Solving difficulties in growing seedless persimmon trees

Seedless persimmon is one of the expensive specialty fruits, favored by many people because of its sweet, crunchy, and fragrant taste. This crop has been associated with people in some localities in the northern region of Thai Nguyen province for many years. Not only does it bring high economic value, this plant also contributes significantly to tourism development and preserving local identity.

Seedless persimmon trees in recent years have brought high economic efficiency to people.

Seedless persimmon trees are commonly grown in the communes of Ba Be, Cho Ra, Thuong Minh and the coastal area of ​​Ba Be Lake. According to local people, this persimmon variety has existed for a long time and is grown by people in their home gardens and on fields. Seedless persimmon trees are suitable for local soil conditions and grow and develop well.

Seedless persimmons have a round shape, thin skin, thick flesh, when ripe they have a beautiful orange-yellow color, crunchy, sweet, easy to preserve and transport far away. At this time, on the hillsides, people's home gardens begin to produce the first bunches of ripe persimmons of the season, attracting tourists to visit, enjoy and buy as gifts.

Mr. Duong Van Tien, Cho Ra commune said: My family has been growing seedless persimmons for more than 20 years, and now has nearly 1 hectare. Most of the area has yielded fruit, and each crop has brought in tens of millions of dong on average. However, due to many reasons, some trees have died for unknown reasons or grown well but have few fruits. Many fruits do not look good, so the market price is still low, which is also a common limitation for persimmon growers here.

Seedless persimmon trees are closely associated with the lives of many households. In the past, people mainly grew persimmons for food and as gifts. However, in the past 15 years, thanks to the increasing market demand, persimmon trees have been planned to develop in the direction of commodities, gradually becoming a key crop in many communes.

According to statistics of Ba Be district (old), by 2025, the whole district will have over 200 hectares of seedless persimmons, of which many households have an area of ​​1-3 hectares. Many households have an income of tens, even hundreds of millions of VND each year thanks to selling fresh persimmons and processing products from persimmons.

In Ban Ngu village, Cho Ra commune, many households have been expanding the area of ​​seedless persimmon cultivation on the hillsides.

Seedless persimmons are now not only consumed strongly in the northern provinces and cities, such as Hanoi, Hai Phong, Bac Ninh... but are also ordered by tourists and brought to the southern provinces. Especially, during the tourist season, this fruit is considered a "specialty that attracts visitors", contributing to significantly increasing income for persimmon growers and community tourism.

Realizing the potential of seedless persimmons, in recent years the communes of Ba Be, Cho Ra, Thuong Minh, and Dong Phuc have included this tree in the list of key agricultural product development, within the OCOP product development program. Up to now, seedless persimmon products have affirmed their quality and competitiveness in the market.

Comrade Trieu Anh Chu, Chairman of Cho Ra Commune People's Committee, said: Along with building the seedless persimmon brand, the commune will coordinate with provincial departments and branches to organize training courses on planting, caring, harvesting and preserving persimmons after harvest. At the same time, support people to plant new ones, renovate old persimmon gardens, graft varieties and apply production processes according to biosafety standards, aiming at organic production and moving towards linking product consumption. In particular, Cho Ra will coordinate with neighboring communes to develop tourism to experience the persimmon season.

The difficulty in developing seedless persimmon trees pointed out by the communes is that the production scale is still small and fragmented, and cultivation techniques are not uniform. Many areas of trees are old, have pests and diseases, and productivity has decreased. Post-harvest processing and preservation are still limited, which can easily lead to backlogs and traders forcing down prices...

Faced with this reality, communes with seedless persimmon growing areas have been implementing a number of solutions, such as: Building concentrated persimmon growing areas, improving the quality of plant varieties and organic farming techniques, VietGAP; supporting people and cooperatives in participating in deep processing, diversifying persimmon products. At the same time, developing the product value chain from planting, processing, to consumption and experiential tourism; actively participating in agricultural fairs, bringing products to e-commerce platforms... to contribute to bringing a more prosperous life to people.

Source: https://baothainguyen.vn/kinh-te/202507/go-kho-phat-trien-cay-hong-khong-hat-00b2670/