Vegetable prices are down, people buy whole cabbage plants to grow and use gradually

Normally, December is the season for all kinds of vegetables, and prices drop sharply. Like this winter crop, cabbage at the beginning of the season cost 10,000 VND/head, but now it is only 3,000 - 4,000 VND, and purchasing power has also decreased significantly compared to before. However, this decline is only temporary, after Tet, when vegetables are scarce, vegetable prices will increase. Understanding this rule, many people have had the "initiative" to stock up on cabbage from now on.

Mr. Dong Thanh Binh in Block 9, Quan Hanh town (Nghi Loc) said that cabbage is a vegetable that his family often uses. When the vegetable season comes, his family buys 30 cabbage plants to plant in Styrofoam boxes, interspersed with ornamental plants to save for use after Tet.

Cabbages are dug up whole and sold to customers to replant in their home gardens. Photo: Nhat Tuan

Ms. Nguyen Thi Ha in Hamlet 6, Nghi An Commune, Vinh City is a vegetable trader. Every day, she buys green vegetables from vegetable fields in Nghi Long Commune (Nghi Loc). When her customers know that the vegetables here are produced safely, many of them have ordered whole plants to plant. Some people buy five or seven plants, some buy dozens of plants. In the past few days, she has bought hundreds of cabbage plants for her customers.

In Nghi Long commune, this year, in addition to traders coming to buy green vegetables, many customers came to the fields to buy cabbage plants to plant. The customers are people from neighboring communes. Not only that, vegetable growers also bring cabbage plants from the fields to plant in their home gardens.

Many families without garden land have grown cabbage in Styrofoam boxes. Photo: Nhat Tuan

According to Mr. Dang Tho Ha - a vegetable grower in Hamlet 12, Nghi Long Commune, at the end of December, vegetable land needs to be freed up to sow spring peanuts. Thanks to this method, there will be no worries about land being "locked" for some areas of late-planted cabbage. Farmers also do not have to sell cabbage at too low a price like in previous years.

Vegetable growers share that replanting cabbage is not difficult, you have to choose a cabbage plant that is moderately rolled. When digging, you need to take the entire root system and the surrounding soil. The plant is planted in open spaces in the garden or in pots, foam boxes... Before planting, you should add a little compost; regularly maintain the soil moisture. At first, the cabbage will wilt, but when new roots appear, the plant will turn green again and continue to roll the corn tightly. When the corn is tightly rolled, you should not water too much, because the plant is too "full of water" and the corn will crack and will not last long.

Buying cabbage to replant in the home garden is also a hobby of many people who are passionate about ornamental plants. Photo: Nhat Tuan

Buying whole cabbages to replant is currently being applied by many people. This not only provides a source of green vegetables during the off-season, but also decorates and creates a beautiful landscape in the house when Tet comes.