Apricot blossom in gardens are ready for Tet .

Mr. Nguyen Van Tha, the owner of Dong Khoi apricot garden( Dong Khoi street.)-one of apricot gardens especially trade in apricots and take apricot trees on consignment in Bien Hoa considers , “ In spite of the fact that  this year is not an intercalary one  and that it is just two weeks late as well as that weather with a lot cold air along with hoarfrost continuously overflows, apricots have bloomed early ( about 15% to 20% of apricots.). However, with good care, generally my apricot garden mostly bud and are ready for Tet timely”. Mr. Tha’ blossom garden have nearly 5,000 apricot blossom trees, 4,000 apricot blossom trees are to sell and 1,000 of which are consigned. Ms. Tra thi Nhung, an apricot garden in Bien hoa( near Tan Phong intersection) says, “ This year, many apricot trees have a strange phenomenon. Leaves don’t fall ,but still bloom early for being “stimulated” cold weather and hoarfrost. Nevertheless, this problem happens not much. This Tet, beautiful apricot blossom is still ready..”.

Mr. Nguyen duc Tiet, the owner of A42 apricot blossom garden( Nguyen Ai Quoc street.) says, “ This year, although apricot blossoms partly bloom early, buds from axil are a lot. So, apricot blossom garden can still be saved. Mr. tiet thinks that if favorable, it is likely that this year he will pluck off leaves 4 or 5 months earlier to avoid cold weather.

As to owners of apricot gardens, the situation of early blossom often happens. However, it is most important to know how to repair and solve technically well so that apricot trees can bud timely for Tet. When apricot tree blooms early and dispersedly. People who take care of apricot trees have to try any ways to curb blossom so that apricot holds on blossom and continues to bud to get ready for Tet.

 Almost all of apricot gardens take apricot trees on consignment and take care of them all year long and ensure that they will bloom to get ready for Tet. The fee of consignment is about over VND1,00 for a apricot tree, depending on size of the tree. With number of tree from hundreds to thousands, this is a profitable service for owners. However, according to garden owners, this year, prices of materials, fertilizer, workforce have increased strongly. Therefore, service of consignment loses profits.

As to garden owners, the price for consignment will rise from 40% to 50% compared with price before in order to make up for slippage in prices. They also thinks that the price of apricot blossom in market will increase this year, up 30% to 50% over last year due to scarcity in market and price hike of input materials.

Source: Dong Nai Newspaper.