Longan grown in Quynh Luu, each tree weighs nearly 200 kg

(Baonghean.vn) - Currently, longan growers in Quynh Thang commune (Quynh Luu district) are entering the harvest season. This season, longan growers are excited because of the good harvest and good prices.

Mr. Nguyen Van Sinh's family in Hamlet 11, Quynh Thang Commune is a household that grows over 50 longan trees. Currently, about 20 trees have produced large fruits and are ready to harvest. Mr. Sinh said that his family mainly grows and grafts Hung Yen longan varieties onto regular longan trees.

Hung Yen longan variety has large fruit, thick and sweet fibers, so it is very popular in the market. This year, the longan has produced more and larger fruits than last year, on average, 1 longan tree yields 170 - 200 kg/tree. Thus, with 20 longan trees, his family harvests about 3.4 tons - 4 tons of longan. With the price of 20-25 thousand VND/kg, after deducting expenses, his family earns 60 million VND/year.

Longan garden full of fruit of Mr. Nguyen Van Sinh's family in Quynh Thang commune, Quynh Luu.

“In the past, my family mainly grew lychee, but then we tried growing longan. After harvesting, we found that longan had a higher yield and value than lychee, so our family switched to growing more ivy. Compared to growing other fruit trees, growing longan is 5 times more profitable,” Mr. Sinh shared.

Sharing the joy of a good longan season, Ms. Trinh Thi Oanh in Hamlet 6 is also actively going to the garden to take care of and look after the longan garden to prepare for harvest. Her family grows 25 grafted Hung Yen longan trees and some other longan varieties. Although there is still about half a month until the harvest, many traders have placed orders to buy longan at prices ranging from 20,000-25,000 VND/kg.

According to Ms. Oanh, in 17 years of growing longan, this year's longan crop is the best. Explaining the good longan crop, Ms. Oanh said that the cold weather at the beginning of the year prevented pests and diseases from developing, along with a lot of rain, and especially better care compared to previous years, so the yield was high. This year's longan crop, her family estimates that they will harvest over 4 tons of longan, earning a profit of 55-60 million VND.

Currently, people in Quynh Thang commune are grafting Hung Yen longan to produce large, sweet and thick-grained fruit.

Quynh Thang commune has over 20 hectares of longan growing area, concentrated in Dong Xuan hamlet, hamlet 4 and 11. In recent years, some areas of short-term industrial crop growing have not been effective, people have boldly switched to growing fruit trees, including longan trees to increase efficiency as well as value. Compared to other crops, longan trees are easy to grow, easy to care for and bring high income.

The longan tree is full of ripe fruit, ready to be harvested.

Mr. Nguyen Van Nam - Agricultural Extension Officer of Quynh Thang Commune said: Being a mountainous commune with a large hilly area, it is very suitable for people to grow fruit trees. The introduction of longan varieties to grow on hilly land has proven effective, giving high productivity. Currently, people are preparing to harvest longan, most of this year people have had a good harvest. The locality will have a policy to encourage people to expand the planting of longan trees, thereby soon building the Quynh Thang longan brand to promote to the market.

Viet Hung