Realizing that red-flesh dragon fruit trees have high productivity and economic efficiency, suitable for the local land, Mr. Giang Van Nhuan boldly changed from growing lychees to growing red-flesh dragon fruits on trellises and pillars. brings good income to the family.
In 2010, the Hanoi Agricultural Extension Center deployed red-flesh dragon fruit trees from Binh Thuan to plant at Suoi Hai Prison, Mr. Giang Van Nhuan (Team 4, Tan An village, Ba Vi district, Hanoi city) was executed. The center takes in to take care of the plants. During the care process, the first year, entering the second year, the dragon fruit bears fruit and in the third year gives a stable harvest.
“Realizing that dragon fruit trees are easy to grow, easy to care for, sun-resistant, drought-resistant… bring high economic efficiency, in 2018 I discussed with my family and decided to convert 4 acres of lychee to growing red-fleshed dragon fruit on trellises. and pillars. Initially, I invested nearly 1 billion VND to invest in pouring 1.8m high concrete columns to make pillars, buying iron pipes to make trellises, buying a sprinkler system for the entire dragon fruit garden, and looking to buy red-fleshed dragon fruit varieties to plant.” , Mr. Nhuan recalled.
When asked about fertilization techniques for high economic efficiency, Mr. Nhuan happily said: During the planting and care process, people actively cut and prune branches to prevent pests and diseases, clean weeds, and do not use drugs. chemicals, pesticides, to create clean, quality red-fleshed dragon fruits… People also take chicken manure and products from pre-processing animal carcasses and compost them into organic and microbiological fertilizers. and the antagonistic fungus Trichoderma to fertilize dragon fruit plants.
“With the high-tech, organic method of growing dragon fruit on trellises and pillars, my family’s dragon fruit output increased 2-3 times compared to growing lychees before. At the same time, fertilize around the base of each tree with 30kg of organic fertilizer, use straw and compost on the base of the dragon fruit tree to keep moisture to prevent grass growth and erosion. Entering spring from January to February, new shoots begin to appear, young, healthy and beautiful, then keep them. Around the middle of April, dragon fruit buds appear. People choose big, beautiful, healthy buds and choose each bud. 1-2 buds,” Mr. Nhuan revealed.
Up to now, Mr. Nhuan’s family’s red-flesh dragon fruit model has grown on a large scale locally. Thanks to organic farming, each year, Mr. Nhuan’s dragon fruit model provides the market with about 200 – 300 quintals of fruit/year with a selling price ranging from 20-25 thousand VND/kg. This is the second year that Mr. Nhuan’s family’s dragon fruit model has harvested only 2 batches and each subsequent batch has a higher yield.
Mr. Nhuan boasted: “The red-fleshed dragon fruit tree has helped me have a well-off life. In the near future, the family is planning to expand the model, continue to explore and replicate productive dragon fruit varieties, high quality to help gardeners gradually replace traditional dragon fruit varieties that are aging, infected, and have reduced productivity; At the same time, create “clean” products to meet the needs of domestic and export consumers.
Vice Chairman of the Ba Vi District Farmers’ Association, Mr. Chu Xuan Cu, said that growing dragon fruit is a new model, very suitable for the conditions and soil of Cam Linh in particular and Ba Vi in general and is economically effective. much higher than some other common fruit trees. “The district will actively propagate and encourage people to visit and learn from experience on how to plant and care for Mr. Nhuan’s family’s red-fleshed dragon fruit tree. It is worth noting that the Farmers’ Association of Cam Linh commune and Ba Vi district also regularly organizes many training classes and technical guidance for models of growing fruit trees and red-flesh dragon fruit trees, contributing to creating favorable conditions for for farmers to develop their economy and improve the lives of local families in the district,” Mr. Cu shared./.
