Wax coconut, a famous specialty of Tra Vinh province. Photo: MD. The Board of Evaluation and Acceptance of Scientific and Technological Tasks of Tra Vinh Province has just accepted the topic “Design and manufacture of equipment to determine the percentage of wax in coconuts” by Dr. Nguyen Minh Hoa, Tra Vinh University as the chair. Wax coconut is a famous specialty of Tra Vinh province. However, determining the percentage of wax in coconuts has long depended on the experience of gardeners. The use of Deep Learning classification equipment helps gardeners determine the percentage of wax in coconuts with the correct probability of up to 95%, determine the percentage of solid wax and liquid wax with 80% probability, should be graded by the council. rather. Mr. Luu Van Nhan, Deputy Director of the Department of Industry and Trade of Tra Vinh province, said that in the past to choose wax coconuts, gardeners’ experience was to shake, but often not absolutely accurate. Nhan said, while still working in Cau Ke, a delegation of the National Assembly ordered 50 waxed coconuts, he asked a reputable agent to collect them. But after asking, I found out that there are many fruits like normal dried coconut. Council for acceptance of coconut wax measuring equipment. Photo: Minh Dam. “In such cases, I believe the gardener is not intentional but just mistaken. Therefore, determining the percentage of waxy coconuts is extremely meaningful to avoid the fact that a 150,000 VND waxed coconut turns into a coconut. dry 10,000 VND. I find this research very close to the actual situation and has high practical application significance”, Mr. Nhan emphasized. According to Mr. Nhan, when applying this device, large-scale farmers, businesses that buy raw wax coconuts, and trading facilities will have more favorable conditions in business, especially the There is no doubt between the buyer and the seller. Now Mr. Nhan wants to buy 50 waxed coconuts, just put it in the machine will have results, from that result the price negotiation will be very close to reality. But Mr. Quick said that, to move towards commercialization, the research team’s product should be improved as compactly as possible for easy portability. The meter for measuring the percentage of wax in coconuts works at the acceptance test of the research topic. According to Dr. Nguyen Minh Hoa, Vice Rector of Tra Vinh University, the knowledge economy is developing in line with the trend of industrial revolution 4.0, higher education institutions play a more important role to find new knowledge, transmit spread knowledge and apply that knowledge through scientific research activities and technology transfer into practice. At the same time, schools need to update the latest research from these scientific research results and transfer this technology into teaching to students in order to improve training quality. Because this is a measure for schools in applying knowledge to create practical values ​​for life. At Tra Vinh University, it is clear that 3 basic components including training, scientific research, technology transfer are inseparable, the development trend expands over time to meet the requirements of educational innovation. university education. Successful research on cordyceps at Tra Vinh University. Photo: Minh Dam. Dr. Nguyen Minh Hoa shared: “Over the years, Tra Vinh University has promoted applied research and technology transfer activities among lecturers and students. In particular, focus on strongly developing the invention space among students and lecturers – makerspace, developing student research groups – IEEE Student Chapter at Tra Vinh University, developing Lab – invention space for students students, lecturers, student cooperative models, student farmer associations, and policies to encourage the incubation of start-up ideas, applied scientific research and technology transfer to serve the community. “. In the coming time, Tra Vinh University will continue to prioritize the implementation of projects to deploy research products with commercial potential, focusing on investing in strong research directions, prioritizing community service and closely associated with businesses, departments inside and outside the province in ordering scientific research and technology transfer.

Father and son Tran Minh Tung together take care of the vineyard. Photo:N.Son It is said that in Tan Hanh Ward there is a Ha Den vineyard planted in a safe way, many curious Bien Hoa people have come to Mr. Tung’s vineyard both to satisfy their curiosity and to save money. images with clusters of grapes laden with fruit. * Work and learn at the same time Introduced by friends, Ha Den grape is a grape variety with outstanding advantages compared to other grape varieties being grown in Vietnam such as: healthy growth, fast to harvest, sweet fruit, mild aroma and especially no taste. There were seeds, so Mr. Tran Minh Tung began to learn about the characteristics and techniques of growing this grape variety. In 2019, seeing that his son had a passion for farming, the family had land available, so Mr. Tung boldly invested in a drip irrigation system, materials for making trellis, tarpaulins, heat sinks and ordered 200 plants. Ha Den grape variety from Bac Giang University of Agriculture and Forestry for trial planting. Mr. Tran Minh Tung shared that in the coming time, he will continue to expand the area of ​​​​Ha Den grapes. In addition to selling grapes, he will develop the vineyard into a tourist attraction and experience. Mr. Tung said that when he brought the grapes to plant, everyone around him told him to take risks because grapes are often grown in the South Central coastal provinces, in Bien Hoa City, only a few families have grown as ornamentals. Planting for shade, few people grow grapes on a large scale (about 700-800m2) like him. When buying materials and equipment to build a truss, receiving grape varieties for planting, he realized that he had taken a risk when he spent 120 million VND to do something without knowing success or failure. Encouraged by his family, especially his son, and expressed his determination to successfully grow the Ha Den grape variety with his father, Mr. Tung felt empowered. However, passion and determination is one thing, the reality of growing and taking care of grapes is another. In addition to instructions from Bac Giang University of Agriculture and Forestry, in order to take care of the vineyard, he had to find books to read, go online to find articles about Ha Den grapes for reference, and even fly from South to North, find gardeners to learn from experience. The vineyard is located next to the house, so the first time he planted it, he was in the vineyard almost every day to monitor the growth of the grapes, as long as the grapes showed signs of abnormality, he would contact a number of gardeners to ask and handle. right. Thanks to that, after only 2 years of growing grapes, Mr. Tung has mastered all techniques of growing and taking care of grapes, handling problems related to Ha Den vine. Knowing the vineyard, many people in Bien Hoa City came to visit and take pictures at the vineyard. Photo: Facebook Nguyen Thuy MC According to Mr. Tung’s share, in addition to buying healthy seedlings, a prerequisite for growing Ha Den grapes is a roof. The roof is made of transparent nylon that has the effect of covering heavy rain to prevent leaf breakage, fruit loss, and pest control. The fertilizing and watering is not the same as for ordinary plants, but must use a drip irrigation system and an automatic fertilizing system on the grapevine, absolutely do not water the leaves. In the period of flowering and fruiting, the care is the most difficult because it is necessary to prune flowers, prune fruit, and cover fruit. The technique of pruning grapes needs to be very skillful so as not to scratch the fruit and cause it to crack when it grows. In the near-harvest stage, watering must be stopped to increase the sweetness of the grapes. * Add a “check-in” place for Bien Hoa people Ha Den Vineyard has only been nearly 2 years old so far, starting to generate income. Mr. Tung said that from the 2nd year onwards until the 8th year is the time when the grapes are at their strongest, so the yield will be higher, about 5kg/plant/crop (2 crops per year). Because this is the first harvest, the family wants to create conditions for customers to try Ha Den grapes, so the family only sells it for 120,000 VND/kg (while in the market, the price ranges from 150 to 170 thousand VND/kg). . Ha Den Vineyard not only brings income to Mr. Tung’s family but also becomes a destination to visit and take pictures of Bien Hoa people. Ms. Trieu Hoa Ngoc Lan, Secretary of Doan P. Tan Hanh said, Bien Hoa city has no fruit garden that can serve the needs of visiting, taking pictures and experiencing, so the grape growing model is quite new. She contributed to introduce the vineyard to friends, colleagues, and youth union members. Therefore, the first grape crop last year, although there were not many fruits, attracted many visitors to visit and take pictures. Having a hobby of traveling experiences, Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Thao An (living in Quang Vinh Ward, Bien Hoa City) has traveled to experience many gardeners inside and outside the province. According to Ms. Thao An, in Da Lat she had been to the garden of cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, lettuce, strawberries…; Coming to Ninh Thuan, she visited the vineyard and dragon fruit. In the province, she visited Tan Trieu pomelo garden, rambutan garden in Long Khanh… Most recently, when friends introduced about Ha Den vineyard in Bien Hoa city, Thao An also came and “checked in” here. Ms. Thao An shared, Ha Den vineyard is the same size as other gardeners she has been to, but has the advantage of being located in the campus of Bien Hoa city. This is a favorable condition for those living in Bien Hoa city who are passionate about garden tourism like her to take advantage of visiting and taking pictures without spending much time traveling. A special feature, besides visiting Ha Den vineyard, visitors can manually cut their favorite bunch of grapes with scissors, taste grapes right at the garden, but only pay the amount equivalent to the purchase amount. grapes.

