Successfully growing Korean melons in Nam Dan land
(Baonghean.vn) - For the first time, a farmer in Nam Dan district has successfully grown Korean melons, initially bringing in high income.
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| Mr. Nguyen Kim Nam harvests Korean melons in the field. Photo: Thuy Tinh |
Korean melons were experimentally grown by Mr. Nguyen Kim Nam's family in 2017. This year, he continued to invest in more than 1,000 melon trees on an area of nearly 2 sao.
Mr. Nam said, learning from the previous crop, this year the melon plants grew better, with fewer pests and diseases, and were quite easy to care for. Just provide enough fertilizer and invest in a drip irrigation system. After about 70 days of growth and development, the plants will yield their first harvest; the harvest period lasts for 2 weeks.
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| Korean melon variety when ripe has light yellow color, sweet taste, mild aroma. Photo: Thuy Tinh |
When ripe, Korean melons are light yellow, sweet, and have a mild aroma, so they are popular in the market.
It is estimated that this year, Mr. Nam's melon crop will yield more than 1 ton of fruit, with a purchase price at the garden of 40,000 VND/kg; according to the calculation of production value, it will reach 20 million VND/sao. This is a new melon variety with high economic value, the market is still scarce, so it is an opportunity for farmers to get rich from agriculture.
