Farmland cucumbers hit record prices in Anh Son

(Baonghean.vn) - This year, cucumber growers in Anh Son have had a big win. Cucumbers have just had a good harvest and reached a record high price of 15,000 VND/kg.

At this time, farmers in Anh Son district are busy harvesting winter cucumbers in their fields. Photo: Thai Hien

This winter crop, Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuyet's family in village 7, Tuong Son commune planted 3 sao of cucumbers on the rice field. Ms. Tuyet shared: Her family's cucumber field has been harvested for more than a week now, this year the cucumber crop is very good. The price of cucumbers at this time is the highest ever, so people are very excited.

According to Ms. Tuyet's calculations, this year her family's cucumber crop yielded 1.5-2 tons, with the current selling price of 15,000 VND/kg, by the end of the crop, after deducting expenses, each crop would reach 15-20 million VND. This is the highest income ever for cucumber growers. More excitingly, because this season's cucumbers are rare, they are very easy to sell. On harvest day, traders come to the fields to buy and weigh them right there.

This winter crop, thanks to good care and experience growing melons for many seasons, the melons of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Lien's family in village 7, Tuong Son commune, are very fruitful, with consistent quality. Photo: Thai Hien

Next to Mrs. Tuyet’s field is Mrs. Nguyen Thi Lien’s family’s melon field, which is also bearing fruit. Mrs. Lien happily said that her family has been growing melons on the field for 10 years, but this year is the year with the highest price. On an area of ​​2 sao, each year her family grows two melon crops and one rice crop.

This winter crop, thanks to good care and experience in growing melons for many seasons, has produced a lot of fruit, with consistent quality. Currently, Ms. Lien's family can pick 80-90 kg of cucumbers per day, sometimes 120 quintals of cucumbers per day, each kg of cucumber costs 15,000 VND in the field, after deducting expenses for this crop, her family earned nearly 40 million VND.

Currently, winter cucumbers are widely grown in Cam Son, Tuong Son, and Tao Son communes with an area of ​​nearly 15 hectares. Cucumbers are easy to grow and care for, with low investment costs. With just one bamboo trellis for cucumbers, if well preserved, they can be used for 3 to 4 crops, with high yield. Once in season, they can be harvested continuously every 2 days for 1 month, with an average yield of 1.5 tons/sao.

Traders come to buy cucumbers right in the field. Photo: Thai Hien

The purchase price depends on the time, after deducting costs, people earn from 100-150 million VND/ha. In particular, the cucumber variety here is a local grass cucumber variety, which is grown by the people themselves. The fruit is not as big as the high-yield cucumber variety, but it is crispy, sweet and fragrant, so it is very popular with consumers.

Mr. Nguyen Dinh Dang - Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Anh Son district said that this year's winter cucumber crop was a big success; showing that farmers are increasingly mastering cultivation techniques as well as proactively applying science to production. The district also encourages people to expand the area on fertile land, hilly land, and rice fields to develop the winter vegetable area in general and the melon growing area in particular.

At the same time, local authorities focus on planning to ensure practical requirements and avoid imbalances in supply and demand. Thereby, increasing income per unit area, while coordinating with specialized sectors to transfer technology to help people increase their income and develop household economy.

Thai Hien