Taking care of peach trees at Nhat Tan Village

As Tet nears, peach and kumquat trees growers in Hanoi look forward to bountiful crops and good business after a year of favourable growing weather.

 

Taking care of peach trees at Nhat Tan Village

According to many garden owners, the this year's sunny weather helped their flower buds to bloom in time. They also expect customers to have more spending money this year due to a recovering economy. 

Aside from well-known traditional flower villages such as Nhat Tan, Quang Ba and Nghi Tam, Hanoi also has new flower gardens are emerging in places like La Ca Village in Ha Dong District. La Ca Village is known for the quality and diversity of its flowers, and is becoming the largest flower growing area in Hanoi. 

A one-metre-height tree will cost about VND500,000 (USD24) and a shaped tree may be anywhere from VND700,000 to VND1.5 million depending on its height.

Dang Van Manh, owner of a flower garden in Nhat Tan Village, said last year, he was only able to rent out a few dozen peach trees. However, this time, he's already had more than 100 customers. "Last year, the weather was unpredictable and the frost prevented flower buds from blooming. On the other hand, some trees bloomed too soon, forcing the owners to sell fast," Manh said.

Last year was also a harsh year for kumquat growers. Long and heavy rains killed off a large number of kumquat trees and caused huge losses to owners.

Even though the flowers will bloom sooner than normal, the growers said they were not worried much because Tet would start sooner this year.