( Quang Ngai Newspaper) - People in the coastal commune of Pho Chau (Duc Pho Town) have converted many areas of sandy land from growing peanuts and rice to growing melons. Thanks to its distinct flavor, melons here are favored by consumers, contributing to increasing the income of local people.
In the harsh summer sun, Mr. Nguyen Van Hai, in Chau Me village, Pho Chau commune, is still enthusiastically going to the fields to harvest melons. This crop has brought a good income to his family for many years. Mr. Hai shared, on an area of 600m2, on average each crop I will harvest more than 1 ton of melons. With a selling price of 20,000 VND/kg, my family earns 20 million VND. Compared to peanuts and other crops, melons bring in much higher income.
After harvesting the ripe melons, Mr. Hai went to the neighboring plot of land to diligently make beds, cover it with tarps, and prepare to plant a new acre of melons. This is the second crop of melons this year for Mr. Hai's family.
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| People in Chau Me village, Pho Chau commune (Duc Pho town) harvest melons. |
Like Mr. Hai, Ms. Nguyen Thi Lan, in Chau Me village, has just planted a new crop of melons for 20 days. Currently, Ms. Lan's melons have been covered with tarps and are growing and developing well. "Previously, I mainly grew peanuts on this land, but later, I saw that melons were more economically efficient, so I switched to growing melons. Thanks to melons, my family has an additional source of income to cover our living expenses and send our children to school," Ms. Lan confided.
According to the people of Pho Chau commune, growing cantaloupe is more advantageous than growing watermelon, because the grower does not have to press the paddle, pin the paddle, or select the fruit, so it does not take much care. Cantaloupe plants are also less susceptible to pests and diseases than watermelon plants, so the main thing is to fertilize and water sufficiently to achieve productivity. Cantaloupe plants will be harvested after about 2 months of planting, but in the dry season, the melons will ripen earlier.
Nguyen Thi Suong, Chairwoman of Pho Chau Commune Farmers' Association, said that the commune has more than 1 hectare of melons, with an output of 21 tons/hectare. On average, people grow about 3 crops per year. Melons grown on the sandy land along the coast of Pho Chau have both a sweet and salty taste, so diners will feel a special richness. Pho Chau commune melons are also one of the local specialties, selected to participate in product displays at fairs and programs selling Vietnamese products in rural areas of the province and Duc Pho town.
Article and photos: AN NHIEN
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