Prices of Thai jackfruit in Vietnam today (January 3, 2022)

Published 2022년 1월 3일

Tridge summary

Farmers in the Mekong Delta are using different methods to cultivate Thai jackfruit. The first method involves spraying drugs to stimulate the jackfruit to flower at the same time, resulting in a larger but more expensive harvest. The second method allows the jackfruit to grow at different times, reducing pressure on the tree and allowing for a smaller, less expensive harvest. However, this method results in a mix of fruit sizes. Currently, large jackfruit warehouses in Tien Giang province have stopped buying Thai jackfruit or have purchased in small quantities due to the low market price, which ranges from 3,000 to 8,000 VND/kg depending on the type and location.

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Original content

Recently, people in the Mekong Delta let Thai jackfruit flower in two different directions. Accordingly, there are households that produce fruit at the same time and there are households that handle it. In order for Thai jackfruit to produce fruit simultaneously, people often spray drugs to stimulate jackfruit to flower sprouts at the same time, then proceed to select beautiful fruits to leave, bad fruits, distorted fruits, and thin segments will be cut off. For jackfruit for fruit, people will not let jackfruit flower at the same time, that is, there will be large and small fruits on the tree, different from the time of growth and harvest. Mr. Le Minh Dat in My Khanh commune, Phong Dien district, Can Tho city said: "Making Thai jackfruit fruit at the same time has the benefit of easy fruit management and harvesting time, suitable for jackfruit orchards with large area. However, this method is more expensive when it is necessary to fertilize the fruit and spray the large fruit. If ...

Source: Danviet