The price of dragon fruit increases again after highly decreasing

ABO - According to dragon fruit growers in Cho Gao district, Tien Giang province, the price of dragon fruit has started to increase again after highly decreasing.

Illustrative photo: HUU CHI

In the area of specialized dragon fruit growing in Thanh Binh commune, Cho Gao district, the price of dragon fruit has risen again and is trending upward every day. Gardeners said that the price of red flesh dragon fruit sold at the garden was over VND 20,000/kg, increasing about 10 times higher than last week and the price of white flesh dragon fruit was about VND 10,000/kg.

After several days of stopping buying or purchasing in moderation because dragon fruits were not sold, many enterprises purchased again; however the purchasing power was also fell sharply due to the main harvest season passed.

Tien Giang province is one of the provinces with a large area of growing dragon fruit in the country with a total area of about 7,000 hectares. If gardeners actively apply the technique of incandescent lights, they can harvest from 3 to 5 waves of fruit each year, with a yield of about 20 tons per hectare.

(According to thtg.vn – Translated by NGUYEN HUU