Out of a total 30ha of peach trees planted in Nhat Tan, only 2ha were flooded thanks to its highland location.
Chu Duc Toan, a farmer whose 400 bonsai peach trees survived the storm, says the current weather conditions are good for making the peach trees bloom.
He also says peach branch buyers will pay between VND200,000 and VND250,000 (US$12-15) three times higher than last year.
The cost to rent a bonsai peach tree will range from VND2.5 million to VND10 million (US$600) during this year’s Tet.
According to Nguyen Van Thang, an experienced grower, the price increase is due to the growing costs of fertiliser and peach trees.
With the merger of Ha Tay Province into Ha Noi, La Ca Village in Duong Noi Commune became one of the capital’s largest peach blossom villages.
Unfortunately, 60ha out of the 100ha of peach blossoms died as a result of the excessive rain.
The 1,000-tree farm of La Noi Agricultural Co-operative has 75ha of peach blossoms, of which 70 per cent are peach trees. The rest are ornamental trees.
According to Dao Dinh Nhuom, at this time last year La Ca villagers were busy plucking leaves off trees, but now they are reluctant.
