Fresh chrysanthemums are priced well, garden owners in Nghe An are excited

Flower garden owners said that to facilitate management and keep beautiful flowers for customers, they arrange to harvest as soon as they are available. Photo: Xuan Hoang

After many months of active care, the garden owner nowfresh flowersIn Dien Chau and Yen Thanh areas, people breathed a sigh of relief and were excited because flowers had good prices and were selling quickly.

Mr. Phan Quoc Nam - owner of a chrysanthemum garden in block 4, Yen Thanh town, excitedly said that this year his family planted 750,000 chrysanthemums of various types, of which about 200,000 were sold during the festival.Lunar New YearThis, the remaining, a part is sold on the occasion of the full moon of December and January.

This year, chrysanthemums are in high demand during Tet, so their prices are high. Photo: Xuan Hoang

"Many years of experience growing flowers to servemarket"The research before, during and after Tet shows that fresh flowers are not only consumed a lot during Tet, but also during the full moon of December and the first lunar month, so we should arrange to plant many batches of flowers to serve market demand," Mr. Phan Quoc Nam shared.

As predicted, fresh flowers were in short supply this Tet holiday, so customers came to order right at the garden. The selling price at the garden for chrysanthemums is from 4,000 - 6,000 VND/plant (depending on the type of chrysanthemum). With this selling price, flower growers make a big profit. Mr. Nam said that by December 26, most of the flowers in the garden had been ordered by customers, so his family reduced the cost of harvesting and selling.

Chrysanthemums are well cared for, so the plants are tall and the flowers are beautiful. Photo: Xuan Hoang

In Dien Chau district, flower gardens in Dien Ky commune are also bustling with customers. Tuyet An and her husband, owners of the largest flower garden in Dien Ky commune, happily said that based on consumer demand, they grow many types of chrysanthemums.

Accordingly, the low-growing chrysanthemum costs 2,000 - 3,000 VND/plant, the tall chrysanthemum costs 4,000 - 5,000 VND/plant. Other types of flowers are also priced.

Traders come to the garden to buy flowers. Photo: Xuan Hoang

"There were years when tall chrysanthemums were sold in the garden for only 2,000 VND/plant, which meant that the year was spent for free and there was no profit. But this year, with such high prices, the family is very excited," Ms. Tuyet shared.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc, a fresh flower trader, said that this year's Tet, the supply of fresh flowers is scarcer than previous years, especially chrysanthemums, while the market is consuming strongly, so it is inevitable that the price of flowers will increase. Every day, Ms. Ngoc uses various means of transport to transport flowers from the gardens to retail outlets, and also earns a lot of money.

Chrysanthemums are purchased and transported by customers for consumption during Tet. Photo: Xuan Hoang

According to local data, the area of ​​flowers grown by people for Tet is not much. For example, in Dien Chau district, according to Mr. Le The Hieu - Head of the district's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the whole district has about 4 - 5 hectares of flowers, concentrated in the communes: Dien Ky, Dien Dong, Dien Thai...

In Yen Thanh district, the flower area is estimated at about 20 hectares. Mr. Le Van Hong - Head of the district's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said that of these 20 hectares, in addition to people renting land to grow on 2-rice land, there are also some areas grown in greenhouses.

However, according to gardeners, while the flower area is not large, this year there has been a lot of rain, causing a high rate of damaged flower plants, and the number of flowers is lower than in previous years.

A survey of the chrysanthemum market in rural areas shows that, in addition to local supply, chrysanthemums are currently imported from Da Lat and some other localities. However, customers still prefer locally grown chrysanthemums because they last longer, while the selling price is the same. Currently, the retail price of chrysanthemums on the market is from 5,000 - 7,000 VND/flower.