Growing Thai jackfruit in mixed gardens, earning hundreds of millions each year

(Baonghean.vn) - Mr. Tran Van Thuan in Ve Nong hamlet, Van Dien commune (Nam Dan) planted 100 Thai jackfruit trees and earned an income of more than 100 million VND/year.This jackfruit is easy to grow, has many fruits, big segments, thin skin, sweet and fragrant.

Mr. Thuan next to the jackfruit garden that has been harvested.

Responding to the movement of eliminating mixed gardens and developing hill garden economy, in 2009, Mr. Thuan's family boldly invested, re-planned the garden and planted more than 100 Thai jackfruit trees. This is a type of tree suitable for many types of land, especially hilly land. After about 18 months, the tree bears fruit and bears fruit all year round, with an average weight of 7 - 15 kg/fruit.

According to Mr. Thuan’s experience, although Thai jackfruit is easy to grow, it requires regular watering, fertilizing (preferably manure) and monitoring to prevent stem and fruit borers. After each fruit picking, excess branches must be cut off so that the tree receives enough light to help the fruit grow big and sweet.

In addition, you should prune the fruits at the top of the branches, keeping only the fruits that hug the trunk and are close to the base. If the tree is still small, only keep a maximum of about 10 fruits per tree. When the tree is mature, the number of fruits can be increased. In particular, the longer the Thai jackfruit is grown, the sweeter and more delicious the segments will be. Growing Thai jackfruit brings his family an income of over 100 million VND each year.

Thai jackfruit is sold at the garden for 12,000 VND/kg.

He added: “Once, by chance, I saw an introduction to Thai jackfruit on TV, so I boldly went all the way to the North to buy seeds to plant. This jackfruit has high economic value, on average, each kilogram costs from 12,000 to 15,000 VND, traders come to the garden to buy it right away...”.

Thai jackfruit trees not only help Mr. Thuan's family escape poverty but also accumulate capital to continue investing in building stable pig farms to develop a stable herd of 100-150 pigs, selling 25-30 quintals of pigs each year, earning 100-120 million VND. He also contracted an additional 2 hectares of pine forest to exploit resin. With this approach, his family has become a typical example of developing a hill garden economy with high and sustainable economic efficiency.

This jackfruit variety has high yield, large fruit, thick and sweet flesh.

Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Hung - Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Van Dien commune affirmed: "The Thai jackfruit growing model of Mr. Thuan's family is very effective, we have visited, evaluated and guided many people to learn".

In addition to growing jackfruit, he sells 25 - 30 quintals of pork every year.

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