Previously, Mr. Ha Ngoc Phi (62 years old, in Trung Phu 2 block, Dien Minh ward, Dien Ban town, Quang Nam province) was a motorbike repairman at home. Because business was not going well, he helped his wife sell vegetables at the market.
After a period of trading and selling on the side, realizing that pennywort products were popular in the market and output was stable, he came up with the idea of growing clean vegetables. In 2013, he boldly rented land along the Thu Bon River in the locality to grow pennywort.
“Vegetables It’s easy to grow, requires little investment, can be planted once and can be harvested for many years. I grow vegetables in a clean and safe way using microbial organic fertilizers without using chemicals, so I am trusted by the market. I always appreciate the reputation that above all, the products grown are not only sold but also used in the family, so we must be careful,” Mr. Phi said.
Sharing about how to grow pennywort effectively, Mr. Phi He said that the soil for planting pennywort only needs to be planted in the seed bed once, the rest is to fertilize and water twice a day to give the plant enough moisture to grow. In particular, he also went online to research and do it himself Biological pesticides from ginger, garlic and chili soaked in wine without using chemicals for pennywort.
After planting, take care until pennywort is about 10-12cm tall and then harvest. Gotu kola produces about 600-700kg/acre (equivalent to 500m2). From the day of planting to harvest, it takes about 2 months from the 3rd month to start cutting.
Thanks to Mr. Ha Ngoc Phi’s creative way of growing pennywort growing model, it brings high economic efficiency to help the family. have a large income. Every day, Mr. Phi cuts about 100kg of pennywort and sells it at a price ranging from 20,000-25,000 VND/kg. Minus the cost of paying for the care and pruning of vegetables, Mr. Phi earns a profit of about 15 million VND/day.
On average, each year his garden produces about 60 tons of vegetables on an area of 8 sao of land.< /p>
The most difficult thing is on rainy days when pennywort is easily buried. But this type of tree has a strong vitality, so the alluvial soil dries quickly, so after a short time the tree reproduces on its own,” Mr. Phi shared.
With a few acres of land initially, the current area is Mr. Phi’s family’s vegetable cultivation has increased to 3 hectares. In addition to growing pennywort, he also grows short-term crops such as perilla, spinach, cinnamon, bok choy, mustard greens, amaranth… to meet market demand.
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Gotu kola is supplied by Mr. Phi to wholesale market supermarket companies in Da Nang (Photo: Ngo Linh).
Vegetables are mainly supplied to supermarket companies and wholesale markets in Da Nang with stable source prices. His family also has a truck that transports vegetables to vegetable consumption establishments, so business is quite favorable.
Thanks to growing vegetables, Mr. Phi’s family built a high-rise house, bought a car, and raised his children to school. arrive. He also created jobs for 15 labor locally with an income of 5-6 million VND/month.
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