This year, some gardeners in Tu Lien have launched a unique driftwood kumquat product, priced at 100 million VND, to serve people celebrating Giap Thin Tet.
Over the past few years, the market for ornamental kumquats during Tet has had many fluctuations. Many people are no longer interested in traditional kumquat trees. Instead, they are looking for beautiful but unique kumquat trees.
During the Lunar New Year, at Xuan Loc kumquat garden, Tu Lien kumquat village (Tay Ho, Hanoi), unique kumquat pots grafted with driftwood priced from tens of millions, even up to hundreds of millions of dong, are attracting attention. attention.
Driftwood is the core at the base of ancient trees after they die. The characteristic of driftwood is that it is very hard and is never damaged by termites. Driftwood combined with kumquat trees creates a unique and different product.
To create a beautiful driftwood-grafted kumquat tree, kumquat makers usually take about 4-5 years from raising the tree and grafting the embryo. Workers must be creative and have experience in growing ornamental kumquats.
Mr. Van Thanh, a skilled kumquat grower, said: “Making kumquat grafted with driftwood requires a professional eye to produce a beautiful work. From choosing the root of the kumquat tree, to choosing a shape of driftwood that matches the shape of the tree, making How to promote the shape of the kumquat tree and the shape of the driftwood?
To evaluate a driftwood kumquat tree based on many different criteria such as: the shape of the kumquat tree must be “quaint”, blending into the driftwood, the fruit must be evenly large, the leaves must be green, especially the tree must have enough flowers, leaves, and buds. ,…
The work “Chau Long” (picture on the right) is very much appreciated by Mr. Thanh. The tree grows lushly on driftwood trunks shaped like a rare dragon’s head. “The shape of the tree exudes majesty and majesty. The tree has the shape of a dragon’s head, very suitable for Tet this year. Currently the work is priced at more than 100 million VND,” Mr. Thanh said.
The kumquat tree combined with wooden logs creates a unique work of art, no two works are alike.
Caring for driftwood kumquat trees is complicated, requiring workers to be knowledgeable about kumquat trees as well as understanding weather developments. “Each tree must be properly cared for. Some trees are watered too much and will not be beautiful, but if they are not watered, they will not be beautiful,” Mr. Thanh said.
Wood-grafted kumquats are left to ripen completely naturally, without the use of stimulants or any drugs. The uniqueness and newness of kumquats grafted with driftwood has attracted many visitors to visit and buy them for Tet display.
In addition to kumquats grafted with driftwood, ornamental kumquat tree products with ceramics also attract many people looking to buy them to celebrate the 2024 Lunar New Year
($1~24,000 VND)
( According to Dantri)