Is this a good investment?

ucsd_ucla_dad
Wed, 15 Sep 2010 22:02:23 +0000

quote "preventing them from being harvested which would leave your investment worthless. "

Nooo!



Yes - if the OP spends 5K on the trees and they all die for some reason, the investment would have been worthless financially and maybe worthless from a quality of life perspective if they didn’t last long.

I have a hundred or so trees, most of which I harvest fruit from (avocados) so I’m familiar with the feeling of some great tree just suddenly dying for no apparent reason. I also usually lose money on them because of the cost of water and fertilizer (don’t forget ‘maintenance costs’ in the investment calc). However, I like having the trees for my own enjoyment and I do try to turn a profit from the sale of the Avos as well. I plant replacement trees when called for and want to keep it going. These trees add a certain value to the home as well although it’d be difficult to quantify. Hopefully they’re reasonably good for the air as well sucking in CO2 and exhaling O2. I know critters like it out there.