Tet chrysanthemums in Nghe An are 'unprecedentedly' cheap

The brilliant Tet chrysanthemum gardens in Yen Thanh district give people plenty of choices. Photo: Xuan Hoang

In Dien Chau district, there are many chrysanthemum gardens that are in the harvest season to sell for Tet. According to research, in these days near Tet, chrysanthemums of all kinds are sold at cheaper prices than previous years.

Mr. An Tuyet and his wife in Dien Ky commune, Dien Chau district said that this year's Tet chrysanthemums are sold wholesale at the garden for 2,200 - 2,500 VND/plant, 500 VND/plant cheaper than last year. Mr. An Tuyet's flower garden has 150,000 chrysanthemums of all kinds, and by the end of the 27th of Tet, only more than 70,000 plants were sold.

"This year's Tet, due to the Covid-19 epidemic, the number of shoppers has decreased compared to previous years, which is the reason whyfresh flowers"Slow consumption. Few customers, prices are also cheaper than ever" - said An Tuyet and her husband.

In Yen Thanh district, chrysanthemums are grown in many communes: Hoa Thanh, Tang Thanh, town... Mr. Nguyen Van Hoi, owner of a flower garden in block 2, Yen Thanh town said that by the end of the 27th of Tet, the amount of flowers sold was slow, only about half of the 280,000 chrysanthemums in the garden. The price of flowers is cheap, meaning that flower growers do not make much profit this year.

People always want to go to the garden to buy beautiful flowers. Photo: Xuan Hoang

In the flower field of Quynh Hong commune (Quynh Luu), Mrs. Nguyen Thi Huong's family planted 4,000 yellow chrysanthemums, the selling price at this time is from 2,500 VND - 2,600 VND/plant, compared to the selling price from the 23rd day of the Lunar New Year, Ong Cong, Ong Tao decreased by 400 - 500 VND/plant. Compared to last year's Tet flower crop, the price of chrysanthemums near Tet decreased by about 800 - 1,000 VND/plant.

“If the price was 3,000 VND/tree, this year's flower crop would have earned the family about 9 million VND in profit after 3 months of planting, but the current price is only 2,500 VND/tree, and even by the 30th of Tet, the price is likely to decrease, so the estimated profit for this flower crop is about 5-6 million VND, a decrease of 2-3 million VND compared to previous years,” said Ms. Huong.

Hong Phu flower village, Quynh Hong commune (Quynh Luu) in harvest season. Photo: Viet Hung

In the districtQuynh LuuThere are about 100 flower growing households concentrated in Hong Phu flower village (Quynh Hong commune), Quynh Chau, Ngoc Son, An Hoa communes... mainly chrysanthemums of all kinds, however, the price of flowers in the garden has never decreased like this year.