We preserve mangoes every year for future use. We preserve these in the form of Achar (pickle), dried mangoes and jam.
We have to climb mango trees or hit the mangoes with sticks or stones. Sometimes we used to call someone else to climb instead of me. This was not fun. So I decided to make a simple device to get mangoes from the tree. All the things required were actually lying as junk at home.
Very nice documenting the action with mango stick selfie.
Down south we used a split bamboo rhombus with a coir rope net. The corner of the rhombus snags the stalk nicely, ensuring the mango does not slip out.
Maybe a notch at the bottle rear will snag the mango better.
This is very useful!!
Great work!!
Good to see Father-Daughter duo in action !!
We have mangoes in our native place too…
This is a great idea for getting mangoes from the trees.
Will be passing on this information to my relatives in Kerala (my native place) as it would be useful for them…
Hey, it’s not jugaad! It’s most simple and most economical, yet ‘industry standard’ solution for the Mango growers. At a time, the net can hold more than 1.5 - 2 dozens of mangoes. It’s just that it gets ‘tip heavy’, so, when to send it down for emptying depends on the muscle power of the person who’s doing the ‘slaying’ job.
When it comes to Hapus (yeah! I do not like to call Alphonso) mangos, those have to be plucked at a particular stage of ripening (maturity). In a day there would be thousands of mangoes to be plucked. Hence, the device needs to be sturdy and having as much capacity to hold mangoes in the net as possible so that the frequency of emptying is reduced.
@sandysat, looks like our understanding of ‘jugaad’ is different . I would love to understand when you would call something ‘jugaad’? (Each one of us could have a different meaning of the same) @Lydia, you too can say, maybe using examples!!
Also, @sandysat hanks a lot for the deets of mango plucking! This appears to be very effective in the ‘slaying’. Hahaha As a child, we used to have a single long instrument (we used to call it దోటి : dhoti in southern Andhra) without a net, which we used to pluck drumsticks or guavas, and dry clothes when at home, LOL. In this case, I liked the usage of the net, and a simple google search indicates it is a common practice in horticulture.
