Boldly change career
Mr. Nguyen Ba Duy's peony grape farm is over 3,000m2 wide , located in Long Hoa Ward, Binh Thuy District ( Can Tho City ), named Nhat Tam. This place invests in modern equipment from irrigation systems, convection fans to limit humidity, reduce pathogens in the air. All are controlled via an application installed on the phone, so it requires little care.
The first peony vineyard of over 3,000m2 in the West
Mr. Duy said that he used to work in the car business in Ho Chi Minh City. When the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, the car market was sluggish, so he decided to return to his hometown Can Tho to renovate abandoned land and buy a garden with star apples to turn to farming.
Initially, he intended to grow common fruit trees such as jackfruit, durian... However, after researching, he decided to destroy the star apple garden and import 100 peony grape seedlings from Korea for experimental planting.
In the first months of planting, due to lack of experience and technical limitations, the seedlings died en masse. Undaunted, Mr. Duy boldly went to a farm in Korea to learn from experience. After that, he spent billions of dong investing in a convection cooling system to limit pathogens and humidity in the air. Thanks to that, the plants took root and grew well.
Mr. Duy checks the ripe bunches of grapes.
Confident in his ability to domesticate the grapevine, Mr. Duy continued to import 500 more grapevines, including 360 peony grapevines, the rest were black summer grapes, ruby grapes... Currently, all are bearing fruit.
"To grow grapes in the southwestern region, it is necessary to have a greenhouse system to limit pathogens, invest in a convection fan system to limit humidity and leaf diseases. In addition, I prepared the soil for more than a year, bought more than 3,000m3 of sand for the garden, then hired a machine to till the soil so that the sand and loam were mixed together, then dried the soil before planting. From the time of preparation until now, the tree has produced its first fruit, almost 2 years", said Mr. Duy.
High economic value but large investment
According to Mr. Duy, peony grapes have high disease resistance, but one must understand the characteristics and techniques to make the tree bear fruit. Peony grapes grown in Korea have winter, the tree concentrates nutrients at the base, the leaves on the top are bare, so it is easier to make fruit. In the Southwest, because there is only 2 seasons of sunshine and rain, intervention is needed to make the tree bear fruit. In return, it is possible to make the tree bear fruit in 2 seasons, while in Korea it is only 1.
"The process of making and pruning fruit is very difficult. You have to observe the flowers that have just bloomed and then use biological products imported from abroad to treat them to remove the seeds. After that, continue to treat them to stretch the flower clusters, avoid pathogens, fruit rot and increase fruit size... After fruiting, you have to prune 3 times to ensure the grape bunches are of even and beautiful quality," Mr. Duy revealed.
According to Mr. Duy, peony grapes have a mango and milk flavor; high nutritional value, when frozen can be preserved for 6 months without the fruit falling off the stem.
Currently, his peony grape trees are 15 months old and are producing their first crop of fruit, yielding about 2 tons. On average, each bunch of grapes weighs 500 - 700 grams, selling for 400,000 VND/kg. Mr. Duy has just opened his garden to welcome visitors and sells fruit.
The peony grape variety was successfully grown by Mr. Duy, bearing abundant fruit.
Regarding future plans, Mr. Duy said he will expand the area of vineyards, propagate large quantities to sell to the market, transfer techniques, and guarantee output for local people if they want to switch to growing this grape variety.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Phuong Lan, Deputy Head of the Binh Thuy District Agricultural Extension Station, commented that Mr. Duy's peony grape growing model is completely new, invested with a modern system. Mr. Duy is also a pioneer in bringing expensive Korean grape varieties to grow in the Southwest region. The new garden has just opened during the holidays to welcome visitors and received very positive feedback. However, this model requires a lot of investment capital to build a greenhouse system.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/nguoi-tien-phong-dua-nho-mau-don-tu-han-quoc-ve-trong-o-mien-tay-185230505095202498.htm
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