Nghia Dan has a good watermelon season.

(Baonghean.vn) - This year, Nghia Dan district planted 650 hectares of watermelon. At this time, farmers are in the harvest season, the weather is sunny so the watermelons are sold out as soon as they are harvested.

Watermelons are gathered to sell to traders.

Harvesting melons in Nghia Binh.

According to many farmers, the weather this year is quite favorable, so this year's melons are less susceptible to disease and have high yields. Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung (Binh Nghia hamlet, Nghia Binh commune) said: This year, his family intercropped melons on an area of ​​1.3 hectares of oranges, yielding 20 tons, after deducting expenses, earning a profit of over 50 million VND.

The average selling price of watermelons at the field is 5-6 thousand VND/kg, an increase of about 2,000 VND compared to last year. Watermelons will be harvested after about 2.5 months of planting, each hectare of watermelon yields 35 tons, after deducting costs, farmers have a profit of 120-130 million VND.

Not only in Nghia Binh, melon farmers in Nghia Lam, Nghia Son, Nghia Yen communes... are also very excited because melons have both a good harvest and good prices. Mr. Phan Van The in Hamlet 1, Nghia Yen commune, is also one of the households with a large melon area. This year, Mr. The planted more than 1.5 hectares of watermelons, with an estimated yield of 45 tons/ha. With the current melon price, Mr. The earned a profit of more than 120 million VND.

Thin-skinned, sweet and high-yielding melon.

According to the calculations of melon growers, if the price of melon is only about 5,000 VND/kg, on average one hectare of melon yields about 35 tons, then after deducting costs, farmers will have a profit of nearly 120 million VND. Thus, compared to other crops, watermelon currently has high economic efficiency.

This year's melon crop is planted sporadically in many teas, so there has not been a peak season of falling prices in Nghia Dan. The melons do not ripen simultaneously but spread out over each tea. Due to the hot weather and high demand for melons, at this time, Nghia Dan watermelons are bought by traders as soon as they ripen.

Minh Thai

Nghia Dan Radio Station