Vietnam: Left-handed job picking leaves on fences, earning millions of dong in just 2 months
The profession of growing plants on fences, specifically growing water spinach, is becoming a stable source of income with the ability to earn millions after only 45 days of investment.
Watercress (scientific name: Peperomia pellucida) is a herbaceous, creeping plant with heart-shaped leaves and succulent stems. Watercress is a wild vegetable that grows abundantly in the countryside, especially popular during the rainy season.
However, water spinach is currently strongly favored by the market thanks to its clean, juicy, crunchy, cool and healthy properties.
In big cities, water spinach is sold for 50,000-80,000 VND/kg, and even in restaurants, a salad of water spinach mixed with vinegar and oil can cost hundreds of thousands of VND per portion. This shows the high economic value of this once overlooked vegetable.
Easy to grow and suitable for urban environments
What makes many people choose to grow watercress is the simplicity in planting and care. Watercress does not need much soil, you can use foam boxes, plastic bottles, baskets hanging on walls, fences, railings to grow vegetables effectively.
This plant also does not need chemical fertilizers, only ash, humus, coconut fiber or clean substrate is needed to grow well. The harvest time is extremely short, only 40 to 45 days after sowing, the plant can be pruned to eat or sell.
Watercress does not have many pests and diseases, very suitable for people with little experience in growing clean vegetables. This helps reduce pesticide costs and care time, suitable for those who want to do small-scale agricultural business at home.
Therefore, the market for water spinach is not only restaurants but also supermarkets, clean agricultural stores, and online channels. Growers are not worried about output, and even cannot supply enough to meet the increasing demand of the clean vegetable market.
Impressive income from growing and selling watercress
With a small area of about 10-15m² on the balcony, growers can harvest about 15-20kg of vegetables per batch, selling at market price can make a profit of several hundred thousand to millions of dong.
Many farmers in Binh Duong, Cu Chi, Long An have taken advantage of vacant land and gardens around their houses to grow watercress on a small scale, which brings in income no less than any other vegetable. Each kilogram of watercress is purchased by traders at a wholesale price of 35,000-50,000 VND.
With vegetable gardens larger than 50m², the yield can reach 30-40kg per batch, rotating 2 batches per month. A stable income of 5-10 million VND per month, just from vegetables growing on the fence, has become a reality for many families.
Not to mention, watercress can also be sold as seeds, hydroponic vegetables, serving the needs of making salads and macrobiotics at home. This opens up many different business opportunities for watercress growers, from selling fresh products to related services.
In the era of "every inch of land is gold", knowing how to take advantage of water spinach, you are holding in your hands the green gold of the clean living era. This vegetable growing model not only brings economic benefits but also contributes to the production of clean food, environmental protection and sustainable agricultural development.
The watercress growing industry is proving that with creativity and market savvy, even the most seemingly ordinary plants can become a significant source of income.
This is truly an attractive business opportunity for those who want to start a business with little capital, low risk but high profit potential in the field of clean agriculture.
