Con Cuong: Growing watermelon brings in income of 70-100 million VND/ha

(Baonghean.vn) - At this time, watermelon growers in Muong Qua are entering the harvest season. This year, the harvest is good, prices are stable, each hectare of watermelon brings in an income of 70-100 million VND.

Although only planted on more than 2 sao, watermelon has brought a significant income to Ms. Vi Thi The’s family in Tan Hop village, Luc Da commune, Con Cuong. She said that before, her family mainly grew corn, cassava, etc., but the profit was not high. After researching and learning about how to get rich, her family switched to growing watermelon.

Traders came to Vi Thi The's family's melon field to buy. Photo: Ba Hau

Thanks to proper care, this melon crop, according to estimates, the family harvested from 2 to 2.5 tons of melons. With the current wholesale price of watermelon fluctuating from 7 to 8 thousand VND/kg, retail price 10 thousand VND/kg, after deducting expenses, the family earned about 20 million VND.

Also on 2 sao of land growing melons, Mr. Ha Van Chung’s family in Met village estimates that they will harvest 2-3 tons of melons. This is the first year his family has planted watermelons.

Each melon weighs on average from 2 to 3 kg, priced at 10,000 VND/kg. Photo: Ba Hau

Mr. Chung said that although the investment cost of growing watermelon is higher than that of growing corn, the time for growing and harvesting is short, only about 2.5 months, so his family can rotate 3 crops per year. If on the same area, growing watermelon brings in income many times higher than corn, cassava...

In addition to traders coming to buy at the fields, many melon growers also sell their products on the main road, serving the needs of local people. Photo: Minh Hanh

Watermelon here is mainly converted by people from the land previously used for corn and cassava cultivation, with low efficiency. If in 2015 the whole commune only had 5 to 7 households growing melons, up to now, in Luc Da commune there have been nearly 20 households implementing the watermelon growing model, on an area of ​​1.7 hectares. On average, each year they harvest more than 100 tons of melons. Each family earns an average profit of 15-20 million VND per crop.

With such a profit, watermelon is currently a poverty-reducing crop and helping the mountainous people of Luc Da commune to become rich on their homeland./.

Ba Hau - Minh Hanh