg if one is able too.

We have fruit trees here but in time of harvest, I won't climb or my husband climb the fruit trees because we're afraid we might fall so we hire someone to harvest or get some fruits for us.

I don't have fruit trees, nor do I climb trees. I would think that men without jobs in your country would be willing to take on the job for pay.

We don't have fruits outside the dormitory. When I was a kid, we used to have jackfruit and mango trees. I never climbed those trees. We ask someone to get the fruits. Now, there are no more fruit trees at my parents' place.