Tan Ky: Taking care of nearly 4,000 hectares of sugarcane that collapsed after the storm

(Baonghean.vn) - Tan Ky district has nearly 4 thousand hectares of sugarcane that were destroyed by storm No. 2. Farmers are currently recovering under the guidance of agricultural officials.

Farmers in Nghia Dong commune, Tan Ky district, fix fallen sugarcane by cutting off old leaves and clearing the sugarcane stumps. Photo: Quang An

At her sugarcane field, Mrs. Phan Thi Phuc, Hamlet 9, Nghia Dong Commune (Tan Ky) said: After storm No. 2, her family's 5 sao of sugarcane collapsed to the ground. With the guidance of agricultural staff of Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company, she cut off the old leaves of the sugarcane. When the soil is dry, she will add more potassium fertilizer to the sugarcane roots to increase sweetness. Up to now, the sugarcane field has turned green again, the tops are growing, but she is worried that the sugarcane yield will decrease.

Mr. Tran Dinh Huong - Vice Chairman of Nghia Dong Commune People's Committee said: The locality has 227 hectares of sugarcane completely destroyed by storm No. 2. The commune has coordinated with agricultural officers in charge of the area to propagate and instruct people on how to restore sugarcane by cutting leaves to make it easier to care for the sugarcane and prevent planthoppers on sugarcane. Because usually after rain, high humidity creates favorable conditions for planthoppers to develop on sugarcane.

Nearly 4 thousand hectares of sugarcane in Tan Ky were damaged by storm No. 2. According to the recommendation of agricultural staff of Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company, farmers should remove old leaves to create conditions for sugarcane to grow vertically and limit the development of planthoppers. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Mr. Chu Van Hung, an agricultural officer of Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company, in charge of Nghia Dong commune, added: When storm No. 2 arrived, most of the local sugarcane area was young, so people should have proactively peeled off old leaves before the storm arrived, which would have limited the collapse of the stalls. Therefore, after the storm passed, the entire sugarcane area of ​​Nghia Dong collapsed. Currently, the company is instructing people to peel off old leaves to make the sugarcane light, easy to grow in the direction of the sky, and not to plant the sugarcane immediately, because it affects the base and root system. After a period of time, the sugarcane has grown stably, then people will proceed to mound the base and take care of it.

The recent storm No. 2 caused nearly 4,000 hectares of sugarcane in Tan Ky to collapse. Currently, local people are peeling, cutting leaves, clearing roots, creating conditions for sugarcane to grow vertically.

X.Hoang - Quang An