Ms. Ty got rich from growing queen guava

The family of Ms. Lu Thi Ty in San Pa village, Thao Chu Phin commune (Si Ma Cai) is known as the pioneer in bringing the queen guava tree to plant on the highland land.

By chance, one time when Ms. Ty and her husband went to visit relatives in Bac Ha district, at that time, although it was winter, the guava tree still bore fruit. After tasting the guava, she found it very sweet, crunchy, and seedless. She asked her relatives and learned that it was a queen guava variety. She decided to research new plant varieties to bring back to plant on San Pa land.

She went to the Vietnam Academy of Agriculture to learn, gain experience and buy this guava variety. In 2020, she converted 0.5 hectares of corn land to guava. Due to the suitable climate and soil, the queen guava tree took root very quickly. Along with that, her family applied the correct technical care process so the guava tree grew well. After only 2 years, the guava garden was harvested, helping her family earn a profit of 10 million VND.

Although the fruit was fruitful, due to lack of experience, the first crop of guava fruit was heavily worm-infested, small and of low quality. Learning from her experience, in the following crops, Ms. Ty focused on taking care of the guava tree right from the time it flowered, pruning the fruit and using loose foam bags and plastic bags to cover the fruit to limit pests and diseases. She also actively promoted the product on social networks so that more people would know and come to buy.

In the 2022 harvest, the guava garden helped her family earn more than 40 million VND. Ms. Ty said: Previously, on this land, my family grew corn, earning only 2 - 3 million VND per year. Since planting queen guava, the income has increased many times, helping the family have the opportunity to escape poverty.

At the end of last year, Ms. Ty boldly invested in and developed a guava growing model for experiential tourism . She also planted flowers, built miniature landscapes, and observation towers to attract visitors to come and pick ripe guava. She hopes that the Queen guava growing model will be replicated to help many households in the village have a stable income from this crop.

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