Hue Tet flowers suffer heavy losses after floods, traders still order early

    PHÚC ĐẠT - NGUYỄN LUÂN |

    HUE - After rain and floods, favorable weather helps farmers in flower villages in Hue City urgently restore production, hoping to catch up with the Tet flower crop.

    Sau cac dot mua lu don dap cuoi thang 10, dau thang 11, nhieu lang hoa truyen thong tai TP Hue chim trong canh tieu dieu, hang nghin chau hoa, luong hoa bi ngap ung, hu hong nang.
    After successive rains and floods at the end of October and the beginning of November, many traditional flower villages in Hue City were submerged in devastation, thousands of flower pots and flower beds were flooded and heavily damaged.
    Anh Phan Them (43 tuoi, tru phuong Thanh Thuy) cho biet, vu nay anh trong 800 cap, tuong duong 1.600 chau cuc thi lu lam hu hai khoang 30%, thiet hai uoc gan 60 trieu dong.
    Mr. Phan Them (43 years old, residing in Thanh Thuy ward) said that this Tet flower crop he planted 800 pairs, equivalent to 1,600 chrysanthemum pots, damaged by floods is about 30%, estimated damage is nearly 60 million VND.
    Sau lu, anh Them kiem tra tung chau hoa, cay yeu duoc vun goc, phuc hoi re, cham soc ky luong de giu lai nhung chau con kha nang cho hoa dip Tet. Theo anh Them, thoi tiet hien nay kha thuan loi, khong qua lanh, tuy nhien hoa co dau hieu no som hon khoang mot tuan. “Den nay, thuong lai da dat truoc gan 90% so luong, du kien thu mua tu ngay 18–20 thang Chap” – anh Them noi.
    After the flood, Mr. Them checks each pot of flowers, weak plants that have been rooted, rooted, and carefully cared for to keep pots that are still capable of flowering during Tet. According to Mr. Them, the current weather is quite favorable, not too cold, but flowers show signs of blooming about a week earlier. “Up to now, traders have pre-ordered nearly 90% of the quantity, expected to purchase from December 18-20 of the lunar calendar” - Mr. Them said.
    Hien cac vuon hoa buoc vao giai doan cham soc cao diem voi viec tuoi nuoc dinh ky 2–3 lan moi ngay, giu am va theo doi chat che sau benh.
    Currently, flower gardens are entering the peak care period with periodic watering 2-3 times a day, keeping moisture and closely monitoring pests and diseases.
    Tai phuong Vy Da, thong ke cho thay khoang 120 ho trong hoa bi anh huong, tong thiet hai uoc gan 5 ti dong. Nuoc lu dang nhanh, ngap sau khien nhieu ho gan nhu mat trang.
    In Vy Da ward, statistics show that about 120 flower growing households were affected, with total damage estimated at nearly 5 billion VND. Rapid flooding and deep flooding caused many households to almost lose everything.
    O lang hoa Da Le Chanh, ong Nguyen Viet Khoa van kien tri bam vuon moi ngay. Hon 600 chau cuc cua gia dinh du duoc ke cao nhung van thiet hai khoang 30%.
    In Da Le Chanh flower village, Mr. Nguyen Viet Khoa still persistently sticks to the garden every day. More than 600 chrysanthemum pots of his family, although placed high, still suffer about 30% damage.
    9. Sau lu, ong Khoa tat bat cang luoi, tia bo nu phu de cay don dinh duong nuoi nu chinh, hy vong vot vat vu hoa Tet.
    After the flood, Mr. Khoa was busy casting nets and pruning auxiliary buds so that the tree could concentrate nutrients to nourish the main buds, hoping to salvage the Tet flower crop.
    Khong rieng Vy Da, phuong Duong No – “vua hoa lon” cua Hue voi khoang 60% ho dan theo nghe trong hoa – cung chiu thiet hai nang, hon 10ha hoa mau bi ngap ung, nhieu vuon phai pha bo hoan toan.
    Not only Vy Da, Duong No ward - Hue's "large flower garden" with about 60% of households engaged in flower growing also suffered heavy damage, more than 10 hectares of crops were flooded, and many gardens had to be completely destroyed.
    De khoi phuc san xuat, nhieu ho dan buoc chuyen sang trong cac giong hoa ngan ngay, nhap cay giong tu Da Lat, ket hop dieu tiet anh sang de canh hoa no dung dip Tet.
    To restore production, many households are forced to switch to growing short-term flower varieties, importing seedlings from Da Lat, combined with lighting regulation to watch flowers bloom on time for Tet.
    Khong khi lao dong tai cac vuon hoa.
    Labor atmosphere at flower gardens.
    Theo ong Nguyen Van Trai – Pho Chu tich UBND phuong Duong No, dia phuong da huy dong nguon xa hoi hoa ho tro giong va huong dan ky thuat, giup ba con tung buoc khoi phuc san xuat, giu nghe trong hoa truyen thong sau lu.
    According to Mr. Nguyen Van Trai - Vice Chairman of Duong No Ward People's Committee, the locality has mobilized socialized resources to support seedlings and technical guidance, helping people gradually restore production and maintain the traditional flower growing profession after the flood.
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