Yangmei on Sale ---> WEEE

[sc4001992]

[sc4001992]

I just bought my 2 boxes. I'm near Fullerton, CA.

[pinkturtle]

Wow.  $50/lb

[brad]

$50 a pound!? Not even kidding, I gotta do some research on the startup cost for a commercial orchard

[sc4001992]

same price as last year. Now you know why the seeds cost so much.

Think of it this way. A good dinner costs that much so why not try the fruits before you waste your time growing the plants.

[seng]

I have always thought of pawn shop owners as sinners.  Here is another one, yangmei farmers, taking advantage of the others in bright daylight.  Price not justifies the cost.

[xesoteryc]

Thank you!

[simon_grow]

Yangmei are delicious and so refreshing in Summer but they are expensive. After growing and fruiting them for a couple years, I completely understand why the cost is so high. They require so much work in terms of maintenance and the manual labor involved with harvesting is insane compared to other common crops.

Get the Yangmei while you can, the season is very short, usually about a month.

[RevivalR00ts]

I have always thought of pawn shop owners as sinners.  Here is another one, yangmei farmers, taking advantage of the others in bright daylight.  Price not justifies the cost.

You clearly have no idea about economics. Either do I, but I do understand the concept of supply demand. There’s essentially zero supply in a huge demand. If somehow it gets to the point where it hits the main stream it obviously will not be that much.

[dolomis]

Sold out

[sc4001992]

Yes, you need to just check Weee everyday now since they will only have a few hundred and it goes fast. Like Simon said, it is sold here only for less than one month of the year.

[brad]

They require so much work in terms of maintenance and the manual labor involved with harvesting is insane compared to other common crops.

I am curious what are the extra maintenance requirements for yangmei when growing commercially outside of the harvest season?

[sc4001992]

I remember last year I counted about 15-18 fruits in one box, so you can sell the seeds for $2 each and get your money back.

Here's my photos from 2023 fruits I purchased.














Here's the description of the fruits Calmei sells on Weee.

[seng]

I have always thought of pawn shop owners as sinners.  Here is another one, yangmei farmers, taking advantage of the others in bright daylight.  Price not justifies the cost.

You clearly have no idea about economics. Either do I, but I do understand the concept of supply demand. There’s essentially zero supply in a huge demand. If somehow it gets to the point where it hits the main stream it obviously will not be that much.

I do have some understanding of supply and demand, and capitalism.  After all, I have spent a good portions of my life living under communism, socialism, and capitalism looking for quality of life.

As far as the cost of maintenance, I would not imagine, in China, that yangmei costs 5 to 10 time the price of longan , lychee, etc... A decent comparison would it costs more to maintain yangmei over fig?

Anyway, like Kaz said, before jumping on the wagon, buy the fruits; eat the flesh; and sell the seeds to help recover the cost.

[simon_grow]

They require so much work in terms of maintenance and the manual labor involved with harvesting is insane compared to other common crops.

I am curious what are the extra maintenance requirements for yangmei when growing commercially outside of the harvest season?

Harvest season incurs much of the cost but because Yangmei is such a new crop, the initial investment for grafted trees, soil conditioning, consultations, etc are also very expensive. Depending on what rootstock you use, the soil requirements are different and certain rootstocks take longer to reach commercial production.

Once the trees are in ground, not all trees may survive so you have to purchase replacement trees. Once your trees are large and in full production, there is a lot of costs involved with pruning the trees because they grow so vigorously.

That’s not even the half of it, I do some Yangmei consulting and don’t want to get into the details but just before harvest season, if you haven’t prepared properly, you could easily lose much of your crop.

[xesoteryc]

They require so much work in terms of maintenance and the manual labor involved with harvesting is insane compared to other common crops.

I am curious what are the extra maintenance requirements for yangmei when growing commercially outside of the harvest season?

Harvest season incurs much of the cost but because Yangmei is such a new crop, the initial investment for grafted trees, soil conditioning, consultations, etc are also very expensive. Depending on what rootstock you use, the soil requirements are different and certain rootstocks take longer to reach commercial production.

Once the trees are in ground, not all trees may survive so you have to purchase replacement trees. Once your trees are large and in full production, there is a lot of costs involved with pruning the trees because they grow so vigorously.

That’s not even the half of it, I do some Yangmei consulting and don’t want to get into the details but just before harvest season, if you haven’t prepared properly, you could easily lose much of your crop.

I dont even have a tree yet and you got my curiosity peaked

[K-Rimes]

don’t want to get into the details

But that is what I am here for 

[brad]

don’t want to get into the details

But that is what I am here for 

Hahaha exactly 🤣

Probably a crazy thought, but I'm actually genuinely curious how much it would take to start a smaller scale commercial orchard (10 acres?).  I just have no idea the true costs, I wonder if something like $800k-1.5m from nothing to the first harvest is anywhere near reality?

[RevivalR00ts]

They require so much work in terms of maintenance and the manual labor involved with harvesting is insane compared to other common crops.

I am curious what are the extra maintenance requirements for yangmei when growing commercially outside of the harvest season?

Harvest season incurs much of the cost but because Yangmei is such a new crop, the initial investment for grafted trees, soil conditioning, consultations, etc are also very expensive. Depending on what rootstock you use, the soil requirements are different and certain rootstocks take longer to reach commercial production.

Once the trees are in ground, not all trees may survive so you have to purchase replacement trees. Once your trees are large and in full production, there is a lot of costs involved with pruning the trees because they grow so vigorously.

That’s not even the half of it, I do some Yangmei consulting and don’t want to get into the details but just before harvest season, if you haven’t prepared properly, you could easily lose much of your crop.

Hey Simon, I’m just curious and it’s not questioning your abilities or experience but I’m wondering what your credentials/experience is with yangmei to where you have all this proprietary information and provide consulting to what sounds like large scale operations for growing this? Obviously you have container growing these dialed in and I wish I was even a fraction as far along as you are with these!

[SubmarinePete]

I saw some the other day and they sold out before I could get through the login process 😩

[sc4001992]

Update of the order.  Purple Pearl Yangmei

Just got my 2 boxes, bought the lasts ones, sorry.

Each box (plastic box, improvement over the paper box) contained the following:

Box 1= 29 fruits
Box 2= 30 fruits

So, you can easily recover you cost of the box by just selling the seeds for $1 each.  I better buy a few more when they have the Sweet Violet.

[RevivalR00ts]

Update of the order.  Purple Pearl Yangmei

Just got my 2 boxes, bought the lasts ones, sorry.

Each box (plastic box, improvement over the paper box) contained the following:

Box 1= 29 fruits
Box 2= 30 fruits

So, you can easily recover you cost of the box by just selling the seeds for $1 each.  I better buy a few more when they have the Sweet Violet.

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You can start your own Yangmei farm with trees that are already fruiting if you have $1.5-$2Million. I looked into this and decided not enough profit for the investment at this time.
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Dang, mine still came in the paper boxes and they are almost always smashed to a degree or open and rolling through the bag. I’ve expressed my concerns about needing to find a better solution, especially when selling at this premium.

[brian]

That’s not even the half of it, I do some Yangmei consulting and don’t want to get into the details but just before harvest season, if you haven’t prepared properly, you could easily lose much of your crop.

I have read they are quite susceptible to pests. This seems like a reasonable speculation as the cause

[sc4001992]

Yup, I complained about it last time. Now they seemed to have improved it.  These photos are from today, 6/16/25.

[sc4001992]

These fruits were carrier delivered to my doorstep in one day. So not too bad, only some juice inside the plastic container. I just washed it off with water and you can see the fruits are in good shape, none smashed like in those brown cardboard box method.