Nghe An farmers diversify greenhouse crops

Mr. Dinh Quang Hoang, Hamlet 9, Nghi Trung (Nghi Loc), has 2,000m²greenhouse, with a total investment of more than 700 million VND. With an area ofgreenhouseWith such a large area, this season Mr. Hoang can grow many different types of vegetables. In addition to growing melons, his family also grows climbing tomatoes from Spain.

Mr. Hoang said that although he had just experienced an unsuccessful vegetable crop due to falling prices, he had spent a large amount of money to invest in greenhouses so he had to continue production and not let the land rest. Hopefully, the price of clean vegetables will increase again soon.

This season, many households with greenhouses have chosen to grow plants that prefer high temperatures such as climbing tomatoes, cucumbers, and melons. Photo: TD

The family of Mr. Tran Huu Hai and Ms. Nguyen Thi Hiep in Kim Nghia hamlet, Nghi Long (Nghi Loc), has just invested in building a greenhouse for more than a year now. With an area of ​​500m²This season, Mr. Hai and Ms. Hiep's family decided to producebaby cucumberThis is a vegetable variety suitable for high temperatures, imported from Israel.

To produce effectively, Mr. Hai and Ms. Hiep's family also invested more than 10 million VND to build a drip irrigation system. This crop, the cost of seeds alone was more than 5 million VND, not including fertilizer and care.

Every day, Mr. Hai and Ms. Hiep's family have to go to the garden to cut the taproot to force the cucumber plants to climb up the already stretched vine. Photo: TD

Mr. Hai said that it takes about 40 days from planting to harvesting baby cucumbers. When the seedlings start climbing the trellis, every morning he and his wife have to go to the garden to cut the stems to force the plants to climb the vines...

In addition to investing large sums of money in building greenhouses, households also had to install drip irrigation systems and take care of crops according to a fairly strict process, in order to save cultivation area and improve production efficiency. Photo: TD

Mr. Tran Thai Dung, also residing in Kim Nghia hamlet (Nghi Long) built a greenhouse 3 years ago. Last spring, Mr. Dung's family grew baby cucumbers, but this season, Mr. Dung switched to growing cantaloupes (the American variety with yellow skin).

Mr. Dung said that with melons, the growing time is longer than cucumbers, from 70-75 days, and harvest is around May 2021. With 500m²In his greenhouse, Mr. Dung has invested more than 9 million VND in seeds, not to mention fertilizer and care. Mr. Dung hopes that by the end of the season, the melons will have a good price, otherwise it will be very difficult.

After a relatively successful crop of baby cucumbers last spring, this season Mr. Dung's family decided to switch to growing cantaloupes. Photo: TD

Because this season is starting to get hot, the temperature inside the greenhouse is often higher than outside, so most households that have invested in greenhouses choose heat-loving plants, mainly climbing vegetables such as baby cucumbers,cantaloupe, climbing tomatoes...

Currently, Nghi Long commune is the locality with the most developed net house system in Nghi Loc district, with 12 closed houses with modern irrigation systems with an area of ​​500m2.²or more. Although entering the new production season with many concerns, especially the worry of falling vegetable prices, greenhouse vegetable farmers still have to continue cultivating on the invested area.

Mr. Nguyen Tu Ngoc - Vice Chairman of Nghi Long Commune People's Committee said: To limit the impacts of the falling price of green vegetables like the last spring crop, the locality has instructed households to rotate different types of crops, avoiding focusing too much on one type, leading to a surplus crisis. In addition, people are encouraged to boldly produce new crops, seek markets such as supermarkets and retail stores so that clean vegetables always have a stable output...