The season of Chinese wormwood in the rice fields of Yen Thanh
(Baonghean.vn) - Visiting the mountainous commune of Tien Thanh (Yen Thanh) these days, you can admire the fields of purple and strange-looking wormwood flowers. Local people said that wormwood has been rooted in this land for a long time and brings high income every year.
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Tien Thanh Commune is considered the "capital" of the plant in Yen Thanh rice district. According to local people, the plant is easy to grow, gives high income, is popular in the market, and is easy to consume, so people grow more and more of it. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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| People plant the plant from late April to May, and it begins to flower in early August. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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During the blooming season, because they are planted in concentrated areas, they create purple flower carpets, attracting many people to stop and admire. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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The flowers of the Artemisia vulgaris grow in small clusters, in the form of cotton, mainly in the leaf axils and at the ends of branches. The flowers have a rather special purple-blue color, the calyx is bell-shaped, split into 5 teeth and has fine hairs. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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Ms. Ho Thi Lieu in hamlet 6A, Tien Thanh commune said that the plant was planted on Tien Thanh land about 40 years ago. At first, it was only planted sporadically in the garden soil, then gradually people learned and expanded the area. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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| At the end of August, when the flowers are fully bloomed, people harvest the whole plant, dry it, and sell it to traders or tea bag manufacturers. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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The characteristics of the plant are easy to grow, easy to care for, drought-resistant, low investment, high yield. 1 sao of plant yields 2 - 2.5 quintals of dried plants. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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Mr. Phan Van Vu - Chairman of Tien Thanh Commune People's Committee said: This summer-autumn crop, the locality has converted 11 hectares of wormwood, of which 5 hectares are concentrated in Tan Yen A hamlet, the rest are scattered in hamlets. Because people grow intensively, the yield is high, 1 hectare can earn over 200 million VND. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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| The Artemisia vulgaris plant grown on Tien Thanh land has been recognized as VietGAP since last year. Recently, the Artemisia vulgaris tea bag product of Tien Thanh Agricultural Service Cooperative was recognized by the Provincial OCOP Product Evaluation and Classification Council as achieving 3 OCOP stars. |
