Recklessly abandoning the “black gold” tree to grow strange fruits, the old farmer suddenly won a big win
Growing coffee failed, farmer Tran Van Hai in Gia Lai boldly researched and invested nearly 1 billion VND to grow seedless grapes, earning hundreds of millions of VND per crop.($1=24,000 VND)
Every day, Mr. Tran Van Hai’s organic vineyard (51 years old, residing in Bien Ho commune, Pleiku City, Gia Lai) attracts dozens of tourists to visit and enjoy the sweet fruits that have just been picked in the garden.
Mr. Hai comes from a farmer’s family, formerly planted coffee but failed. In 2020, he realized that seedless grapes were selling at market prices, so he experimented with basalt soil.
The vineyard was invested by Mr. Hai with an initial capital of nearly 1 billion VND (Photo: Bang Di).
Mr. Hai confided: “I researched and researched and found that the black currant variety has many outstanding advantages such as fast harvest, thick, crispy, sweet and seedless flesh. Therefore, I boldly experimented with planting. on home garden land, instead of the long-standing coffee growing area”.
Since Mr. Hai was the first grower, everything had to be self-contained (Photo: Bang Di).
With an investment of nearly 1 billion dong, Mr. Hai brought down nearly 1,000 black currants on a total area of 2,000m2. This is also the first organic vineyard in the mountain town of Pleiku.
According to Mr. Hai, if a vine is well cared for and has favorable weather, it can harvest about 5kg of fruit/2 crops/year. Harvest period lasts 7-10 years.
After many years, the vine has grown and has its first autumn season (Photo: Bang Di).
After 3 years of eating and sleeping with the same vineyard, Mr. Hai said the advantage of this grape is resistance to pests and diseases and extreme weather. However, for healthy grapes, it is necessary to use organic fertilizers and biological drugs to treat fungal diseases.
“Currently, I am experimenting with another grape variety on basalt soil, in addition to the black bean variety. However, the results are not as good as when planted in other regions. I am doing more research to find the direction of grape growing for the highest yield. “, Mr. Hai added.
Hai farmers are willing to share their experiences to replicate the model of seedless vineyards on basalt soil (Photo: Bang Di).
Hai’s vineyard is now bearing fruit after 3 years of cultivation. In addition to supplying the market, Mr. Hai’s vineyard welcomes visitors, picks grapes to enjoy and bring back.
Grapes picked at the garden cost 220,000 VND/kg. It is estimated that the harvest season alone, his vineyard gives more than 7 quintals, an income of more than 150 million VND.
The owner of a vineyard in the mountain town of Pleiku is ready to provide experience and techniques for farmers who want to grow and develop economically from this crop
Photo: Internet (Vinlove.net)
Đăng bởi: Cảnh Nguyễn Văn
