Gardeners in Nghe An are busy with peach 'revival' services after Tet

This year, Mr. Phung Quang Huy's family (Hung Nguyen town, Hung Nguyen district) was given a peach tree with a very beautiful shape, which is estimated to have a market value of about 15-18 million VND, with beautiful pink flowers that last a long time. After the opening ceremony, he contacted a gardener in Hung Yen Nam commune to have the peach tree cared for.

Mr. Huy said: “In previous years, I bought small peach trees to display. After Tet, I planted and fertilized the peach trees myself, but they often died or had difficulty blooming on time. Therefore, this year, with this beautiful peach tree, I chose to hire a tree care service, so that I can rest assured that next year I will have beautiful peach trees to play with during Tet.”

Mr. Nguyen Duy Phuc Cuong (My Ha block, Hung Loc ward) has chosen the peach care service after Tet for 3 years now. “This peach tree has been in my family for 3 Tet holidays. In 2022, I bought it for 8 million VND from a gardener in Nghi An.

At that time, the garden owner suggested that if I wanted to send them to take care of the tree after Tet, I would receive it at a preferential price. After displaying it for Tet, I contacted the garden owner again, they took it home to take care of it, and on Tet they put it in a pot and delivered it to my house. Every year, the peach tree is pruned and shaped differently, so every Tet it's like having a new peach tree to play with. The cost ranges from 2-3 million VND/year."

As the owner of a garden specializing in ornamental plants, Mr. Hoang Duc (Hung Yen Nam commune, Hung Nguyen) said: "With a large garden area, after Tet, our garden takes care of peach trees for hire for customers. After Khai Ha (the 7th day of Tet), many people contact to send trees to take care of, usually after the 15th day of the first lunar month, the number of customers increases.

To meet the needs of customers, I hire 8 workers to go to the customer's house to transport the trees to the garden for care. Depending on the shape, size and value of the tree, the cost of care in a year will be different, usually accounting for about 50% of the value of the tree. Although the cost is quite high, this service still attracts customers...".

In recent years, people tend to rent peach trees for Tet instead of "buying them outright". Therefore, from January 10, gardeners are busy collecting peach trees, bringing them back to the gardeners to continue taking care of them, in time to bloom for the following Tet. After nearly a month of living in pots, blooming brilliantly during Tet, the nearly exhausted peach trees need to be cared for and restored to sprout new buds soon, in time to form a canopy to serve the Tet market next year.

Peach trees are marked with paint, then brought to the garden, the peach caretakers will cut off all small branches, flowers, buds, and shoots on the peach tree trunk, treat the roots, treat the soil, provide moisture and prevent, except for some common diseases on the tree. Depending on the growth and assessment of root damage, each peach tree will have different care.

“Most peach trees have a certain shape and form. However, during the process of growing peach trees, some people know how to maintain them so that they do not become exhausted, but there are also trees that, due to not being properly cared for, quickly lose strength. Therefore, before accepting them for care, we have to go to their homes, examine and carefully evaluate the peach trees before daring to accept them,” said Mr. Le Loi, owner of a garden specializing in taking care of peach trees after Tet in Nghi Lien.

At this time, peach gardeners in Nam Anh, Nam Xuan (Nam Dan), Nghi An, Nghi Lien (Vinh City), Kim Thanh (Yen Thanh), Quynh Vinh (Hoang Mai Town) ... are also busy with seedling cultivation and planting new trees.

Currently, the work of collecting and "reviving" peach trees after Tet has also created jobs for many local workers. After Tet, each garden has to hire 8-10 workers to transport and plant peach trees. Within half a month, with the transportation and planting of peach trees, these workers can earn 8-15 million VND after each Tet peach crop. In addition, taking care of peach trees after Tet also creates regular jobs for garden workers.