Recently, after the audience’s reaction, MC Quyen Linh apologized for his lack of restraint when advertising a product that was overstated about its uses. Photo: Zing. Since 1992 until now, Quyen Linh has acted in hundreds of movies and TV shows and is considered one of the most popular actors in Vietnam. Photo: Workers Male MC Quyen Linh currently lives with his wife and two daughters in a white villa in District 7 (HCMC). Photo: Vietnamnet. MC Quyen Linh’s villa is 500m2 wide, a harmonious combination of European design style and rustic garden house style. Photo: Happynest Trees are present everywhere in the villa. Photo: Happynest The rooftop is arranged as a small ecological garden with all kinds of plants such as bitter melon, toad, lemon, guava, pomegranate… Photo: Zing. Clean vegetables are also used by Quyen Linh and her husband to grow on the terrace. Image; Vietnamnet In addition to fruit trees, the villa is also planted with many kinds of imported flowers. Photo: Vietnamnet Most of them are roses. Ancient and infrared rose bushes cost from a few hundred thousand dong to tens of millions of dong. Photo: FBNV. Private swimming pool at MC Quyen Linh’s villa. Photo: Vietnamese people Inside, the living room and dining room are designed open to create a more spacious and comfortable space. Photo: Vietnamnet The big changing room of MC Quyen Linh and his wife. Photo: Happynest Entertainment room for family and friends. Photo: Happynest Video: Ho Chi Minh City preserves ancient villas. Source: VTV24

Here are some models of 2-storey houses with an area of ​​​​7x11m, costing about VND 500 million, which are most sought after in the real estate market in 2021. The facade is designed with 2 stacked halves with a high-grade wooden roof system, cool in summer, warm in winter, minimizing the possibility of cracking and damage to the building. The design of the facade divided into two halves increases the number of rooms as well as the living area for family members. House design with balconies facing many sides is a construction trend in 2021. The roof is built in a new and eye-catching style. The vertical bar on the right edge of the image not only creates high aesthetics, but it is also a screen to help the indoor space more private and mysterious, creating maximum comfort for the user. A 2-storey house design with a frontage of 7m is popular with many people. The roof system is decorated with many white LED lights and makes the most of glass. The way the wooden brown accents in the door parts create a very different highlight on the main background is white. Comfortable 2-storey house with 1 large garage. The design of the slanted roof not only creates sympathy for outsiders, but also helps the drainage when it rains heavily to be done faster and more efficiently. The special thing about this house is the design of the skewed area with the right side narrower than the left. The familiar L-shaped house design with only an amount of 500-600 million is guaranteed to make the most fastidious people fall in love. Garden believers cannot ignore the 2-storey design but still have this garden-oriented design. A contemporary design for those who love classic colors. Owning a spacious yard area with ceramic tiles creates a clean effect and flaunts the owner’s playfulness, raising the level. The house is designed with 2 ground floors featuring a skewed roof system and installed a lot of white lights for a fresh and spacious space.

Tam’s house is 40m2 wide, the total floor area is 175m2. The house consists of 5 floors, 1 ground floor, 3 floors and terrace with full function rooms such as living room, kitchen – dining room, 1 master bedroom, 1 bedroom for mother, 1 dressing room and working room. Nguyen Quang Tam in his favorite area of ​​the house. (Photo: Nguyen Quang Tam) Hunting for mutant leaves is one of the trends that many people are interested in, even with leaves up to several hundred million dong. (Photo: Nguyen Quang Tam) Anh Tam currently owns about 50 different types of ornamental leaves with many precious and unique lines. However, he affirmed, the collection of trees comes entirely from the love of nature and green space, not hunting for business purposes. (Photo: Nguyen Quang Tam) Because of the passion for planting trees, the owner cleverly arranges ornamental plants suitable for each functional area. Not only adorn the living space, but trees also help purify the air, creating a feeling of comfort and relaxation. Mr. Tam collects plants by line such as alocasia, anthurium, philodendron…, including both Vietnamese and foreign seedlings. In order to choose the right plants, he had to spend a lot of time and effort, from buying and earning from gardeners in Saigon and Da Lat to ordering from abroad such as Japan, Thailand, and Ecuador. In addition to the trees placed in the functional areas, he mainly grows trees in the front yard and on the terrace because it is easy to care for and the trees grow well. During the care process, Mr. Tam pays attention to providing water and light suitable for each type of tree. He uses coir mixed with some kind of pumice stone instead of using soil to help plants have better growth. Mr. Tam’s investment for ornamental plants in the house is about 300 million VND. Spacious terrace, designed with an outdoor bath and eye-catching decoration like a miniature resort. (Photo: Nguyen Quang Tam) This area uses white as the main color, combined with small logs to decorate the ceiling wall, bringing a familiar and close space in the middle of a modern house. (Photo: Nguyen Quang Tam) The function rooms in the house are designed in a modern and luxurious way but still ensure ventilation, maximum light and closeness to nature thanks to the lush green pots. The bedroom has luxurious furniture. Gray, black, white, and brown tones are harmoniously combined, creating a cozy, closeness, and expressing the personality of the owner. As a busy person, the owner prefers a simple design. Household items are not too many, suitable for the single life of the homeowner.

