Hai Duong has planted about 6,000 hectares of summer-autumn vegetables.

Along with harvesting the remaining winter-spring rice crop and preparing for the crop season, Hai Duong farmers are actively expanding the area of ​​summer-autumn vegetable cultivation in 2025.

Gia Loc district farmers grow squash in the summer-autumn crop

As of June 24, according to the provincial Department of Crop Production and Plant Protection, Hai Duong has planted about 6,000 hectares of summer-autumn vegetables, reaching 63% of the planned area.

Kim Thanh is the district leading the province in terms of summer-autumn vegetable area planted with about 1,000 hectares, followed by Gia Loc and Nam Sach districts with about 600 - 700 hectares...

This summer-autumn crop, the whole province plans to plant 9,500 hectares or more of vegetables, equivalent to the same period in 2024, concentrated in specialized areas, riverside alluvial land... Some crops encouraged for production in this crop are corn, squash, melons of all kinds, leafy vegetables, and tomatoes.

The annual summer-autumn vegetable crop lasts from May to the end of August. Since it is the rainy season, experts recommend that farmers during this period should plant corn, short-term vegetables (from 25 to 30 days/batch) such as coriander, onions, and watercress, and limit planting in areas prone to flooding. In August, switch to planting tomatoes, cabbage, kohlrabi, cauliflower, etc. to harvest at the beginning of winter for a good price.

Although not as expensive as winter and spring vegetables, summer-autumn vegetables also bring significant income to farmers.

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