Quynh Luu farmers produce vegetables covered with nets with high efficiency

(Baonghean.vn) - To ensure the yield and quality of safe vegetables, farmers in Quynh Luu district have invested in growing vegetables in greenhouses and covering them with nets for higher economic efficiency.

On an area of ​​450 square meters, Mr. Dau Duc Tinh in hamlet 7, Quynh Van commune invested 12 million VND to buy iron poles and nets to cover and grow tomatoes, cabbage, coriander, dill, lettuce, and sweet cabbage.

The net covering model of Mr. Dau Duc Tinh in Hamlet 7, Quynh Van has a yield 40% higher than normal production. Photo: Hong Dien

"Growing vegetables under nets has many advantages such as preventing fog, less pests, avoiding being crushed when it rains and limiting pesticides; vegetables grow and develop faster, shortening the harvest time by about 15 days. If before without nets, the income was from 20 - 30 million VND/sao/year; now investing in net houses has increased from 50 - 60 million VND, the yield is about 40% higher" - Mr. Tinh shared.

From the above results, in the next production season, Mr. Tinh continued to invest in covering the net according to a closed process over 500 m.²more to limit insect intrusion.

Covered with nets, vegetables often grow faster, are greener, and can be harvested 15 days earlier. Photo: Hong Dien

Mr. Nguyen Van Truong in hamlet 7, Quynh Van commune also invested tens of millions of dong to buy iron pipes and nets to cover more than 3 sao of land to grow many kinds of vegetables.

According to Mr. Truong, growing coriander in June and July of the solar calendar has high temperatures, so the plants are stunted and slow to grow; for lettuce with thin leaves, just one rain will destroy them. In recent years, he has used shading nets to reduce sunlight, so the coriander grows quickly; the lettuce yield is also higher, increasing 70% of output during the rainy season.

The most typical example was the recent storm No. 10, the surrounding vegetable growing households almost lost everything. However, Mr. Truong's vegetable area was not affected thanks to the net cover; he sold to the market with both yield and price; within 2 months, he earned more than 30 million VND for 1 sao of lettuce.

Vegetables in greenhouses are protected from pests and pesticides, ensuring food safety. Photo: Hong Dien

Mr. Dau Duc Nam - Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Quynh Luu district said: The whole district has 3,000 hectares specializing in vegetable production, annually supplying the market with tens of thousands of tons of various vegetables.

To improve economic efficiency and provide a sustainable source of clean vegetables, the district has promoted and mobilized people to apply scientific and technological advances to create changes in productivity and quality in agricultural production.

Currently, Quynh Luu district has a policy to support the construction of 4 models of vegetable production in greenhouses, with a total scale of 4,000 m2 in Tan Son, Quynh Van, Quynh Bang and Quynh Nghia communes. Each model is supported by the district with 60% of the value but not exceeding 250 million VND. Thereby, reducing pesticides and plant protection products, making vegetables safer and increasing crop rotation./.

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