Peach harvest season in Loc Ha

Ms. Va Thi Ninh in Loc Ha village harvests the first peaches of the season.

Following the Secretary and Head of Loc Ha Gia Po Nai village, we visited some households growing peach and plum in the village. Mr. Gia Po Nai said: Loc Ha village has 122 households with 680 people living, currently there are 13 poor households. In production development, people mainly grow peach, plum, and cassava. Thanks to favorable climate and soil conditions, peach and plum trees in Loc Ha have developed. The whole village has about 20 hectares of peach and plum trees, of which many households grow a lot such as Gia Van Song, Va Van Co, Sung Gia Po, Gia Van Khua... Currently, Loc Ha village has established a production group of three-flower plum according to VietGAP standards consisting of 6 households.

Loc Ha village has about 20 hectares of peach and plum trees. These are considered key crops in economic development and poverty reduction.

Mr. Gia Van Song's family has more than 400 hybrid peach trees that are ready for harvest.

Along Highway 15C through Loc Ha village, peach and plum growers have harvested peaches and sold them to passersby. Gia Van Song and Song Thi Pa's families grow many peaches in Loc Ha. Gia Van Song has been growing peaches for more than 6 years. Currently, his family has about 400 hybrid peach trees, 300 wild peach trees, and more than 50 plum trees.

Peaches are sold by Loc Ha people for 30,000 - 40,000 VND/kg.

The peach and plum trees of Gia Van Song's family are planted on the hillside right next to Highway 15C, making it convenient for harvesting and selling to customers. During the peach season, the family wakes up early to harvest the peaches, some of which are sold to traders, the rest will be displayed by the family along Highway 15C. The peach harvest season starts from April to the end of May. Early-season peaches are sold for 30,000 to 40,000 VND/kg; rice plums are sold for 25,000 to 35,000 VND/kg. On average, each peach tree yields about 10kg/crop. Each day, Song's family harvests about 1 - 2 quintals of peaches. Compared to the previous season, this year, hybrid peach trees and Vietnamese peach trees produce less fruit, but are still considered by farmers to be more effective crops than other crops.

Loc Ha village residents bring peach blossoms to sell to customers along National Highway 15C through Loc Ha village, Nhi Son commune.

Like Mr. Song's family, Mr. Van Van Co's family grows 2 hectares of peach and plum. From mid-April, Mr. Co's family started harvesting peaches. After deducting expenses, each peach and plum crop, Mr. Co's family has about 40 - 50 million VND in profit.

Nhi Son commune has 6 villages with more than 98% of Mong ethnic people living. In recent times, the Party Committee and authorities from the district to the commune have regularly paid attention to, encouraged and guided people to develop the economy, grow trees suitable to the climate and soil conditions, of which peach and plum are the two main crops. The whole Nhi Son commune has about 33 hectares of peach and 6 hectares of plum. Along with Loc Ha village, peach and plum trees are also grown in Pa Hoc and Cat villages.

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Source: https://baothanhhoa.vn/mua-thu-hoach-dao-o-loc-ha-246162.htm