Despite the drizzle and humidity, people in the kumquat capital of Tu Lien still go to the garden to prepare for the new crop.
Báo Tiền Phong•18/02/2025
TPO - After the full moon of January, kumquat gardeners in Tu Lien, Tay Ho district are busy pouring new soil, pruning, restoring old kumquat trees and planting new seedlings in pots, preparing for the new crop.
TPO - After the full moon of January, kumquat gardeners in Tu Lien, Tay Ho district are busy pouring new soil, pruning, restoring old kumquat trees and planting new seedlings in pots, preparing for the new crop.
People in the kumquat capital Tu Lien are busy preparing for the new crop.
Two weeks after the Lunar New Year, gardeners in Tu Lien village, Tay Ho district (Hanoi) have imported seedlings to plant and care for in time for next year's kumquat crop.
Recorded on the afternoon of February 18 in Tu Lien village, gardeners here were busy planting kumquat trees in pots for nursery, each truckload of alluvial soil from the Red River was brought back by the people to supplement nutrients for the trees, the atmosphere of the beginning of the new spring was more bustling than ever.
The weather is cold and rainy, but gardeners in Tu Lien still rush out to the garden in the rain.
Many kumquat trees have begun to bloom, and gardeners are busy putting them in vases and taking care of them to help them grow.
Mr. Hoang Luan, owner of Hoang Gia garden, said: "After Tet is our busiest time. I have to hire many workers to fill soil into each pot and plant new seedlings, meticulously taking care of the next year's Tet crop."
"I work for about 500,000 VND/day, the main job is to transport plants, put soil in each pot, plant, then water and wait for the plants to grow," a worker shared.
With hundreds of kumquat pots like this, the time to complete the work takes about half a month. Unlike kumquats grown in soil, which have a lot of nutrients, kumquats grown in pots, jars, and vases have a small area and less nutrients, so they require more meticulous and sophisticated fertilization techniques.
In 2024, storm No. 3 damaged half of the kumquat crop in Tu Lien (Hanoi), and many kumquat growers on the banks of the Red River lost thousands of Tet kumquat trees. "This year, we just hope for favorable weather so that the trees can flourish, and we can have a beautiful kumquat garden to serve customers and generate more income for our family," a garden owner confided.
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