The family of Mr. Vu Quoc Huy in Nhan Nghia village, Son Loi commune, Binh Xuyen district is one of the households with a good income thanks to developing a model of growing lotus combined with raising fish.
Taking us to visit the lotus pond of more than 3,000 m2 in the harvest season, Mr. Huy shared: “Previously, this entire area was low-lying land with only one rice crop, making cultivation difficult and low economic efficiency. After several failed rice crops, I researched converting the entire area into a fish pond and a recreational fishing lake service business. Seeing that people growing lotus brought in more income than rice, I continued to explore, learn techniques and renovate the pond to grow lotus combined with fish farming.
From February 2023, my family started to grow lotus experimentally with a cost of more than 20 million VND, including pond renovation, buying seeds, and fertilizers. Unlike traditional pink lotus growers, I chose to intercrop lotus varieties such as Guanyin lotus, blue cloud lotus, new lanceolate red lotus, super lotus...
After nearly 5 months of care, the lotus began to yield its first harvest. Seeing the lotus growing well, with large, beautiful flowers, high productivity and being favored by many traders and people, I decided to expand the lotus growing area to the current large size.
According to Mr. Huy, lotus is an easy-to-grow, easy-to-care-for plant, with few pests and diseases, low loss rate, and only requires the initial cost for planting. Lotus will be harvested continuously for about 4 months each lotus season. In addition, the lotus market is very easy to sell, traders from all over the province and outside often come to buy directly, causing lotus to sometimes be "out of stock".
The price of the strange lotus is slightly higher than the traditional lotus with the wholesale price of 4 thousand VND/flower and the retail price of 5 thousand VND/flower. However, the quantity sold is also limited to about 300 flowers/day because most of them have been pre-ordered.
In addition, grasping social needs, not only selling lotus products, Mr. Huy also takes advantage of the unique beauty of lotus species in the pond to run a photography service business every lotus blooming season.
He invested nearly 20 million VND to build more miniatures, paths in the lagoon and provide accessories, clothes, etc. for tourists to visit and take photos. The ticket price is 30,000 VND/person (regardless of age), and clothes for rent are from 50,000 to 80,000 VND/set.
From the end of May until now, on average, every day, the lotus pond will have dozens of visitors coming to see the flowers and take pictures, and on weekends, the number of visitors often doubles or triples, bringing in a significant amount of revenue. On average, each year, a lotus crop brings Huy's family an income of 50-60 million VND.
Along with economic development from the lotus growing model on low-lying land, the lotus pond of Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong's family in Phu Trung C village, Thuong Trung commune is also in full bloom. It is known that from an initial experimental planting model 10 years ago, up to now, the lotus growing area of her family has increased to more than 7 samples, equivalent to more than 2.5 hectares.
With the traditional pink lotus, Ms. Phuong's family not only sells lotus flowers and lotus pods, but also sells pre-processed lotus seeds (for making tea, soaking in wine), lotus wine, and lotus tea. The price of lotus flowers at the pond is 3,000 VND/flower, lotus seeds 80,000 VND/kg; dried lotus flowers are sold for 150,000 VND/kg; lotus pods are sold for 3,000 - 5,000 VND/flower.
Not only that, during the lotus blooming season, her family also brews lotus tea to sell to people in need. It is estimated that the profit from selling products directly from lotus gives Ms. Phuong's family an average income of around 200 million VND per year.
Present at Ms. Phuong's lotus pond from early morning, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuy - a trader in Son Tay ( Hanoi ) was busy carrying fresh, fragrant lotus bunches onto her motorbike. Ms. Thuy shared: "Every year around the end of May, I contact and find lotus pond owners to order lotus flowers early because many people are looking forward to lotus flowers.
Lotus season usually starts from May to August. Although the price of lotus in the early season is high, the goods are sold out as soon as they arrive. With the selling price of 40,000 VND/10 flowers for traditional pink lotus, from 60,000 - 75,000 VND/10 flowers for strange lotus varieties, in the early days of lotus season, I import on average about 20 - 30 bunches of lotus, so sometimes I can earn 500,000 VND in profit."
Another lotus season has come, the lotus flowers are in full bloom, straight and graceful, bobbing on the water surface, playing with the sunlight from above, making the lotus color even more vivid. The scene of lotus flowers in full bloom not only decorates the low-lying areas but also brings a good income to farmers who boldly change the lotus growing model on low-lying land.
Thao My
Source: http://baovinhphuc.com.vn/Multimedia/Images/Id/129310/Hot-bac-tu-trong-sen-tren-dat-trung
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