Peach blossom capital Nghe An is busy during Tet season

Clip: Xuan Hoang

Minh Thanh flower and ornamental plant growing village is the “capital” of peach blossoms for Tet in Yen Thanh district, which has been popular in the market for many years. Most families in the village have peach gardens. Many have more than 1,000 trees, while few have nearly 100 trees, most of which are local peach blossoms. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Peach blossoms grown on Minh Thanh land have the characteristics of fragile and charming petals, naturally soft, very popular with Tet flower players. Photo: Xuan Hoang

In the days leading up to the Lunar New Year of Giap Thin 2024, peach growers in Minh Thanh commune are busy selling peaches to wholesale buyers from all over. Most of the trees here are purchased by traders with the roots, so the work of digging up the roots is quite elaborate. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Mr. Tran Van Hoan - a peach grower in Hamlet 7, Minh Thanh Commune said that this year his family sold 150 peach trees, selling for an average of 500,000 VND/tree. This price is not higher than last year, but the number of trees is greater, so the income is higher than last year. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Besides peach blossoms, some households also grow Nhat Tan hybrid peaches. Due to the suitability of the soil and good care, the hybrid peaches here are quite beautiful. Photo: Xuan Hoang

The profession of growing peach blossoms for Tet in Minh Thanh commune has existed for decades, but has been popular and well-known in the market since around 2010. Peach blossoms are grown in home gardens and on low hillsides. Photo: Xuan Hoang

By January 31, the 21st of December, many peach gardens in Minh Thanh commune had been purchased by traders and were waiting for trucks to transport them. Photo: Xuan Hoang

According to the locals, to have beautiful peach trees for Tet, proper care must be taken during the planting process, but the most difficult thing is to adjust the peach trees to bloom on time, because it depends on the weather of each year. Any year when the peach trees bloom early, the harvest will be poor for Tet that year, like in 2023, due to the leap year of February, the rate of peach trees blooming before Tet is about 25%. In the photo, a resident of Hamlet 8, Minh Thanh Commune happily carries the whole peach tree from the garden to the car for customers. Photo: Xuan Hoang

Mr. Tran Khanh Tung - Chairman of Minh Thanh Commune People's Committee said: The locality has a traditional profession of growing peach blossoms for Tet. This year, there are more than 25 hectares of peach blossoms, mainly concentrated in hamlets 7 and 8. On the days before Tet, the locality is bustling with people and vehicles from all over coming to buy peach blossoms. Every day
Last year, Minh Thanh's peach blossom growing business earned around 8 billion VND. This year, many traders have come to place orders since the end of the 11th lunar month. Photo: Xuan Hoang

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