For about a year now, in the steel land of Cu Chi (HCMC), more than 1 hectare of male papaya has appeared for its flowers (male papaya flowers) of Mr. Hoang Thanh Hai. Mr. Hai is deeply processing various products from this "miracle" flower. Since ancient times, male papaya flowers have been considered a "miracle drug" because of their ability to support the treatment of many diseases.
Growing organic male papaya for cotton
Early in the morning, in the male papaya garden, we saw Mr. Hai, Cu Chi district (HCMC) holding a huge bunch of male papaya flowers. In the garden, the male papaya trees were blooming with bunches of flowers...
According to Mr. Hai, every morning he harvests about 30kg of male papaya flowers. Mr. Hai shared that the techniques for growing female papaya for fruit and growing male papaya for flowers are similar.
However, growing female papaya is often damaged by aphids and bugs, so a lot of pesticides must be used. Meanwhile, growing male papaya for flowers because the tree has good disease resistance, so it rarely gets sick, leading to less spraying of pesticides.
Each hectare of land planted with male papaya for cotton can produce 3,000 trees. Male papaya trees are planted for about 4 months to harvest cotton. Each tree yields about 200g of cotton per day. Trees harvested for more than 1 year will become old and must be replaced with new ones.
According to Mr. Hai, growing male papaya for flowers if there is a large land fund and a consumption channel will have a lot of economic potential. So if there are good customers, he will expand the area of growing male papaya trees.
Growing male papaya for medicinal flowers
Mr. Hai said that he is currently selling fresh papaya flowers for 80,000 - 100,000 VND/kg. The price of papaya flowers soaked in honey is 100,000 VND/jar (500ml), 200,000 VND (1l). The price of freeze-dried papaya flowers is 150,000 VND/bag (300g), about 500,000 VND/kg. Mr. Hai is also processing papaya flowers to make tea and medicinal herbs. The price of papaya products to make 4-ingredient tea bags is 150,000 VND/box (25 bags/box).
In addition to using male papaya flowers as medicine, Mr. Hai, a male papaya farmer in Cu Chi district (HCMC) will soon have a product of dried male papaya flower leaves. This product is only given as a gift to customers. This medicinal product is very good for the respiratory and digestive systems.
Since ancient times, male papaya flowers have been used to treat coughs, bronchitis, asthma and colds. In addition, findings show the medicinal value of male papaya flowers in terms of fighting and preventing cancer. However, you should not use too much papaya flowers in general and male papaya flowers soaked in honey in particular because of the risk of stomachache, diarrhea, nausea...
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