Wax coconut is a famous specialty coconut in Cau Ke district, Tra Vinh province. The inside of the coconut is very thick and soft, the coconut water turns into a thick gel, very delicious to eat, so it is loved by many people, Tra Vinh farmers expand the growing area.
Wax coconut has a higher essential oil and nutritional content than regular coconut with a unique flavor that anyone who has ever enjoyed it will remember forever.
Wax coconut is still something of a mystery. When harvested, only about 1/3 of the coconuts in a bunch are real wax coconuts, the rest are regular coconuts.
Only experienced coconut growers can "locate" which is a wax coconut and which is a normal coconut in a bunch of coconuts.
Because each coconut bunch only has about 2 - 3 wax coconuts, the quantity is not enough to supply the market, so the price of wax coconut is quite expensive compared to the price of regular coconuts.
From practical needs, for many years, wax coconut trees have become an economic tree, many farmers in Tra Vinh province have planted this tree, to increase income and improve family economy . Talking about wax coconut, we must mention Tra Vinh, this tree is very suitable for the soil of this land.
Mr. Pham Van Cong, Chau Hung Hamlet, Chau Dien Commune, Cau Ke District, Tra Vinh Province shared: "My family has 2.5 hectares of wax coconut, up to now 1 hectare has yielded fruit, the remaining 1.5 hectares have been planted for 2 years and have not yielded fruit. With 1 hectare of wax coconut, the revenue has been more than 10 million VND/month, compared to rice farming, the efficiency is quite high.
Wax coconut will be harvested after 4 years of planting. Wax coconut is a delicious fruit, a specialty fruit of Tra Vinh. Photo: NVCC
Farmers in Cau Ke district, Tra Vinh province are expanding their wax coconut growing areas. Photo: DVCC.
Mr. Ly Khanh, O Rom hamlet, Chau Dien commune, Cau Ke district, Tra Vinh province said: "My family grows 1 hectare of coconut, wax coconuts are harvested after 4 years of planting, each year about 200 million VND.
Wax coconut is very easy to grow, just feed it with a little organic fertilizer at the end of the rainy season and the beginning of the rainy season, fertilize twice a year.
Mr. Pham Van Cong added, previously, my family grew jackfruit but it was not effective because this land was not suitable... In addition, we also grew rice but the economic efficiency was not high, so we switched to growing coconut for the past 7 years.
"Growing wax coconut has low investment capital, is easy to grow, is beneficial, has low risk, and does not cause loss of capital. However, compared to other crops such as durian... the income is not as good," said Mr. Pham Van Cong.
Specialty wax coconuts from Cau Ke, Tra Vinh are sold at a rest stop, priced at nearly 300,000 VND/fruit. Photo: Ngoc Huan
1 hectare of land can grow about 250 trees, each tree is 7 meters apart, if planted too close together there will be no fruit. Planting this coconut variety, if the fruit has wax, it will be sold for 40 - 90 thousand VND/fruit, the fruit without wax will be sold for about 200 thousand VND/12 fruits.
"Previously, my family grew rice and farmed. With 1 hectare of rice, we could grow 3 crops a year and harvest over 100 million VND. The income was low and the risks were high, so we switched to growing wax coconut.
Now, each month I earn 15 million without much effort in taking care of it, fertilizing it, the work is very easy...", Mr. Ly Khanh honestly shared about the economic efficiency of the wax coconut tree.
In my spare time, I grow more vegetables and tubers to increase my income. Because of the effectiveness of the wax coconut growing model, I decided to expand the growing area by 2 hectares in the near future."
Mr. To Hoang Anh, Chairman of the Farmers' Association of Chau Dien Commune, Cau Ke District, Tra Vinh Province said: "Currently, in Chau Dien Commune, Cau Ke District, Tra Vinh Province, the wax coconut growing area is about 24 hectares. Wax coconut has a higher selling price than regular coconut, the people use the non-wax coconuts to grow seedlings and sell them to those who want to plant them.
The product is made from wax coconut. Photo: DVCC.
The characteristic of the wax coconut tree is that only coconuts without wax can create embryos, buds, and buds and are selected as wax coconut seeds, while those with wax cannot be used as seeds. Because of this characteristic, the supply of wax coconuts is not much, making the price of wax coconuts quite high.
Currently, the price of coconuts is increasing in the market, the retail price at tourist destinations is up to nearly 300,000 VND/fruit, so many people are expanding the planting area.
Wax coconut is loved by many people so it is sold in and outside the province, even abroad... Coconut tree is a current conversion crop with high value and sustainability for local people, especially wax coconut tree.
In Cau Ke district, Tra Vinh province, there is currently Cau Ke Wax Coconut Processing Company Limited (Vicosap) that sells wax coconut to farmers. From wax coconut, Vicosap Company produces Tra Vinh wax coconut specialty confectionery.
Source: https://danviet.vn/dua-sap-loai-qua-ngon-dac-san-tra-vinh-cay-thap-te-trai-qua-troi-he-be-la-ban-het-veo-cuc-tien-20250327222229969.htm
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