The rooftop filled with fruit in HCMC makes many people wish

With 70m2 on the terrace of a high-rise building, the guy with a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City turned into a fruit garden full of fruits and flowers. Especially nearly 80 cantaloupe roots.

The images of a fruit garden on the rooftop of a building in Ho Chi Minh City have caused a “storm” on social networks when attracting more than 100,000 interactions. After just one day, the series of photos received more than 16,000 comments and nearly 5,000 shares. The owner of the garden is Bang Nguyen, he is a bachelor of accounting from the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City. Bang Nguyen said, he has been growing trees on the terrace for about 4 years now, since buying a house in Tan Phu district – Ho Chi Minh City. “Due to the impact of the epidemic on work, I have more time at home. But because of that, I have more time to plant and take care of trees. Especially the cantaloupe. As you can see, most of the area of ​​the rooftop garden is for melons. It is also the most difficult variety to grow among terrace plants,” said Bang Nguyen. Bang Nguyen said that every day he spends about 2 hours on the rooftop garden. “Because there are only husband and wife and small children at home, I do a little bit every day, mixing some soil. Initially, I planted orchids mainly, about 200 pots of orchids. After that, I spent about 25m2 of the total 70m2 behind planting cantaloupe. 25m2 in the middle to grow orchids, apples, guavas, tomatoes, vegetables … 20m2 in front for outdoor wooden floors, around planted roses, a little melon, 2 grapes “- Bang Nguyen said. Bang Nguyen also revealed that many gardeners were unsuccessful, possibly due to improper mixing of media and ways to prevent pests. The soil for planting must be clean soil, mixed with rice husks, and composted manure. Each type of plant I mix with a different ratio, but must ensure porosity, watering is drained, not stagnant on the face. When growing vegetables, mix the soil once, fertilizing once is enough, but when growing melons, when the trees are fruiting, they must be fertilized many times with composted fish protein and bat manure. Prevent worms, thrips, red spiders using neem oil. To prevent fungal diseases for plants, use self-incubated organic microorganisms “- Bang Nguyen revealed. According to Bang Nguyen, he invested a lot of money in the garden. This whole season of cantaloupe, he costs about 5-7 million money for seeds and fertilizers. “Currently, this crop I plant 80 roots, collect 80 fruits, yield about 200kg. This is the 4th melon crop. In the first season, I planted 30 plants but almost failed because I didn’t know how to prevent powdery mildew, rhizomatosis, etc. Later on, I had to learn and learn in all the melon associations. garden net, go to the instructions to read carefully, find and get to know the brothers and sisters who have planted before to be successful” – Bang Nguyen said. The image of bunches of grapes laden with fruit makes many people excited. Let’s see the pictures in the 70m2 garden on the rooftop of the high-rise building.