Selling auto spare parts in Kozan Industrial Site, Mesut Mutlu has added new color to his life by growing tropical fruits in his garden house. Mutlu, who transformed the idle land into a productive tropical fruit garden by planting dragon fruit, passionflower, guava, avocado and mango saplings in his garden, explained his experiences in this process as follows:
Happy:“People said ‘plant orange and tangerine saplings’. I planted 1 acre of dragon fruit and they said ‘don’t mess with strawberries’. I planted avocado, passionflower and mango saplings. My friends said ‘have you lost your mind, these won’t grow here and you won’t be able to sell them’. Thank God, I am very happy and that is enough for me. All the products bore fruit early. know about it. They don’t know about it in our district, so I promote it everywhere so they know. It is very common from Mersin to Antalya, but I am trying to promote it here. I love passionflower so much right now. , I want it to become widespread in Kozan.”
As Mutlu emphasized, the producer stated that tropical fruits have high vitamin value and that they also offer important health benefits:
“Tropical fruits have high vitamin value, strengthen the immune system, and are ideal for diabetics. At least 150 kilograms are harvested daily. God gives more than enough. There is no problem in terms of market. I leave them in touristic places. Anamur wants them. Istanbul wanted 1 ton but I couldn’t grow them. Thank God, the orders are not enough. People always grow oranges and tangerines, many people have planted them. “Them after me. I will help in any way. I recommend that they plant even one in front of their houses for their health.”
