Nhat Tan peach trees, imported from the highlands and replanted, are ready for the Tet holiday.

Nearly four months after Typhoon No. 3 hit, causing widespread flooding in the fields, the peach and kumquat orchards in Nhat Tan ( Hanoi ) are being revived by their owners through various methods, including importing saplings from other localities.

With only two weeks left until the Lunar New Year of the Year of the Snake, the peach blossom gardens in Nhat Tan village still show no signs of blooming as in previous years. The patches of pink and red of this most meaningful spring-welcoming ornamental plant in Northern Vietnam remain quite sparse.

In orchards that were flooded in September due to Typhoon Yagi, orchard owners have imported saplings from Bac Giang and other provinces to replant after cutting down dead peach trees.

Meanwhile, many peach growers along the Red River have switched to growing short-term flower varieties or cultivating peach seedlings to serve the Tet holiday next year.

At this time, households specializing in digging up trees from the forest are just beginning to transport tree stumps from mountainous provinces such as Lang Son, Son La, Dien Bien, and Ha Giang to plant here. Each large stump like this costs 3-4 million VND to import to the Nhat Tan garden.

At Manh Hung's garden, many newly planted wild peach trees, about two weeks old, are being gradually removed from their plastic wrapping by the workers so that the sprouts can grow healthily.

According to the gardener, the import price for each medium-sized peach tree ranges from several hundred thousand to over one million dong. "This year, most households that suffered losses will find it difficult to recoup their capital quickly. It's impossible for all 100 peach trees to survive; surviving half is already lucky. Every year depends on the weather. Don't think this profession in Nhat Tan is lucrative just because you see trees selling for millions of dong or more," said the female gardener.

Many ornamental peach trees in some gardens have begun to bloom in vibrant colors, just in time for Tet (Lunar New Year).

A few peach trees have bloomed with vibrant pink flowers in the sunshine.

In Tu Lien flower village, adjacent to Nhat Tan garden, the kumquat orchards located on higher ground, unaffected by the flood four months ago, are now laden with fruit. Many visitors have arrived at this time to easily select beautiful trees.

At a kumquat orchard that suffered billions of dong in damage due to flooding in September, workers are transporting kumquats from another orchard owned by the same person to a more attractive area for display and to welcome visitors. The manager said that during the flooding caused by Typhoon No. 3, he had to spend hundreds of millions of dong on labor to transport the kumquats to higher ground.

According to our reporter's survey, flower prices haven't increased much compared to previous years. The man delivering goods to customers in the photo said that the kumquat tree behind him costs 2 million VND.

In Nhat Tan ward, Tay Ho district, 802 households are involved in peach cultivation. During the historic floods in September 2024, 80 out of 90 hectares of peach orchards were submerged, more than 20,000 peach trees were waterlogged, and the total damage amounted to 85 billion VND.

Vietnamnet.vn

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