(Baonghean.vn) - As one of the main vegetable growing areas of Nam Dan district, these days, people in Xuan Hoa commune are urgently going to the fields to harvest and take care of green vegetables such as beans, tomatoes, squash, eggplant... to prepare for the Lunar New Year vegetable market.
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| Thanks to the implementation of the crop rotation method and increasing the number of planting times, currently 130 hectares of vegetables in Xuan Hoa commune are always covered in green. At this time, Xuan Hoa vegetable fields are bustling because there are only two weeks left until Lunar New Year, so from early morning, farmers have gone to the fields to harvest vegetables such as cabbage, eggplant, chrysanthemum greens, coriander... to bring to the market to sell or import to traders in the fields to serve the Tet market. |
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Ms. Nguyen Thi Thao (Hamlet 6) said: her family has 2 sao of green vegetables, mainly coriander, lettuce, fish mint... This year the weather is warmer than every year so the vegetables have a better harvest, and harvesting is also less difficult. This time before Tet, the price is 30-40% higher than usual. For example, normally she transports coriander to Vinh to buy wholesale, but on Tet, traders come to the field to buy it for 3-4 thousand VND/10 bunches. |
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| In Xuan Hoa, there is not only coriander but also many other green vegetables such as cabbage priced at 6 thousand VND/kg. |
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| Mr. Nguyen Van Sy (Hamlet 5) said: This is his family's second crop of chrysanthemum greens this season. In Xuan Hoa, farmers do not let the land rest, after one vegetable crop, they continue with another, so all year round people diligently stick to the fields. Growing vegetables is like raising a baby, especially near Tet, every day people have to go to the fields to trim vegetables for sale, check and plant seeds for the next crop. |
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| In recent years, to serve the Tet vegetable market, in addition to the round-fruited green eggplant variety, Xuan Hoa farmers have introduced high-yield Thai eggplant into production. Compared to green eggplant, which costs 10,000 VND/kg, Thai eggplant is 3-4,000 VND/kg cheaper, but in return, it is easier to grow, has a higher yield, and is harvested right on Tet. |
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| Lettuce is also one of the vegetables grown quite a lot to serve the Tet market. |
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| Ms. Nguyen Thi Ha said: To ensure serving the Tet market, this year her family mainly grows climbing green beans. This is a type of vegetable that is very easy to sell, and is sold out as soon as it is harvested, as her family mainly imports for restaurants and hotels in Vinh. |
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| At this time, sweet melon and bitter melon have also produced fruit, but this is not the main season, so these two varieties of plants must be carefully cared for to avoid too cold weather or frost affecting the development of the fruit. The price of off-season melon is also quite high, about 12 - 15 thousand VND/kg (sweet melon), bitter melon is priced at 15 - 20 thousand VND/kg. |
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| Along with harvesting vegetables and fruits for the Tet market, Xuan Hoa people are also taking care of other green vegetables for the market after Tet such as Malabar spinach, squash, and preparing the land to plant coriander... |
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| Not only meeting the needs of the district, Xuan Hoa vegetables have also reached out to markets inside and outside the province. With an estimated average income per hectare of 120-140 million VND in this winter-spring crop, Xuan Hoa commercial vegetables are opening up new opportunities for farmers to get rich right on their fields. |
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| It is known that in 2015, the Women's Union of Xuan Hoa commune established a model for the production and consumption of safe vegetables. To improve the quality of safe vegetables, women were disseminated information on how to properly prevent pests and diseases with pesticides so that when harvesting vegetables, they are guaranteed to be safe and have a higher value than normal vegetable production, thereby creating trust for customers as well as contributing to enhancing the brand of safe vegetables in Xuan Hoa commune. |
Thanh Thuy - Thu Huong
