Many flower farmers in Mekong Delta provinces predict that the Tết (Lunar New Year holiday) flower market will be unpredictable due to many different factors.
A gradually recovering economy, unseasonal heavy rains, and high fertilizer prices are the reasons why farmers believe that the flower market in the Tết season, which falls on late January to early February this year, will face many difficulties.
Over the past few days, heavy and prolonged rains have occurred in the delta, and the atypical rain has affected the cultivation of ornamental flowers. When heavy rain occurs during the growing stage of plants, it can cause them to be crushed, weakened, and susceptible to disease. This not only reduces the quantity and quality of the flowers but also increases the production costs for gardeners.
Trần Thị Kim Liên, a flower farmer in Cần Thơ City's Bình Thủy District, said that the heavy rains damaged more than 200 of her marigold and chrysanthemum pots.
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