Recently, many farmers in Phung Hiep district, Hau Giang province have grown vegetables on acid sulfate soil, making rice cultivation less effective.
Wild water spinach shoots (water spinach, wild water spinach) are a type of wild vegetable that can be processed into delicious, specialty vegetable dishes.
Rice grown on acid sulfate soil in Phung Hiep district has low productivity, so the conversion of crop structure from rice to vegetable cultivation has brought significant efficiency to farmers.
A typical example is the family of Mr. Vo Van Thang in Phuong An A hamlet, Phuong Phu commune, Phung Hiep district, Hau Giang province.
Mr. Vo Van Thang's family has 2,000 square meters of rice fields, but the farming is ineffective and the yield is low due to the soil being contaminated with alum.
Unable to grow rice, Mr. Thang decided to switch to growing other more suitable crops. After a period of research and selection of plant varieties suitable for his land, he realized that watercress was the best.
The water fern is a wild grass and vegetable that grows well on the edges of fields and grows very quickly on acid sulfate soil.
The model of growing water fern of Mr. Vo Van Thang's family, Phuong An A hamlet, Phuong Phu commune, Phung Hiep district, Hau Giang province. Water fern, a type of wild vegetable with a funny name, is a type of wild vegetable that used to be discarded, but now it is a specialty vegetable that sells well.
Watercress is also a clean vegetable that is very popular in the market, so Mr. Vo Van Thang decided to grow watercress on 2,000 square meters of his rice field.
Mr. Thang said: Rau cu neo is very easy to grow, and the seedlings do not cost money. Rau nuo seedlings are mainly collected by him from collecting wild rau nuo plants to plant.
After a month and a half of care, Mr. Vo Van Thang's family began harvesting this vegetable with a funny name.
Every day, Mr. Vo Van Thang picks 15 kg of this special wild vegetable. The price of the vegetable is 10,000 VND/kg, and traders come to his house to buy it. Every day, traders come to Mr. Thang's house to buy the vegetable.
By selling nù nèo vegetables, Mr. Thang earns 150,000 VND/day. With 2,000m2 of growing nù nèo plants, his family earns about 45,000,000 VND/year.
Thus, with only 2 hectares of land growing watercress, after deducting expenses, he still has a profit of about 39,000,000 VND.
Break the water spinach (elephant ear vegetable, water fern vegetable) to make a delicious field vegetable dish.
Growing wild vegetables, including watercress, compared to growing rice, Mr. Thang has an income of more than 30 million VND.
Mr. Thang shared: growing water spinach is very simple, easy to grow, low investment cost but brings significant income.
Mr. Vo Van Thang said he will continue to expand this model of growing wild vegetables to increase income and stabilize his family's life.
Growing cu neo on ineffective rice fields has contributed to increasing people's income and can be widely applied to households with small areas because of low investment costs to contribute to improving family life.
According to folk medicine, the cu neo plant, also known as the keo neo plant, the elephant ear plant, has a sweet taste and cool properties. The wild cu neo plant is often picked by people for its buds and flower shoots as vegetables.
Eating watercress has the effect of reducing fever, anti-inflammatory, laxative, diuretic, anti-inflammatory. Folk experience often uses watercress to treat urinary tract infections, male spermatorrhea, nocturnal emission, and white vaginal discharge in women.
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