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Anh Son green squash has a good price near Tet

Pearl - Quang An DNUM_BGZABZCACF 09:59

Green squash is an agricultural product with high economic value in Anh Son district. In the days leading up to Tet, coinciding with harvest time, people are busy going to the fields to cut squash batches for traders, to have money to buy Tet early.

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On the green fields stretching hundreds of hectares in Cam Son commune, Anh Son district, in the middle of December, the atmosphere is very bustling when people gather in the fields to harvest green pumpkins.

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Large colored area in Cam Son commune, Anh Son district. Photo: QA

The family of Ms. Nguyen Thi Hai in Hamlet 4, Cam Son Commune is one of the households with the largest area of ​​green squash in the area. Ms. Hai said: In recent years, green squash has affirmed its economic value compared to other vegetables, so this year the family decided to expand the area of ​​green squash to 9 sao, 3 sao more than last year. Thanks to many years of experience in growing squash, from the beginning of the season, the family focused on care, fertilizing with nitrogen fertilizers, pinching the tops, and planting trellises at the right time so that the squash grows well and bears fruit evenly.

Toàn huyện Anh Sơn có trên 100ha bí xanh vụ đông cho năng suất cao. Ảnh: Q.A
Ms. Nguyen Thi Hai's family in Cam Son commune has 9 sao of green squash in harvest season. Photo: QA

Not far away, Mr. Cao Xuan Khanh's family was also busy harvesting green squash. Because the traders had promised to come and buy on time, Mr. Khanh mobilized his whole family to cut the squash. In just 2 hours, the family harvested more than 500 kg of squash, piling them up on the side of the road waiting for buyers.

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Green squash yield is from 2 - 3 tons/sao. Photo: QA

Mr. Khanh said: This is the 4th year that the family has grown squash, the squash area is larger than other vegetables. Squash has many advantages such as a short planting time to harvest, about 3 months, producing 5-6 batches of fruit, helping the family have a continuous income with a relatively stable output. This year the weather is relatively favorable so squash has few pests and diseases, giving good yield, moreover, this variety of squash has a dense flesh, can be preserved for a long time.

According to research, green squash is a winter crop grown on a large area in Cam Son commune, Anh Son district with 50 hectares. The average yield is 2 - 3 tons of fruit/sao. Each squash is on average 50 - 70cm long, weighing from 2 - 4 kg/fruit. In early December, traders bought it for 11,500 VND/kg, by mid-December it was 8,500 VND/kg, with this price, farmers still make a profit after deducting expenses.

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Traders buy green squash for Anh Son people. Photo: QA

Ms. Hoang Thi Nga, a pumpkin trader in Anh Son district, said: The time before Tet is the time when vegetables and tubers are consumed strongly in the market, including green pumpkin. On average, I import 20 - 30 tons of pumpkin for people in Anh Son district every day at a price of 8,500 VND/kg, this price has decreased by about 3,000 VND/kg compared to the beginning of the season, because now it has entered the mass harvest stage, although this is still a stable price compared to previous years.

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Green squash is currently the highest-income crop in Anh Son district. Photo: QA

Cam Son Commune People's Committee, Anh Son District said: Green squash is the winter crop with the highest income in the area, 10 times higher than corn and 3-4 times higher than other crops such as squash, luffa, vegetables of all kinds... From the results, Cam Son Commune People's Committee has planned an area in the Lam River alluvial area for specialized production of many types of commercial vegetables, mainly growing green squash.

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People import green squash for traders. Photo: QA

In particular, this year, the locality was selected by the Nghe An Department of Cultivation and Plant Protection and the District Agricultural Service Center to build a pilot model of "Vegetable production ensuring food safety". Therefore, squash and other vegetables in general have good productivity, especially squash with an average yield of over 40 tons/ha, the total output of the commune is estimated at over 2,000 tons of winter squash, worth tens of billions of VND.

Người dân xã Cẩm Sơn, huyện Anh Sơn phấn khởi vì bí xanh được mùa, được giá dịp cận Tết. Ảnh: Quang An
People in Cam Son commune, Anh Son district are excited because green squash is in season and has a good price near Tet. Photo: Quang An

This winter crop, Anh Son district produced nearly 400 hectares of various vegetables, of which squash was over 100 hectares, grown in large numbers in Cam Son, Duc Son, and Tao Son communes... This is the winter crop with the highest economic value up to this point.

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