With hundreds of hectares of plums covering the valley, Na Kaa is likened to the “kingdom” of plum trees that are about 20-30 years old. When the plums on the 20-30-year-old tree trunks turn from green to dark purple in the first weeks of May, Na Ka people begin the plum harvest season. In order for plums not to be affected by hailstorms, many gardeners in Na Ka have used a net house system. When the plums at the top of the branches are fully ripe, it is also the time when gardeners in Na Ka like the family of Mr. Hau A Su (Ban Pa Khen 1) enter the peak harvest days, selling to traders right in the garden. In the fruit-picking season, if it weren’t for the epidemic, every day hundreds of traders would come to collect the best plums at orchards like Mr. Hau A Su. The family of Mr. Hau A Su in Pa Khen 1 village mobilized the whole family to collect ripe plums in the garden. Mr. Wait’s family grows about 100 20-30 year old plum trees and with these perennial plums, the collectors sometimes have to move on the trunk like this to get all the plums. Playing with ripe red plums, the Mong people in Pa Khen 1 village collect… … the fresh, juicy plums, specialties of the plateau, are brought out by the Mong girls out of the Na Ka plum valley and sold to traders. In households, the season of ripe plums is also a busy time to harvest, pack and send to other places for consumption. To ensure a closed organic production chain, many plum growers have used insect traps, instead of pesticides… Although affected by the disease, the price of plums after Na Ka is higher than in previous seasons, so the famous agricultural product of Moc Chau plateau is still the main livelihood for the Mong people in the region. This specialty with crispy, fragrant and juicy fruit is mostly purchased, sorted and sold by traders in Hanoi and the southern provinces. … and experimentally planted many new plum strains such as rice plum varieties, which are used to process flexible dried plum products. The plums have just been picked right in the garden, fresh and whole, canned and stamped to certify that the agricultural product has a protected trademark, and sold at major supermarkets in Hanoi for 150,000 VND/kg.

The advantage of a 1-storey villa model with 4 bedrooms brings a feeling of comfort, warmth and gathering when people have more time and opportunity to interact with each other. Therefore, with the large campus, the choice of the design of a 4-bedroom villa is always a priority. Placing the bedroom next to other rooms in the same building will make moving easier. Especially for families with children or the elderly, life will be more convenient. The 1-storey villa has 4 L-shaped bedrooms. The highlight of this design is the bright red Thai roof. The foyer of the house uses concave lines. The roof has a moderate slope to make it easier to drain rainwater. Modern single-storey villa with 4 bedrooms. The Thai roof structure creates a highlight when combined with the sophisticated design style when using the impressive blue and wooden exterior moldings. There is a living room, 4 bedrooms right next to the main door. Behind the living room is the worship room. Next, the kitchen and toilet are placed next to each other to ensure the needs of family members. Model 1 floor 4 bedroom villa with garden. The dark Thai roof system stands out on the dominant white color of the 1-storey 4-bedroom garden model, making the work more eye-catching. The swimming pool is designed right in front of the house to help your space more airy and cool. To the right of the main entrance is the living room. Four bedrooms are arranged symmetrically across the living room and meet the living needs of family members. The kitchen and dining room are placed separately to limit the smell of food from spreading to the living room. The bathroom and toilet are located at the end of the house, so it is convenient to use. The low-budget 1-storey 4-bedroom villa is designed in a classical architectural style, the main white color highlights the delicate reliefs and patterns. The door system is made of wood to create an impression. The first compartment is the living room and the kitchen separated by large spaces. The living room area is comfortably furnished in a classic style, creating a unity for the building. The kitchen and dining room are neatly arranged and functional. The second compartment is 4 bedrooms and a multi-purpose room. Master bedroom with comfortable and luxurious design. The remaining three bedrooms use simple furniture but ensure convenience. Investors can rely on Feng Shui and members’ preferences to request neoclassical, classical or modern style of rooms, as well as the design of the location.

With an area of ​​114m2, the roof house is divided into 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom with living room, kitchen, dining room and balcony. Construction cost is about 800 million VND. Photo: Nhasang. The 1-storey garden house has a playground design in the front, the rear is a garden space. In terms of use, the house consists of 2 bedrooms, 1 living room, 1 kitchen. Photo: Thietkethicongnhadep. The 1-storey Thai roof house uses the main white color scheme combined with brown tones and gray tiles to create comfort. The house consists of 4 bedrooms, 1 living room, 1 kitchen and 1 separate bathroom. Photo: Thietkethicongnhadep. The 1-storey garden house is divided into 2 blocks with the main house and the annex designed adjacent to each other. The main block is designed in a symmetrical style, this is a very familiar design of the countryside. Photo: Thietkethicongnhadep. The house is beautiful and elegant with the front roof designed with 2 isosceles triangles, 3 roof systems in the middle with white painted horizontal lines combined with a gray roof. Photo: Xaydungso Beautiful 1-storey townhouse with a modern and luxurious roof. Photo: Nhathauxaydung24h. The garden house model has European style with the main dark color. Car garage is built right next to the house, convenient for parking and riding. Photo: Thietkethicongnhadep. Thai roof houses are popular in the countryside with four-sided architecture with walkways and small front and rear gardens. Photo: Internet The traditional Thai roof design is popular with many people. Photo: Xaydungso The L-shaped 1-storey garden house model with an area of ​​​​100m2 is popular in rural areas. Photo: Thietkethicongnhadep. Video: House 25m2- opportunity to have a house for many people? Source: VTV24

