Comments by "Wobbles And Bean" (@WobblesandBean) on "Why Buddha's Hand Citron Is So Expensive | So Expensive | Insider Business" video.

  1. ​ @ferretyluv  Because CA is uniquely suited to grow them. This is Vietnam, where it's humid af, which citrus trees don't like.
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  2. Yeah, that really made me mad. Destroying the earth just for a fruit you can't eat? Not worth it!
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  3. So let me get this straight. Every few years, these farmers must destroy even more natural forest to move these trees, because they pump so many chemicals into the soil to grow them that it renders the earth incompatible with life. All for a fruit you can't even eat. This is dumb.
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  4. ​ @KissyKaede  Not just that, growing pomelo is also way less demanding and better for the environment.
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  5. They have to replant them because the fertilizer and pesticide they use kills the soil. They have to move operations every year and destroy even more of the dwindling natural forest.
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  6. It takes 10 for it to fruit.
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  7. Probably some dumb spiritual belief that it taints the fruit, or some junk.
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