Con Cuong farmers have a good grapefruit crop, earning hundreds of millions in profit per garden.
(Baonghean.vn) - At this time, people growing grapefruit in Con Cuong district are harvesting in large quantities. The soil quality is suitable for good quality fruit. This year, the weather is quite favorable, so the grapefruit crop is very good, with some trees bearing more than 100 fruits.
The grapefruit garden of Mr. Phan Duc Son's family in Quyet Tien village, Chi Khe commune, Con Cuong district, is currently full of fruit with an estimated 20,000 fruits. Mr. Son said that his family has renovated 1 hectare of poor soil to invest in planting 400 grapefruit trees, all of which are now yielding harvests.
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| Mr. Son's family harvests grapefruit. Photo: Bao Han |
Mr. Son's family's grapefruit garden has grapefruit varieties such as: Quang Tien pink grapefruit, green-skin grapefruit, Phuc Trach grapefruit, Thanh Tra grapefruit, but the main crop is still Quang Tien pink grapefruit. Mr. Son happily shared: Compared to 2019, this year's grapefruit crop is good, especially Quang Tien pink grapefruit and Thanh Tra grapefruit. On average, each grapefruit tree has 50-60 fruits, with the current selling price of 15,000 - 25,000 VND/fruit in the garden, each grapefruit tree is estimated to bring the family 700 - 800 thousand VND.
According to Mr. Son, Quang Tien pink grapefruit and Thanh Tra grapefruit are currently being harvested en masse, while green-skin grapefruit and Phuc Trach grapefruit are harvested from September to the end of October; A with 400 grapefruit trees being harvested, excluding investment costs and labor, his family will make a profit of about 250 million VND. In addition, Mr. Son has invested in planting more than 1 hectare of orange trees which are now being harvested for the second year.
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| According to grapefruit growers in Chi Khe commune (Con Cuong), this year's grapefruit crop is better than previous years. Photo: Bao Han |
Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Sy's family, also in Quyet Tien village, Chi Khe commune, shared: In 2015, he renovated his family's hill garden and planted Phuc Trach grapefruit with about 200 trees, on an area of 3000m2. The grapefruit trees grew and developed strongly. After only 3 years, they bore fruit, then had a stable harvest.
This is the main harvest season for farmers, so traders from everywhere come to the garden to buy. Mr. Sy said: "This year's grapefruit trees are full of fruit, I have to use stakes to prevent branches from breaking, estimating about 100 - 150 fruits per tree."
Ms. Nguyen Thi Thang, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Chi Khe Commune (Con Cuong) assessed: In recent years, thanks to boldly changing the crop structure, the commune has introduced high-yield varieties to replace ineffective crops. Phuc Trach grapefruit and Quang Tien pink grapefruit are among the crops that have grown strongly in Chi Khe Commune. The grapefruit area has increased very quickly. Currently, the citrus area in the commune is about 36 hectares, farmers apply science and technology, carefully wrap the fruit so the results are good.
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| Grapefruit trees are showing economic efficiency when planted to replace other less effective trees. Photo: Bao Han |
According to the report of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Con Cuong district, the total area of grapefruit trees in Con Cuong district is dozens of hectares (mainly Quang Tien pink grapefruit and Phuc Trach grapefruit).
Currently, the grapefruit consumption market is mainly purchased by traders from neighboring localities. The economic value from growing grapefruit is relatively good, but it is still necessary to continue to evaluate whether to expand the area or not.