The season of the 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 strange purple fields of wormwood flowers. Local people here 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 are growing more and more. Photo: Xuan Hoang |
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| People plant the plant from late April to May, and it starts 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 plant are small, cotton-like clusters that grow mainly in leaf axils and branch tips. The flowers have a distinctive blue-purple 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 in bloom, 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. |
