Nghe An: Prolonged heavy rain, many areas flooded, vegetable prices increase
(Baonghean.vn) - Heavy rains in recent days have caused many vegetable growing areas in Nghe An to be heavily flooded, causing significant damage to farmers. Due to flooding, the supply of green vegetables in the province is scarce, so the prices of some vegetables have begun to increase.
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| Nearly 12 hectares of vegetables of Vinh Xuan hamlet (Hung Dong) residents were submerged in water. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
Heavy rains in the past few days have submerged 11.5 hectares of vegetables in Vinh Xuan hamlet (Hung Dong commune, Vinh city). All the vegetables such as sweet cabbage, mustard greens, lettuce, dill, coriander and celery... were crushed and rotten.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Quy, in Vinh Xuan hamlet, said: "Heavy rain and strong winds caused my family's 3 sao of vegetables to be flooded, making it impossible to harvest, causing damage of about 12 million VND."
Heavy rain also submerged 46.5 hectares of vegetables in Yen Vinh, My Hoa, My Long hamlets, etc. In the fields in the highlands, there was light flooding but due to heavy rain, vegetables were crushed and could not be harvested. Many families suffered hundreds of millions of dong in losses.
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| Harvesting vegetables in the rain, recovering some of the damage caused by flooding. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
Mr. Pham Van Thanh - in charge of agriculture in Hung Dong commune said: "Fearing that storm No. 4 would make landfall, vegetable growers had to clean up and dismantle the net houses, membranes, and tarpaulins covering the vegetables. Because heavy rain and strong winds would damage the net houses, causing significant damage (about 15 million VND/sao), farmers accepted that the vegetables would be damaged. Heavy rain, water could not drain in time, and there was no roof, so the vegetables were crushed, rotten, and could not be harvested."
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| Prolonged heavy rains, scarce supply, green vegetables start to increase in price, especially mustard greens and water spinach. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
Nghi Lien vegetable growing area (Vinh City) has 25 hectares of crops flooded, of which 7 hectares are severely flooded, 1 hectare of safe vegetables is completely damaged, estimated damage is about 50 million VND.
In Nam Dan district, continuous rain in recent days has caused 65 hectares of jasmine flowers of Nam Anh (Nam Dan) to rot and die. Mr. Ho Viet Sy - Chairman of Nam Anh Commune People's Committee said: "The jasmine flowers are currently in the final harvest season, but due to the rain, all the jasmine flowers have died. As for the area of other crops such as eggplant, mustard greens,... prolonged rain will certainly affect the productivity and quality."
In other growing areas, prolonged heavy rains damaged many vegetables, causing a shortage of green vegetables and increasing prices compared to before. At the local markets in Vinh city, vegetable prices increased by about 20 - 30%. Specifically: Water spinach costs 7,000 VND/bunch (up 2,000 VND/bunch); mustard greens cost 20,000 - 40,000 VND/kg (up 5,000 - 15,000 VND/kg); okra costs 28,000 VND/kg (up 6,000 VND/kg); squash costs 20,000 VND/kg (up 3,000 VND/kg)... |
| Currently, vegetables grown in greenhouses and hydroponic media in Nghi Lien have not been affected, and people sell them on the market at prices twice as high as before. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
Mr. Hoang Van Tuan - Vice Chairman of Nghi Lien Commune People's Committee said: "Heavy rain caused flooding, the vegetable area was heavily flooded, much damaged. However, in the area, about 4 hectares of vegetables grown in greenhouses, the substrate was not affected, currently being sold on the market at a price 15 - 20% higher than before, such as bitter vegetables, the price has almost doubled compared to before. Currently, the selling price at the field is 32,000 VND/kg".
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| Many areas of winter crops that have just been planted are submerged in water. Photo: Thanh Phuc |
It is forecasted that in the coming days, there will continue to be heavy rains combined with many hydroelectric reservoirs releasing floodwaters, which can easily cause widespread flooding. Therefore, for vegetable growing areas, when the weather clears up, farmers need to harvest quickly to minimize damage; for vegetables and winter crops that have just been planted, after flooding, the roots will be clogged and rot, so it is necessary to promptly clear the flow, drain the water, apply care measures to stimulate root growth and prevent pests and diseases.
Techniques for caring for flooded vegetables after heavy rain
- Clear the flow, dredge the beds, ditches, dig holes at both ends of the field to drain water above and below the surface as quickly as possible...
- If the weather after the rain is sunny and windy, you need to lift the film near the base of the tree to expose the soil for the roots to be ventilated, the water will evaporate faster and fungi and bacteria will not grow and cause much damage to the roots. You should add a small amount of cold wood ash near the base of the tree so that the ash can absorb water to the surface quickly.
- For newly planted vegetable areas, lightly hoe and break the surface of the bed to help the plants recover.
- Stimulates root growth and limits plant diseasesby: Using superphosphate (1.5 - 2 kg/sao) or specialized fertilizers for root growth (according to recommended dosage) watering 10 - 15 cm from the base of the tree to stimulate root growth and better recovery. During this stage, absolutely do not use a lot of inorganic nitrogen fertilizer to fertilize the tree, it is necessary to pay attention to balanced fertilization as a proactive measure to prevent pests and diseases.
- After the rain stops, take advantage of the dry weather when the leaves and stems of plants are no longer waterlogged, so spray pesticides on the leaves and roots of vegetables.
