Ninh Binh farmers in Vietnam pick nearly 300 million VND/ha of custard apple

In 2014, Mrs. Doan Thi Ha's family (Phu Long commune, Nho Quan district, Ninh Binh province) started converting the area from sugarcane to custard apple. The variety of na that Mrs. Ha grows is na dai with a characteristic, delicious taste, large fruit, thin, glossy, bright skin... Talking to a reporter of the online newspaper DANVIET.VN, Ms. Doan Thi Ha shared: "Currently, my family is planting nearly 1 ha of custard apple, the main season of custard apple usually falls in the 7th and 8th lunar month. At that time, many households harvested so the price was not high, so my family studied and learned techniques to handle off-season flowering (harvesting 2 crops/year) to increase income." According to Ms. Ha, in order for the custard apple tree to bear fruit in the off-season, the branches should first be pruned to help the tree rejuvenate, regularly sprout new shoots and flower. Next, when the flower buds are open, they are white, and artificially pollinate the flowers. After ...