The historic flood in September caused many areas in Thai Nguyen City to be deeply submerged. According to statistics, more than 37 hectares of peach trees in Cam Gia were damaged, with an estimated loss of nearly 20 billion VND. After the flood, people are starting to repair and fertilize the remaining peach trees.
Entering the last days of the year, the people of Cam Gia peach village are busy and hurriedly completing the final stages in the hope of having a little extra income for Tet.
Having spent her whole life growing peach trees, Ms. Hoang Thi Hang (Cam Gia Ward) said that this is the most important time of the Tet season. Although the recent floods have caused great impacts, everyone is trying their best, hoping to make up for it during the Tet season.
"From the beginning of December, people start the leaf stripping process. Stripping requires experience, and you have to be very careful in picking and pinching each leaf. If the stripping process is not done correctly, it will affect the flower buds and it will be very difficult to keep the buds for flowering later.
This is considered a very important step, deciding the victory of the people of Cam Gia peach village. This year's winter is cold, we have to work while waiting for the weather, calculating the day so that the peach trees will bloom on time," Ms. Hang confided.
With a loss of VND800 million due to the flood that killed more than 1,000 peach trees, Ms. Nguyen Thi Dao (Cam Gia Ward) chose to rise up instead of giving up. After the flood, her family bought 200 more peach trees to replant with the belief that the lush green gardens would be revived.
"Now we try to take care of the new peach trees. After the flood, the work of improving the soil will be much more difficult, we will almost have to start over. Everyone should tell each other to try hard, take care of them carefully and the spring peach trees will bloom again like before," Ms. Dao shared.
Speaking to reporters, Mr. Tran Van Binh - Chairman of Cam Gia Ward People's Committee said that the flood last September caused severe damage to Cam Gia peach growing village.
"Immediately after the flood, the authorities of Thai Nguyen province went down to inspect and sympathize with the peach growers who suffered damage, and at the same time proposed supporting seedlings for people to plant to replace the damaged peach gardens.
For the restored peach gardens, officials will come down to guide them on how to care for them so they can serve the market during this year's Tet holiday. Currently, people are busy preparing the final stages for the Tet season," the leader added.
Cam Gia peach growing village (Thai Nguyen city) has over 100 members, with over 30,000 peach trees. Peach blossoms here have been granted a collective trademark certificate by the Department of Intellectual Property (Ministry of Science and Technology), and have been recognized as a typical agricultural product of Thai Nguyen province for many consecutive years.
Some pictures at peach village:
