Quang Lac Commune, Lang Son City, Lang Son Province is considered the largest peach "granary" in the locality because of its beautiful flowers, double petals, bright colors, and long-lasting blooms, attracting peach lovers inside and outside the province.
Peach prices this year are higher than in previous years, but peach garden owners here have sold out...
On the days leading up to the Lunar New Year of At Ty 2025, we returned to the peach growing area of Quang Lac commune. On the hillsides along the old National Highway 1A, peach blossoms were blooming with their bright colors, signaling the arrival of a new spring. In the peach gardens, the atmosphere of buying and selling was bustling. Many peach trees had been ordered by customers about 2 months before Tet.
This year, due to the impact of storm No. 3 in early September 2024 and then many consecutive months without rain, peach trees were affected and grew slowly. Peach growers in Quang Lac had to increase care so that peach trees could grow and bloom in time for Tet, because for the people here, peach trees are one of the main crops, bringing high economic value.
Mr. Ha Van Hoi, Quang Hong 3 village, Quang Lac commune, said that his family has 6 sao of peach trees (2,160 m2), with nearly 300 peach trees, mainly peach blossoms and peach blossoms, which have been planted for 5-7 years and are quite beautiful, suitable for the Tet holiday needs of families. By January 25, the family had sold all the peach trees to customers. The price of peach trees depends on the size of the tree, the shape, the position, the ratio of buds and flowers. However, the smallest tree costs from 500,000 to 700,000 VND. Peach trees with large roots, many buds, large flowers, and beautiful positions cost from several million VND to more than ten million VND.
Depending on care, peach trees can usually be sold after about 3 years of planting. Each year, families earn about 200 million VND, many times higher than growing other crops. Thanks to peach trees, many households in the commune have become rich, built spacious high-rise houses, bought cars and many valuable assets...
Mr. Chu Quoc Khoa in Quang Trung 2 village, Quang Lac commune said that his family has more than 500 peach trees, planted from 2 to 8 years. The average price is from 400,000 VND to several million VND, 400,000 VND to a million VND higher per tree than previous years, depending on the shape and size of the tree. Nearly a month before Tet, 2/3 of the peach trees in his family's garden have been ordered by customers everywhere. About 10-15 days before Tet, customers will come to pick up peach trees to celebrate Tet. The remaining peach trees are sold in the garden. Currently, there are only a few dozen peach trees that customers have ordered, and in just one or two days, customers will come to get them all.
Mr. Khoa revealed that to have a beautiful peach tree, in addition to favorable soil and climate conditions for growth and development, an especially important factor is the experience of caring for the tree from the time it is first planted until it is sold. Right from the beginning of the new year, the garden owner will choose a good, healthy peach tree with a thick trunk and a relatively good shape to plant. After the tree is strong, care and fertilization will be carried out to ensure the growth process.
Around the 8th lunar month, the process of bending branches, shaping and replacing the tree begins. If the weather conditions are normal, by the middle of the 11th lunar month, the gardener will strip all the peach leaves so that the tree can concentrate its nutrients on making buds, ensuring that the flower buds are abundant, even, plump, the flowers are large, the petals are thick, and the color is beautiful. In hot weather, peach growers will strip the leaves later. In cold weather, the leaves must be stripped earlier.
Each type of peach has its own growth and development time, so the time for leaf stripping is also adjusted appropriately. About a month before Tet, if the weather is cold for a long time, the temperature is lower than 10 degrees Celsius continuously for many days, the garden owner must water many times a day to ensure humidity, even turn on the light bulbs at night, spray foliar fertilizer to stimulate the peach to bud and bloom...
Quang Lac peach blossoms in particular, and Lang Son peach blossoms in general, are famous and loved by peach lovers everywhere for their beautiful flowers, long-lasting blooms, thick petals, unique shape and color of the tree trunk and bark. Many customers from provinces and cities such as Hanoi, Hai Phong, Vinh Phuc have traveled hundreds of kilometers to Quang Lac peach "warehouse" with the hope of finding a satisfactory peach tree to bring home to play during Tet...
Mr. Do Van Truong, a peach buyer in Vinh Phuc province, shared that peach blossoms grown in Quang Lac are very fresh and can last for two to three weeks before fading. Therefore, about a month before Tet, every year he returns to Quang Lac to find beautiful peach trees, orders them in advance, and only picks them up near Tet to bring home to enjoy during Tet. This year's weather is too harsh, the care and investment costs have increased, so peach buyers are happy to accept that this year's peach blossom prices are higher than in previous years.
Chairman of Quang Lac Commune People's Committee Chu Duc Thinh informed that, out of the total of over 2,769 hectares of production land, the commune has about 70% of low hilly land, favorable for growing peaches, expanding the area of this crop, aiming to improve the efficiency and economic value of peach blossoms. With favorable natural conditions and a unique climate, peach blossoms grown on this land have a unique beauty, "double" petals, and long-lasting flowers, so they have attracted customers everywhere, Quang Lac peach blossoms in particular, and Xu Lang peach blossoms in general have gradually become famous brands everywhere.
Currently, the whole commune has over 100 hectares of peach blossoms owned by 78 households, growing varieties of peach blossoms, peach blossoms, and peach blossoms. It is estimated that when reaching the age of exploitation, an average of 1 hectare of peach blossoms will bring in an income of 200 - 300 million VND/year, 3 - 4 times higher than growing other types of trees. The innovation of production methods, bringing in high-value crops such as peach blossoms; linking agricultural production with community tourism in recent years has contributed to increasing the value of agricultural production and income for local people.
Since 2020, some peach garden owners in Quang Lac have spontaneously tested the model of sightseeing tours, "check-in" (save moments) at the peach garden. By the beginning of 2024, the People's Committee of Lang Son city and relevant agencies of the province have included the Quang Lac peach growing area in the list, becoming an attractive destination for tourists on their journey to visit, experience, and explore the beauty of Lang Son city - the peach blossom city by electric car. The peach garden sightseeing and experience tour has gradually created a unique and distinctive highlight, attracting a large number of tourists from near and far, especially during Tet and Spring...
According to VNA
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