Image of thousands of peach and kumquat trees growing in the middle of the water at the foot of Nhat Tan bridge

The rain caused by storm No. 10 and the rising water level of the Red River flooded half of the peach and kumquat growing areas for the Lunar New Year in Phu Thuong and Nhat Tan villages, Tay Ho ward ( Hanoi ).

Peach and kumquat trees are ornamental plants that require well-drained soil and cannot tolerate prolonged waterlogging, or the trees will become stunted, roots will rot, and leaves will fall.

In the peach garden of Mr. The and Ms. Hang, the two people take advantage of the receding water to take care of the trees. Many trees are weak, at risk of rotting or falling. Mr. The said that when the water has just receded, the peach leaves are often covered with thick mud. If not washed off in time, the tree will die. Meanwhile, peach leaves must be stripped about two months before Tet to produce beautiful flowers.

Nearby, Ms. Thuy has nearly 600 peach trees, half of which were submerged. On the afternoon of October 2, the water began to recede, but very slowly. “Hopefully the water will recede completely in the next 1-2 days, otherwise the peach garden will be severely affected,” she shared worriedly.

According to Ms. Thuy, half of the peach trees in the garden have been carefully supported to prevent rising water levels. However, many large, beautiful peach trees – which are worth millions of dong – are still submerged, facing the risk of crop loss.

The floodwaters rose so high that only the tops of the peach trees were visible above the water. The once lush, green gardens were now submerged.

Sharing the same flood situation when the Red River rose, more than half of Mr. Loc's 400 kumquat trees (Xuan Loc kumquat garden - Tu Lien) were submerged.

Mr. Loc and the people around the garden helped move more than 200 kumquat pots to higher places, reducing the risk of waterlogging and flooding that could kill the trees.

Mr. Loc shared that kumquat trees planted in pots can survive floods, but if planted in the garden, he can only hope for the water to recede soon. If the water recedes, the leaves are still green and the tree can continue to live and grow. If the leaves turn yellow, he will have to remove them and wait for the next year's planting season.

Mr. Ky Anh's kumquat garden (Tu Lien, Hanoi) was also submerged in water, the deepest point was still 80cm deep as of the afternoon of October 2. "Last year after Typhoon Yagi , my family lost more than 4 billion VND on ornamental plants for Tet, but it was all gone. This year, while restoring the garden, the Red River water level rose again. If the water recedes in the next 1-2 days, the garden will basically not be affected," said Mr. Ky Anh.

Like Nhat Tan peach, Tu Lien kumquat garden was flooded half of its area and many gardens were flooded quite deeply. Among the kumquat gardens were households growing chrysanthemums, which were considered to have lost everything, because chrysanthemums cannot withstand flooding.

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