Source: Bnews.vn
After 2 years of planting, jackfruit for harvest. On average, each Thai jackfruit tree produces 2-3 fruits, each weighing 5-10 kg. Currently, Thai jackfruit prices range from 3,000-3,500 VND/kg and jackfruit growers lose from 2,000-3,000 VND/kg.
Mr. Nguyen Van Ut from Lang Bien commune, Thap Muoi district said that growing Thai jackfruit is more difficult now than in previous years. In addition to the low price of Thai jackfruit, the fertilizer price is always very high, if it is not well balanced, it is likely to suffer heavy losses.
According to Mr. Ut, to have 1 kg of Thai jackfruit must cost fertilizer, medicine, labor, initial seed … with a price of 5,000-6,000 VND/kg, but currently the price of jackfruit traders buy at garden grade 1 from 3,500-4,000 VND/kg, grade 2 costs 3,000 VND/kg and grade 3 costs from 1,000-2,000 VND/kg.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Dung in Tan My commune, Thanh Binh district said that he bought the original jackfruit fruit, with an area of more than 5,000 m2. Each jackfruit tree is giving fruit, he buys 50,000 VND/root and is harvested in 2 years.
Each root he harvested 1 fruit, average weight 10 kg / fruit, sold 30,000 VND, calculated that if harvested in 2 years at the current price, minus the cost and buying the original jackfruit, the loss is heavy.
Growing Thai jackfruit, on average, each hectare of more than 1,000 jackfruit trees, more than 1 year for harvesting, the average yield is from 40-50 tons/ha/year. The reason many households choose this variety is because the Thai jackfruit tree is adapted to the soil in Dong Thap, easy to grow, has high yield and yield, is crunchy, sweet, delicious, gives a lot of fruit, and has little fiber. On average, each Thai jackfruit tree produces 1-2 fruits per season, each weighing 5-10 kg.