After that, she got married and moved with her husband to Kolding (Denmark). Thu Thao and his wife. Thu Thao enjoys blogging about cooking, gardening and taking care of children. Before moving to a 900m2 garden house, she and her husband lived in a pretty wooden house with a small garden. Thao’s old house is close to the pedestrian street center, near schools and universities. Within a radius of 800m, there are 7 supermarkets, pharmacies, building materials … Thu Thao’s husband helped his wife build a garden, packed wooden boxes to grow all kinds of Vietnamese fruits such as: perilla, water spinach, chrysanthemum, mint, coriander, dill, zucchini, spinach, bean sprout parking … These are simple but expensive things in the country. The small garden in front of the house is planted by Thu Thao with many trees, vegetables and spices. After a month of helping her husband build a garden and take care of vegetables, she lost nearly 8kg, her skin was black but happy with the results obtained. Herbal green vegetables self-grown, provided for daily meals. She just said goodbye to that small house with a Vietnamese garden, containing the couple’s enthusiasm, moved to a garden house with a width of 900 square meters. She and her husband used to visit this house last year, but since they were both making financial investments, the plan was postponed. From the first time she saw the house, she had a feeling of familiarity. She told her husband that she really liked the house. After that, the house was also not for sale. A year later, they saved a little more money so decided to buy a new house. Every day, she goes to the website to search for apartments according to her needs. I did not expect to see the house I like to appear. All purchase and sale procedures went smoothly, the paperwork only took place within 2 weeks, and she and her husband took the key to move in. Her old house was renovated, rented, and saved. Because the old house has a beautiful location, close to the pedestrian center, near universities and the south center of the city, it is very easy to rent out. The new house is under renovation and has not yet been decorated. Thao shared that the location of the new house is not as central as the old house, but it is also quite comfortable. The house is 200m from the supermarket, the gas station, the stadium, the soccer field, the kindergarten to the secondary school within a radius of 800m, the 5-minute drive from the commercial center. The house features Nordic style with simple but comfortable and modern furniture. She said she would rebuild the garden, plant a lot of flowers, vegetables and fruits like the old house. The house is located in the middle of the garden, with a front yard and back yard. The total land area is 900 m2, the house area is 225m2 (not including 2 rooms for storage of about 30 m2). This place will be renovated so that every time you step into the house, you will feel comfortable and peaceful. Large, sunlit living room with space behind a sofa. Nearby are electric heaters and decorative wood panels. Winter here is very cold, so every family is equipped with such a heater. The dining room is connected to the kitchen. Built-in dish cabinets and wine systems. The kitchen area uses white and black tones, with a window system to welcome the sun. Thu Thao plans to smash the wall and the kitchen island, to rebuild a large kitchen island parallel to the dining table. The laundry room will replace the cabinet and the stone surface for more uniformity. To have an area for the hand washing area, close the closet so the washing machine and dryer equipment are stacked. This room has an area of ​​about 15m2. Two bathrooms use separate colors. The black bathroom is a bit dark, the bathroom wall feels stuffy, so Thu Thao plans to knock down the bathroom wall to replace it with glass, re-line the light-colored tiles, redo the ceiling and paint the walls again. The house has 5 bedrooms and 1 reading room.

In contrast to the cheap price of plums for rice, many dealers have turned to selling plums with whole branches in a set that is extremely popular. Not only that, the set of plum branches with ripe fruit and green leaves is being sold at a high price, from 250,000 to 500,000 VND / set depending on large and small branches. Ms. Nguyen An – a clue selling flowers in Thanh Tri (Hanoi) – said that she has only been selling plum branches for about 2 weeks. Because she is new, she can both buy and play to decorate and eat the fruit, so this item is selling well. Like this time, plum rice at the end of the season, so the quantity is not much, customers have to book 3-4 days in advance to get it. The wrong rice plum branches are being sold at extremely expensive prices in Hanoi. (Photo by Nhat Thanh) According to An, this year, although plums are cheaper than vegetables, they are still unprecedented. In many garden houses in Son La, plums are ripe red, farmers do not bother to harvest, fall full root. To help family members grow plums, she sells more sets of plum branches that have the wrong fruit, hoping to help with any money or contract. However, not all branches can be cut because they can be kept so that the tree can bear fruit in the next season. Therefore, gardeners only prune beautiful small branches, about 50-55 cm long, many fruits and leaves. The collection is therefore very strenuous and time consuming. Sometimes a week, goods can return 2-3 flights but not often. “I sell in a set of 7-8 stems / set for 250,000 VND / set to fill a large pot. Yesterday, I returned more than 200 sets of red ripe plum sets delivered to pre-booked customers. Many people urged to order, I have to wait until the plum season is coming, ”she said. Ms. Tran Thi Hoai – a flower sales agent in Minh Khai (Hai Ba Trung, Hanoi) – also said that at this time, the plum is at the end of the season, the fruit is ripe much red so cutting branches and transporting are very difficult. towels and not much because the fruit easily falls off. Nearly 1 month ago, green plums were easier to sell, one time she sold nearly 1,000 branches. 1kg of rice plums only costs a few VND, but a set of a few plum branches costs up to 250,000 VND. (Photo by Nhat Thanh) There is even a set of rice plum branches, which are sold for 500,000 VND, are still out of stock. (Photo by Nhat Thanh) Ms. Hoai said that in no year has she sold plum branches with whole fruit instead of selling the fruit by weight as this year. Plum rice prices fell, she retailed only 10,000-15,000 VND / kg, even down to 7,000 VND / kg in some times, it was still dull, sparsely bought, and red ripe fruit had to be thrown away. Meanwhile, the plum branches she sells with prices ranging from 250,000 to 500,000 VND / set (5-10 branches) depending on the size of the branches are big or small. Most customers buy 1-2 sets of living room decoration plugs. However, the goods are almost not available, when customers order, she will collect them to return the customer to freshen. “Whole rice plum branches can be played for 5-6 days, but now it’s the end of the season. The plum season starts early, I cut off and sell the branches that are still nursing and ripe so that they can be played for longer ”, said Ms. Hoai. Keeping up with the trend of playing the whole tree with the atmosphere of the mountains and forests, for two weeks, Dang Thu Phuong from Nghia Tan (Cau Giay, Hanoi) often bought plum branches to play with because she looked at the plum branches. very fond of eyes, close to nature, unlike the lifeless fake branches that she bought on Tet. However, to buy 2 sets of plum branches, she has to ask for a few clues that must be booked 3-4 days in advance. “Although the plum branch is much more expensive than buying the fruit by weight, I still buy it because it is decorated and eaten at the same time. Like the time to leave the plum blossom, red ripe fruit in the living room, sometimes picking a fruit feels like being in the plum garden in Son La, ”Ms. Phuong said happily.

