QUANG BINH Although on poor sandy land, thanks to focusing on organic production and soil nourishment, with 3 hectares of guava, Mr. Han's family has an income of 500 million VND/year.
Nearly 5 years ago, in the coastal sand dunes of Ly Trach commune, Bo Trach district (Quang Binh), many units were licensed to exploit sand mines. After all the sand was exploited, a layer of red basalt soil was exposed that could be reclaimed for growing fruit trees.
Organic guava garden of Mr. Nguyen Van Han's family. Photo: Tam Phung.
Realizing this, Mr. Nguyen Van Han (Ly Trach commune) boldly rented nearly 3 hectares of sand-mined hills. He boldly borrowed capital from the social policy bank of Bo Trach district to grow guava on the area that had been leveled quite flat.
Through research on radio and newspapers, Mr. Han learned how to garden, grow guava and orient farming towards organic direction. “We must bring clean products to everyone so that production and consumption can be sustainable. Although organic production initially faces many difficulties, it brings many benefits in the long run,” Mr. Han confided.
The guava variety that Mr. Han chose to grow is Taiwanese pear guava. "This variety is drought-resistant, has few pests and diseases, and gives high yield and quality fruit," said Mr. Han.
To have a source of fertilizer for the guava garden, Mr. Han bought and collected all kinds of manure and composted it with organic phosphate fertilizer. After two weeks of composting, the compost can be used to fertilize the plants.
In addition, Mr. Han also buys scrap fish from fishing boats and freshwater lakes to ferment with probiotics in a certain ratio. After more than 12 months of fermenting, he can add organic nutrient solution to the drip irrigation system for the trees. Thanks to that, the guava tree is always healthy, has many branches and bears many fruits, large, even, beautiful appearance, delicious and sweet quality.
Despite being on poor sandy land, thanks to the focus on organic production, the guava garden still grows well and is highly effective. Photo: Tam Phung.
To limit pests and diseases on guava, Mr. Han buys biological products (soaked from garlic, chili, etc.) to spray for prevention. "My farm does not use pesticides, only biological products," said Mr. Han.
To have a high quality product, after pinching the guava tree to make it sprout, flower, and bear fruit, Mr. Han cuts off the fruit from each branch, leaving only 1-2 fruits. He said that this way the fruit will be big and of good quality. If left too many, the fruit will be small, not beautiful, and not delicious.
After being pruned, the young guava will be wrapped in bags to prevent pests and ensure a beautiful appearance. The main guava harvest season usually begins in August every year. At this time, traders will call to place orders every day so that Mr. Han's family can proactively harvest.
According to Mr. Han, the farm currently has a total area of nearly 3 hectares, each hectare has about 800 guava trees. On average, guava weighs 3 fruits/kg, selling price is about 20,000 VND/kg. Each guava tree brings in about 3 million VND per year. "Calculating, each hectare earns about 249 million VND, after deducting expenses, the family has a profit of more than 500 million VND per year" - Mr. Han said.
Mr. Nguyen Van Han checks the guava garden after pruning young fruit. Photo: Tam Phung.
When harvesting fruit, Mr. Han will choose some branches to prune to help new buds sprout, flower, and bear fruit. With this method, Mr. Han's guava farm always has fruit to serve customers all year round.
To create a product brand, Mr. Han established the Phuc Loc Agricultural Service and General Trading Cooperative (Phuc Loc Cooperative) with 7 members, Mr. Han was elected as the Executive Director. Currently, Phuc Loc Cooperative has over 10 hectares of organic guava cultivation.
When the rainy season comes, Phuc Loc Cooperative will plant about 1,000 new red-fleshed guava trees to diversify products, and gradually introduce some high-quality and economically valuable guava varieties into production. The Cooperative is also organizing production in the direction of expanding acreage, linking from production to product consumption on the basis of applying technical advances, organic farming, and VietGAP.
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