Yellow, red and orange-brown are the colours of ripe dates available in Suan Inthaphalum Preecha, or the Date Plantation of Preecha, in Nonthaburi’s Pak Kret district, a short drive from Bangkok.
“I am the pioneer in planting date palms in Nonthaburi. I’ve grown more than a dozen date varieties on a 50 rai area for seven years,” said Preecha Thamchuchaowarat.
Preecha, 83, has green fingers. He planted many types of trees before expanding to date palms in 2014. On his 108 rai site today, he segments areas to farm chuanchom (Adenium obesum), or impala lily plants, date palms and frangipani trees for sale.
“After the palm trees started to bear fruit, my staff posted pictures on our Facebook. We received a lot of requests…