According to the gardeners, although the price is as cheap as vegetables, plum rice is still unprecedented. Traders come to buy a little, ripe red plums on the tree, people do not bother to harvest. Mr. Nguyen Van Trong – a rice plum growing household in Chieng Co commune (Son La) – shared, his family has been growing plums for decades, but never fell in such a tragic situation. With the amount of up to 2,000 rice plums, his family is estimated to have around 25 tons of plums every year. The rice plum in Son La is in a flourishing harvest, but the price has dropped sharply. Photo: Nhat Thanh In previous years, since the beginning of the March crop, the traders’ car ran loudly to the buying garden. At one point, the price of plum rice at the beginning of the season was up to 70,000-80,000 VND / kg, but the quantity was not much. This year, the atmosphere is quiet, plum rice is cheap, partly due to the good season, and the output pumpkins, so the selling price at the garden is record low. Mr. Trong said that last year, he sold beautiful big fruits for 18,000 VND / kg. This year, the price of plum drops to 10,000 VND / kg, the cheapest bucket is only 1,500-2,000 VND / kg. Currently, he wholesales each bag from 50-52kg, the average price is 5,000 VND / kg. Although the price is so cheap, Mr. Trong reflects that the number of plums sold this year has decreased significantly. As every year, on average, he dumped to the provinces about 5 tons / day, now he only sells about 3 tons / day. In addition to the amount of fruits collected from his home garden, he also collects from local people. Gardeners said that this type of plums eat green better than ripe. Photo: Nhat Thanh In the year when traders were slow to purchase, plums in the garden began to ripen red. Photo: Nhat Thanh In the same situation, Ms. Nguyen Quynh – another rice plum growing household in Son La – lamented, with the price as low as giving, has not been able to buy a cup of iced tea in a year. Last year, the cheapest goods she also sold was 8,000-9,000 VND / kg, beautiful goods cost 15,000-20,000 VND / kg. Now, the plum is small, mixed green, she sells for 120,000 VND / bag (50-52kg), only about 2,300 VND / kg; selected products with large fruit prices are only 3,500-6,000 VND / kg. Even plums fell at 1,000 VND / kg, there was no buyer. “The selling price is a few thousand dong, which is enough to compensate for the rent of the pickers, the money for canning, packing is all, not to mention the fertilizer fee, the effort is considered to give away. Now if you can’t sell it, you will lose a lot, ”she said, boredly. Ms. Quynh said, the plum rice season starts from March and lasts until May is over, then comes the plum season. However, this year, due to the fact that the goods cannot be sold for sale, there is no clue to buy, the sales volume is quite slow, many trees in her garden have become red and red. Plum prices are currently down to a few thousand VND / kg still meager. Photo: Nhat Thanh “This plum type, when the fruit is still green, can be sold when it is crispy and sour, only to be thrown away if it is ripe,” she said. On average, each tree gives about 30kg of fruit / crop. Her family’s crop this year is about 12 tons, but the amount of ripe fruit removed is 4-5 tons, the rest has not been sold much. Ms. Tran Hai Yen – the focal point selling plum rice in Trieu Khuc (Thanh Xuan, Hanoi), also commented that she has been selling Son La plums for 3-4 years now, seeing this is also a rare year for plum prices to drop so low. . Currently, retail plums are 20,000-25,000 VND / kg, wholesale from 5kg is priced at 15,000 VND / kg. In previous years, the price of plums ranged from 30,000 to 60,000 VND / kg, sometimes up to 90,000 VND / kg. Cheap, one day she can sell 50-60kg because customers buy more food. On the internet market, many clues are selling this plum with a retail price of only 10,000-13,000 VND / kg, even some places sell 5kg combo for 35,000 VND, not retail, attracting a lot of women. buy.

This crop bears fruit all year round, but is most abundant in the summer. So, at supermarkets, shops, markets or on the street, people often see jackfruit displayed rampant, the price depends on each type and each time. As at present, Thai jackfruit is sold by gardeners with prices from 9,000-18,000 VND / kg depending on the type, rural jackfruit in the market is sold for 25,000-30,000 VND / kg. According to gardeners and sellers, this is a fairly cheap price. However, in the West, a garden house grows super strange jackfruit, red flesh and sells for a sky-high price, but still out of stock. The old farmer Hai Trang owns a 2-hectare red jackfruit orchard in Hau Giang (photo: M. Khuong) Mr. Manh Khuong – a focal point associated with a gardening house of red-flesh jackfruit – said that he is wholesaling this jackfruit for 90,000 VND / kg, but still does not have enough goods to supply the focal point. Jackfruit is always in a state of fire. This type of jackfruit is still quite strange on the market, not yet popularly grown. In the West, the first garden house and also the most famous red jackfruit orchard was owned by old farmer Hai Trang (Nguyen Minh Trang), in Vi Dong commune (Vi Thuy, Hau Giang). This type of jackfruit was discovered by him accidentally during a fair in Can Tho in 2003. At that time, he was introduced by the seller as a super early, fast fruit tree variety. In particular, ripe jackfruit has red color like baked brick color, thick rice, crispy sweet taste, mild aroma. That time, Mr. Hai Trang immediately bought 50 jackfruit stumps to plant around the house. The red-fleshed jackfruit tree grows quickly without pests, and soon starts to bear fruit. But there is only one tree with more than a dozen fruits, each fruit weighing 15-17kg, when ripe, both plump and jackfruit are dark red, just as he introduced the seedling. The remaining 49 trees also produce normal fruit, but when ripe, jackfruit is yellow, like other common jackfruit varieties. Therefore, he kept only red-fleshed jackfruit trees for multiplication, the rest were cut down. This type of jackfruit each fruit usually weighs over 10kg and is sold at a sky-high price (photo: M. Khuong) From the red jackfruit tree bought during the fair in Can Tho, so far he has propagated and planted a jackfruit garden up to 3ha wide. Two other gardeners who bought this red jackfruit from him planted are now also starting to harvest. “This jackfruit tree is still in the yard now. The original diameter is about 40cm. Many people come to ask to buy trees, even some people pay half a billion to own them, but we do not sell, keep for propagation”, Mr. Hai Trang shared. In 2020, the Covid-19 epidemic affects fruit consumption. At that time, he contacted the gardener to purchase all the jackfruit products of Mr. Hai Trang and the other two gardeners. From then to now, wherever he harvested jackfruit, he bought them all, he shared more. At the beginning of the association, the red-fleshed jackfruit was exported to wholesale mainly by the clean food chain stores in Ho Chi Minh City, and then expanded to Da Nang, Hanoi. 3 months ago, customers in Russia, Canada, even Dubai also contacted to order this specialty fruit. According to him, the red jackfruit fruit is quite big, the average weight is over 10 kg / fruit. Jackfruit is usually picked by gardeners when they are old. Therefore, after 3-4 days of picking, the jackfruit will be ripe and wait for 2 more days to add it, because it is the time when it is the most delicious, sweet, and true. “This jackfruit is not much. In particular, the amount of jackfruit collected each week depends on the gardeners. There are a week of collecting tons of tons, but some weeks it is only about 300kg. So, jackfruit is always in a state of fire, ”he said. The most outstanding feature of this jackfruit is the au red zone, thick and fragrant pulp (photo: M. Khuong) On the market, pre-peeled jackfruit costs up to 250,000 VND / kg, still sold out (photo: M. Khuong) Not only selling to domestic fruit shops, red jackfruit is also ordered by many foreign customers at high prices (photo: M. Khuong) During the weeks he bought a lot, he would divide it equally to deliver to domestic and foreign customers. With few weeks left, he gives priority to foreign customers. Because, they usually place fixed orders, the shipping schedule at the airlines is also predetermined, so they prioritize the goods, avoiding shipping costs. Depending on the request of foreign customers, he will sell whole or peeled jackfruit, frozen to deliver to them. However, Mr. Khuong shared that the number of foreign customers who could buy red flesh jackfruit was not much. He must refuse to reduce because the amount of jackfruit purchased from the gardeners is not enough to meet their needs. If there are goods, the amount of jackfruit must be up to tens of tons to be enough for wholesalers both domestically and for export. In the Hanoi market, whole red jackfruit is sold for up to 250,000 VND / kg. Although the price is 4 times more expensive than the price of the whole Thai jackfruit, but the red flesh jackfruit is still out of stock. Ms. Doan Hai Yen, owner of a clean fruit shop in Thanh Xuan (Hanoi), said that every week she can only enter one trip of red intestines from a garden in the West. Quantity also depends on each batch. At a time, the goods were in weight, but rarely, only a few dozen pounds per week. Most of the jack-ups are just enough to pay for customers who pre-order, and rarely have a lot of new jackpots available at the store.

