Growing imported guava brings in income of over 200 million VND/year
(Baonghean.vn) - To replace the ineffective guava variety, Mr. Dang Minh Tan in Quynh Hong commune, Quynh Luu district (Nghe An) boldly bought Taiwanese guava varieties to plant. This guava variety has proven to be effective and economically many times higher than other varieties.
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| Taiwanese guava garden of Mr. Dang Minh Tan's family in Quynh Hong commune, Quynh Luu district. |
Quynh Hong is the commune with the most guava trees in Quynh Luu district, almost every family grows guava in their garden, the smallest household grows more than 5 trees and the largest household grows up to dozens of trees. However, the guava variety that people are growing is common guava so the efficiency and value are not high. In 2012, Mr. Dang Minh Tan was the pioneer in bringing Taiwanese guava to grow and affirmed its effectiveness right on his homeland.
Mr. Tan said that his family used to grow 50 guava trees, but after many years of harvesting, they found that the yield was low, each tree only yielded about 50 kg of fruit, and the price was low. By chance, he read a book or newspaper and saw a model of growing Taiwanese guava in Binh Phuoc with high income, so he surveyed his family's land conditions and decided to go to Agricultural University 1 (Hanoi) to buy Taiwanese guava seedlings to try planting.
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| Each guava tree yields 140-150 kg/tree/year. |
After buying 80 Taiwanese guava trees, he planted them around the fish pond on an area of 8 sao of land; along with that, he planted 50 more regular guava trees for comparison. After 1 year of planting and caring, the Taiwanese guava variety bore more fruit, with a much higher yield than regular guava. In the 3rd year, the Taiwanese guava bore even more fruit. With 80 Taiwanese guava trees, this year, Mr. Tan harvested about 12 tons of fruit, earning 240 million VND/year.
“Last year, I harvested more than 120 kg of fruit per tree, with a selling price of 20,000 - 25,000 VND/kg, each tree brought in an income of 2 million - 2.5 million VND/tree. This year, the fruit is more abundant, so I expect my income to be higher...”. Mr. Tan shared.
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| Taiwanese guava averages 3 fruits/kg, guava is sweet, has few seeds so is popular with people. |
Taiwanese guava will be harvested after 1 year of planting. The first crop will produce few fruits, but the following year it will produce a lot of fruits. However, gardening requires diligence and a lot of effort. To have high quality guava trees with large fruits, you need to take care of them from the moment they start to flower, regularly mound and loosen the soil for the roots to develop, and cut off branches and leaves close to the base to create ventilation for the tree and help the tree grow fruit; when the flowers start to bear fruit, you need to use plastic bags to cover each fruit one by one to avoid insect bites or fungus from rotting inside the fruit. By doing so, the guava will also have a beautiful, characteristic green color. |
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