For a long time, the kumquat growing village in Nam Phong (Nam Dinh City) has been famous for its ornamental kumquat growing. Currently, there are about 1,000 households growing kumquat with a total area of up to 50 hectares.
Coming to the kumquat capital of Nam Dinh at the end of the year, you can clearly feel that the people here are busy preparing for the most important crop of the year.
According to people with many years of experience in Nam Phong ward, this is the time when gardeners increase tree care to sell to people for Tet. At this time, kumquats begin to turn yellow, people take advantage of adjusting the shape of the trees, tying the fruit, and watering to ensure the quality of the kumquats.
As a person with 30 years of experience in growing kumquat trees, Mr. Pham Van Tung (51 years old) said: "This year, my garden has about 300 kumquat trees of various types, priced from 3 - 35 million VND/tree to supply to the market. At this time, customers also come to order a lot, but compared to previous years, sales are slower. By the beginning of December, the ordered kumquat trees will be uprooted and transported to customers."
Similar to the kumquat garden of Mr. Vu Xuan Truong (34 years old), his family has grown kumquat trees in Nam Phong for three generations. His garden has a total of about 200 kumquat trees.
Mr. Truong said that usually around the beginning of the 12th lunar month is the "golden time" to sell kumquat trees, at that time the number of customers will be crowded due to high shopping demand and mainly serve customers who come to see and choose to buy directly.
This year, due to unfavorable weather conditions, heavy rains during the kumquat season have caused major damage to dozens of hectares of kumquat in Nam Phong, affecting the fruit, making it unable to grow and ripen in time for Tet. Therefore, the price of kumquat has increased somewhat compared to previous years.