Capturing the psychology of users to welcome the spring of Tan Suu, some gardeners have chosen to buy buffalo-shaped seeds to grow kumquat, hoping to sell at a high price. Accordingly, kumquat is not only grown in black buffalo, old buffalo, gardeners also plant kumquat in the same golden buffalo … Quatum is also grown in porcelain vase with many artistic and eye-catching patterns. convenient for playing in the living room … Kumquat bonsai shaped golden buffalo. According to Nguyen Nhu Ngoc, Cau Giay District, Hanoi, with the mindset “buffalo is an inheritance”, when customers come here to choose kumquat, they all want to own their own golden buffalo: “I have chosen a tree. kumquat satisfied, every year is associated with the image of animals, this year is the year of golden buffalo so I am very happy. Besides traditional kumquat products, many gardeners have created their own paths. The kumquat trees that are up to decades old are also skillfully cared for by the gardeners to produce fruit and buds in the Tet season. Mr. Hoang Van Luan, Hoang Luan Garden House, Tu Lien Ward, Tay Ho District, Hanoi, said that the trees with a long life in the garden create more elaborate ways to rent out for Tet. “The original bonsai line is large, standing … only for rent, and small seedlings for sale. Along with that, the gardeners create the positions for it to have full fruit and leaf buds to serve the demanding players ”- Mr. Luan said. Kumquat grafted driftwood. Gardeners in Tu Lien kumquat village also create unique works with the same perspective as kumquat in a rocky hole, growing on a rocky island, paired with driftwood … However, these products are in limited quantity. due to the fruiting rate, the formation is not much. Many gardeners share, from items that can be discarded, but through the skillful hands of human beings, there are art works with unique plants, costing over tens of millions or even tens of millions still attract. guest… Quat Tu Lien has long been a brand name with connoisseurs of Tet kumquat. Therefore, on the occasion of the annual Tet holiday, the traditional village of Tu Lien kumquat is a familiar place, attracting visitors to visit, looking to buy kumquat trees like that to decorate for the family./.

According to the feng-shui concept, orchids will neutralize killing gas, bring spiritual aura, good things into the house and repel bad luck. With strong vitality, the ability to attract positive energies, a house of moth orchid is a symbol of luck, prosperity and brings wealth and fortune to the homeowner. Because of this meaning, businesses, business people, many households always choose to display orchids on holidays, Tet, and inauguration. Orchids are chosen by many people to display Tet. Increasingly, moth orchids are grown more popularly, with many beautiful and sharp colors; Proper watering can be played for one to several months, the price is not too expensive; suitable for many spaces … Therefore, over the past time, moth orchid has been favored by many families. Before the spring of Tan Suu in 2021, the market of moth orchid was quite exciting. “This year’s Tet market, people play the demand for moth orchids is very high. Garden houses are sold out every year near the end of the year, but so far they have sold almost all their gardens. Last year, the gardeners had 45,000 trees, this year increased production to nearly 80,000 trees, consumption faster than last year. The color of flowers, this is very richer than the garden color concentrating more than 20 colors such as yellow, red, purple, pink … ”- Mr. Ngo Minh Truong, owner of orchid garden in Thanh Oai district, Hanoi said. According to the home gardeners, this year due to the influence of the Covid-19 epidemic, the import of moth orchids from China is facing many difficulties, so the flower products are consumed faster than every year. The orchid pots with all kinds, colors and sizes are displayed for sale with an average price of a scallop orchid, priced from 250,000 to 300,000 VND / branch. Smallest flower pots with 3 branches cost 900,000 VND, small pots average 2-3 million VND, large size up to hundreds of million VND … Orchids are grown at home gardens in the direction of high technology. For many people, when life is more prosperous than ornamental plants and ornamental flowers such as kumquat, which are indispensable every Tet to spring, in recent years, many people choose to celebrate Tet. . Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Khoa, a resident of Ha Dong district, shared that last year, his family also displayed a pot of moth orchids, just once a day of watering, it could be played nearly 2 months. Displaying orchid pots makes the living room more bright and luxurious. For that reason, this year, his family continued to choose to buy moth orchids to play Tet: “The indoor display is very beautiful and graceful, I have come to the garden houses to book in advance. a month to choose beautiful orchid pots, like “. Phalaenopsis orchids in addition to their beautiful, durable and luxurious colors, but also have a meaning of peace and prosperity for the new year. Therefore, although this flower is expensive, it is still favored by consumers as gifts for relatives in Tet holiday.

The beauty of That That peach Poor digging, Tay Ho district, old Hanoi city was used to advance the king. This type of peach possesses a unique and exotic beauty that is different from ordinary peaches. Plants with double flowers, each tree only blooms from 10-20 flowers. This is a very difficult ornamental plant and if it follows the nature, it only blooms around the full moon of January, even a few years before flowering once. To overcome this shortcoming, many gardeners have allowed peaches to lie down and lie in harmony so that the flowers bloom right on the occasion of Tet. Artist Le Ham in Nhat Tan peach village, Tay Ho District, said that digging is very sensitive, players cannot dig too cold or too hot, especially digging cannot be exposed to direct sunlight but nor should they be left in the dark for too long. Each period of the tree must adjust a suitable temperature background. To bloom on the occasion of the New Year’s Day, on an area of ​​more than 1,000 square meters, his family built 7 rooms, each with a two-way air conditioner to force peaches to bloom at will in Nhat Tan peach village. However, Mr. Ham said that not everyone successfully applied this approach: “The process of letting the cherry blossoms bloom properly on Tet holiday is a long process. I have to keep track of the notes every year, because it is. Not according to a certain rule that will bloom, if one wins and five do not, I keep taking notes, then find out what causes it to flower. From there, I summarize, learn from experience. In order for the flower to bloom properly on the occasion of Tet, it must be adjusted, whether it is hot or cold depends on the growth of the tree, how much I track and grasp it so that we can add or remove it then it is correct, okay? depends on nature, no matter how hot it is again “. Digging losses lie in harmony to bloom right on the occasion of Tet. Lossless peaches always please even the most difficult Tet dig players. However, the time it takes for a failed peach tree to reach the player’s requirements takes 10-20 years. The care is very meticulous, so the majority of the gardeners rent out the poor, not for sale. The rent usually ranges from 10-40 million VND depending on the age and shape of the tree, beautiful trees can be up to hundreds of millions. Ms. Le Thi Van Anh, Nam Tu Liem District, Hanoi, said that her family chose to play with poor peaches because of its beautiful, unique and strange shape and flowers: The new year represents a prosperous and prosperous year, like how beautiful the flowers bloom, the more they want to be the vitality of the new year, the family chooses to lose because it has its own beauty compared to peaches. Usually, it is the flowers, the flowers are thick and beautiful, so many beautiful things are chosen by the family. Tet holiday in the North has become a custom every spring comes. The beauty of peaches brings warmth to each home with hope for a good, peaceful, and lucky new year./.

