Hanoian gardeners harvest flowers for Tet

VietnamNet English - 17 month(s) ago 18 readings

VietNamNet Bridge – Farmers in Hanoi’s Me Linh District, the capital city’s major flower producing location, are harvesting flowers for Tet holiday.

A flower field in Me Linh.

To urge flowers to timely blossom at Tet, farmers have to apply special techniques.

Mrs. Thai is cutting the first daisies. This year she plants over 1,000sq.m of daisy to
sell to HCM City and southern provinces.

Mr. Nhien said that this year his family has a good harvest of white daisy.

Some families have to urge flowers to blossom by electric light.

Some gardeners spray repellent.

Daisies are cut and bundled, with 50-100 flowers/bundle.
A daisy is sold at VND2,000. ($0.1).

Mrs. Hien said that she would sell these daisies for traders at Me Linh market,
which would be then transported to other flower markets in Hanoi.

Roses are covered by newspapers.

Vehicles full of flowers on the village road.