There are more than 20 Tekka trees in his orchard and each tree is full of fruits. Based on our visual inspection, each tree had around 200 to 300 fruits.
“Tekka is a durian variety that is rarely cultivated. Sometimes, farmers have to patiently wait 2 or 3 years for a durian season for Tekka trees. Therefore, Tekka is becoming less common nowadays because of the low production volume. It means that there is no economic benefit to the farmers. As such, it is understandable if farmers choose to remove Tekka trees since durian trees are required to bear fruits every year,” Thai Tzeh Min said.
Thai Tzeh Min believes that the Tekka durian variety has a unique texture and taste. Moreover, it is one of the varieties that durian enthusiasts have been pursuing for some time now. Thus, this prompted him to keep this variety in his orchard. “The price of Tekka is actually ideal. Taking