Plums at the beginning of the season Moc Chau (Son La) are sold at markets in Hanoi at the price of 100,000 – 150,000 VND / kg. Early season plums from Moc Chau (Son La) in recent days are being displayed for sale at many local markets in Hanoi or on online markets, groups specializing in selling fruit. Surveys at some markets such as Dai Tu (Hoang Mai), Nam Trung Yen market (Cau Giay) or some toad markets, kiosks around densely populated areas in Linh Dam, Trung Hoa … show that plum cherries are is sold at a price of 100,000 – 150,000 VND / kg, depending on the size. Ms. Thu Huong – owner of a kiosk specializing in selling fruits in Linh Dam area, said that she is currently selling plum plums for 120,000 VND / kg, this price of Ms. Huong is “softer” than the shops. another because she has a row in the garden. According to Ms. Huong, unlike the off-season plums, the plum at the beginning of the season only has a sour taste, not acrid; even the old, about to ripen fruit has a slightly sweet taste. “Early season plum is the early plum of the first batch of flowers. Each time I set up a garden house on Moc Chau, it takes a few days for the gardener to deliver the goods, each trip about a few quintals. Plums come on the right time, so they are quite expensive, in less than 2 days I have sold all 50kg of plums ”, Ms. Huong said. Having just sold out 20kg of plums in the morning, Ms. Nguyen Duong who sells online in Thanh Tri district continues to gather customer orders to sell new trips. Accordingly, the first plum bought by Ms. Duong sold for 100,000 VND / kg of plum and the price of 50,000 VND / kg of rice plum. Ms. Duong said that fruit at the beginning of the season is usually more expensive than the main season. However, this year the price of plum is cheaper than the beginning of last year, from 20,000 to 30,000 VND / kg. Normally, Ms. Duong will gather the application first and then put it on the garden and hand it over to her customers.

However, in recent days, the market has appeared super strange squash with all different shapes and colors. Notably, these squash have a very small weight, ranging from 150-300 grams / fruit. According to the seller, it’s baby squash, sourced from abroad. In recent years, this type of squash was introduced to Vietnam and planted as squash. The pumpkins have eye-catching shapes and colorful colors that attract customers Ms. Ngo Huyen – the hub selling baby pumpkins in Tran Hoa (Dai Kim, Hoang Mai, Hanoi) – said that for the first time she bought this kind of pumpkins because they found them very beautiful and strange. But at that time, she bought it not for cooking, but used as home decorations. After that, she researched and imported goods to sell. Ms. Huyen said that this kind of baby pumpkin has the characteristic of very small fruit. For example, the round yellow pumpkin requires 3-4 to get 1kg; green striped squash, white squash, … then 6-7 can get 1kg. Pumpkin is grown by some gardeners in Da Lat (Lam Dong). When harvested, squash is often bought as decor, while processed into dishes is not much. Also according to Ms. Huyen, except for squash types with white skin, the other types of baby squash have very thick skin, which can be decorated indoors for 3-6 months. When playing, it’s okay to cook, because this pumpkin tastes like a traditional pumpkin. In particular, the pumpkin is so beautiful that people often make a dish stuffed with meat to steam or grill, some families use it as a snack for children. This type of squash is quite expensive but is decorated by many people The more strange shaped pumpkins are, the more women prefer to buy them Pumpkin price is divided into 2 types. Pumpkin mix with large and small fruits costs 95,000 VND / kg, yellow squash costs 85,000 VND / kg. At this price, baby squash is 5-10 times more expensive than pumpkins, but still attracts Hanoi customers. “Most customers only buy 1-2kg for decoration, but there are also people who buy up to 3-5kg once,” Ms. Huyen said. 2-3 times a week, she imported pumpkins from the gardens in Da Lat. Most imported goods are only enough to pay for customers, the surplus is not much. Like the recent pumpkin trip, she imported 50kg and returned nearly 40kg to customers who booked in advance. The rest are kept at stores for sale, but are also “out of stock”. On this occasion, the supply is scarce, so customers often have to book a few days in advance to have it. Anh Dao Van Truong, owner of a clean food store in Ha Dong (Hanoi), also said that although this baby squash is quite expensive, it is still bought a lot by people. Currently, this type of squash is being grown by gardeners in Da Lat to harvest fruits for sale Although most are bought to watch, but traders are able to sell weights each week When I first imported this secret to sell, the quantity of goods sold was not much. However, from the beginning of March up to now, the demand for baby squash has increased dramatically. Instead of selling all 40-50 kg a week as before, now every day he sells 60-80kg. As a huge fan of this kind of pumpkin, Ms. Vu Van Huong from Yen Ninh (Ba Dinh, Hanoi) has spent more than 2 million VND to buy green, white, orange, and yellow squash from Christmas last year. .. about home decoration for fun. At Christmas, she ordered 5kg, the price was 130,000 VND / kg, and put it in a rattan basket on the dining table to allow air. The rest are decorated on pine trees. After Christmas, she sometimes makes a steamed or grilled dish, sometimes she is stewed with bones. So, from Tet until now, she bought two more times, each 5kg, there are fruits that have not been damaged for 3 months, because this pumpkin can be played and eaten at the same time.

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Dr. Nguyen Ba Phu, Department of Crop Production (Faculty of Agriculture, Can Tho University) said that in recent years, many gardeners renovate mixed gardens and a movement to establish specialty gardens in some localities is emerging.

Efficiency and profits increase if farmers know to invest in the right direction and apply the right care techniques. Currently in the Mekong Delta, the provinces of Soc Trang, Hau Giang, An Giang and Can Tho city … organize many training programs on cultivation techniques, cultivation of specialty orchards in the direction of sustainability.

Local agricultural officers together with farmers implement the model of economical watering of durian gardens in Cho Lach district, Ben Tre province. Photo: HD

Although understanding and understanding techniques to build specialized gardens in a sustainable direction, some gardeners still have not changed their practice in a new way.

The farming methods, applying new technical advances, training the majority of farmers agree, and think in the right direction. If you do, the garden will be “solid”, sustainable and completely applicable.

However, there are still some gardeners who believe that applying methodical techniques, the tree will take long to produce high-yield fruits, it takes time, because the psychological pressure of “eating in the same place”, wants to follow the tree to produce fruit. profit quickly, high profit even only 3-5 years.

Therefore, when realizing that the market for fruit varieties is attracting products for one or two consecutive years with high prices, they rush to find seeds to buy and plant for them. Some people are even ready to cut down orchards that are giving fruit if after only one or two seasons the fruit price falls and it is difficult to sell.

For example, some gardeners planting persimmon tangerines (also known as tangerines) in Lai Vung district (Dong Thap) admitted: Since 2 years ago, there were signs of pests and diseases “raiding” many orchards.

However, some gardeners still accept to pour billions of capital into tangerine gardens, even dig soil up, buy land from the fields and pour it in to hope to gain silver in the tangerine season.

However, due to the wrong care and prevention of pests and diseases, the disease has worsened and the garden gradually deteriorates. Some farmers often spread word of mouth to each other about prevention and treatment.

Pink mandarin trees have two quite common diseases, for each root rot disease, they buy Ridomil to control plant diseases, and mealybugs buy Nokaph (medicine to treat nematodes and pests in the soil), even in gardens that are not diseased. also bought for prevention before, every 2 months and considered as “miracle”.

As a result, as now seen, many pink tangerine orchards get worse and worse, they have to ask for help from scientific staff to find the right gardening method.

The orchard selects citrus trees in Cho Lach district, Ben Tre. Photo: HD

Currently, Soc Trang province organizes a training program on the model of building a special-purpose orchard specializing in citrus trees for farmers. Thereby improving knowledge, updating farming techniques, applying new technologies in fruit production. This model is applied by growers quite popularly in the fruit export cooperatives.

It is an open way to improve garden economic efficiency. The local government acts as a bridge to create a link between agricultural cooperatives – businesses – scientists. In which the role of scientist will guide farming techniques for cooperatives farmers.

Technical solutions for sustainable fruit production in the Mekong Delta

Dr. Nguyen Ba Phu proposed a number of technical solutions for planting and taking care of fruit trees in the Mekong Delta.

Select and improve soil: Soil has a pH of 6-7. The soil must be loose and airy, able to hold moisture and drain well, the arable layer is thick (at least 0.5 m) and stable.

Seedlings from good, selected seedlings, preferably from the best clones. There is an appropriate propagation method, free of diseases (special attention is paid to green leaf yellowing disease and Tristeza on citrus trees).

About the planting type, should be planted in rows. Rows in the wind direction (Northeast – Southwest). Spacing between thin rows, on thick rows.

Preparation of growing tissue and planting: All the soil above and below the base of the tissue (0.3 m) is soil mixed with organic fertilizer (5 – 10 kg) and fused phosphate fertilizer (0.5 – 1 kg). The tissue diameter should be about 1 – 1.2 m. The tissue height should be about 0.3 – 0.4 m. When placing plants, pay attention to the surface of the pot to be level with the tissue surface and tighten the soil around the pot.

Applying the process of pruning properly, creating canopy will help fruit trees for good design and quality. Photo: HD.

Trimming, creating canopy: Apply right in the stage of silk, from a young tree. Trees for fruits outside the canopy (citrus, mango, longan …) need to create a canopy with hemispherical shape or open heart, according to the principle of 1 branch leaving 2-3 branches (equally good, sparse, balanced).

Cutting time: Old leaves, just before or after fertilizing, combine bud control at the same time. For fruit trees on the main branch (durian, jackfruit …), create a crown shaped tree (pine canopy), keeping a main stem, growing straight.

Choose to keep level 1 branches (branches growing from the main body) with criteria for good branches, horizontal growth, evenly distributed, 20-30 cm apart. Can bend level 1 branches, creating the shape of a spiral staircase. Pay attention to keep level 1 branches during the fruit harvest.

Hygienic pruning should be carried out throughout the planting period, especially after harvest.

Cut off branches reaching high and shade (control canopy), pests, dry branches, branches that are not capable of bearing fruit … Keep appropriate canopy. Always leave a space between the two rows to help the garden clear. Keep a reasonable height of the garden for easy care and intensive farming.

Fertilize: Plants need to be provided with 13 essential nutrients: Macronutrients (N, P and K); intermediate (Ca, Mg and S); trace elements (Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn, B, Mo and Cl). In the Mekong Delta, fertilizers containing S should be limited, since most of the soil contains S in high levels.

Lime: should use limestone (CaO) “phi”, fertilizing in the beginning of the rainy season, fertilizing with soil pH. If the pH is above 6.5, there is no need for liming; pH from 5.5 to 6.5, applying 500 kg of limestone / ha; pH from 4.5 to 5.5, apply 1,000 kg of limestone / ha; pH from 3.5 to 4.5, apply 2,000 kg of limestone / ha.

Organic fertilizer: Chewable and properly composted. During the incubation process, it is necessary to pay attention to the appropriate humidity (about 70 – 80%) and to mix the compost pile. Applying in the dry season, the amount of fertilizer is 10-20 tons / ha. Do not use together lime and organic fertilizers.

Inorganic fertilizers: Need to determine the type and amount of fertilizer depending on the needs of the plant. Plants have different nutritional requirements depending on the stage of growth and each stage of fruit development.

In the period of silk (trees without fruit), fertilizers (N – P2O5 – K2O): 30 – 20 – 10 or 30 – 10 – 10. The amount of fertilizer is from 50-100 g / time. Fertilizer time when leaves are old, should not be applied when the leaves are young. Need to fertilize according to the canopy, burial or watering.

Reasonable vegetation should be maintained in orchards. Photo: LHV

It is advisable to combine cultivating and improving lettuce with fused phosphate, organic fertilizer and sedimentation. Micronutrients can be added by spraying leaves at silk leaves, combined with pruning measures, helping plants to sprout simultaneously. The type and amount of manure can be decreased depending on the type of tree, soil area, density and yield of the previous crop.

Note: Apply according to the canopy (active root zone). The manure must be buried in the soil (using a hoe or machine to mix the fertilizer).

Fused phosphate fertilizers (Ninh Binh, Van Dien, Lam Thao) should be used, especially on low pH soils in the Mekong Delta. In addition to containing phosphorus, molten phosphate also contains Ca, Mg, Si and some trace elements.

Grass management: Should let the grass in the garden, weeding clean the part close to the base, around should only cut, leave the grass stump about 3 – 5 cm.

Water management and irrigation techniques: Water systems in garden ditches must be well ventilated and downstream. Regularly change the water in garden ditches.

Keep the water level in the ditch about 0.6 m from the trench surface during the dry season and 0.8 m. In the rainy season, limit watering to the leaves. Do not water after 3pm. Best in the morning. Maintain a suitable soil moisture of 70 – 80%.

Pest management: Adopt integrated pest management (IPM), make full use of farming practices. Apply biological methods. Using agricultural medicine is the last resort and must adhere to the 4 correct principle.

How to exploit fruit and flower processing: should exploit fruit concentratedly. Should not “pass” fruit (many sizes of fruit) on the tree. Depending on the natural conditions, choose the appropriate time to process the flowering so that the fruit has good quality, high yield, less pests and strong plants. Keep a reasonable number of fruits (pruning) depending on the growth situation (leaf set) of the tree.

It is possible to combine the use of soil “cropping” method (about 30 cm deep) to both treat flowering and improve soil porosity and ventilation.