Lemon Balm products are a valuable commodity not only for the domestic market, but also exported to countries, giving growers of this spice vegetable the opportunity to change their lives.
Perilla leaves have long been a familiar spice in daily meals not only of Vietnamese families, but also of other countries such as Japan, China, Korea…
In addition to food uses, lemon balm is also known as an effective healing and beauty herb. Therefore, perilla products are a valuable commodity not only with the domestic market, but also exported to countries, giving growers the opportunity to change their lives.
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The scientific name Perilla frutescens is perilla frutescens. Herbaceous, 0.5-1 m high. The leaves are opposite, the edges of the teeth are notched, the underside is purple, sometimes both sides are purple, brown or green with roughened hair. Small flowers grow into a shrinking xim at the tip of the branches, white or purple, which grow opposite.
Baby lemon balm, spherical. The whole plant has aromatic and hairy essential oils. The lemon balm of North Korea or Japan has two sides are green, high value for export – import.
Products leafy lemon balm harvest supply to domestic market and export
According to many studies, perilla leaves have an oil content of about 40%, including a large amount of unsaturated fatty acids, mainly alpha-linoleic acid.
Perilla also contains 0.2% pure essential oils and hydrocarbons, aldehydes, ketones, furans… Lemon balm extract has been found to have many different uses. It can break down antioxidants, fight allergies, fight inflammation or fight depression.
This substance is hypoallergenic and can fight tumors. Every part of the perilla tree can be used as a medicine. The leaves have a warm spicy taste, so they are often used to cure colds, fever, cough, make sweating. Lemon balm fruits treat cough, expectorant.
Even perilla Twigs have a sedative effect. A recent study demonstrated the ability of perilla leaf extract to inhibit the multiplication of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in various ways.
For the Japanese, perilla leaves are indispensable in their traditional dishes, especially raw fish salads because of its warmth, teariness and ability to neutralize the welding of raw fish.
For the Japanese people, lemon balm leaves are not only nutritious vegetables that have many health benefits, but also associated with the traditions that make up the spiritual life of the Japanese. Therefore, this is the ideal market for exporting lemon balm leaves at expensive prices.
Lemon balm – potential crops
Recognizing the benefits of lemon balm as well as the economic development of this vegetable can be exported abroad at very high selling prices, some provinces and cities have tested the model of lemon balm (Japanese varieties) according to the standards of VietGAP, GrobalGAP to ensure the correct quality of input required by the importing countries.
Mr. Le Van Phuong’s family is currently the only household to grow lemon balm in Dong Cao commune, Pho yen Town, Thai Nguyen province. After just over 2 months, to date, the area of more than 360 m2 of green lemon balm planted his experiments gave multi-litter harvest. He said that green lemon balm is easy to grow and care, the cost of investing in fertilizers, pesticides is not as large as growing other vegetables.
Update the number of planting area codes, packaging facilities to export agricultural products to China in Gia Lai
Update the number of planting area codes, packaging facilities to export agricultural products to China in Gia Lai
The harvest period of green lemon balm lasts 7-9 months. Green lemon balm is also very rarely pests, only occasionally soot bedbugs, so the yield is quite stable.
Currently, green lemon balm leaves are sold by his family for 18,000 VND/kg. Realizing that this plant is easy to grow, suitable for local soil conditions,climate and relatively high economic efficiency, the family decided to plant about 1,500 m2 of green lemon balm in the summer.
Lam Thao commune, Luong Tai district, Bac Ninh Province is also implementing high – tech application cultivation models, with the project of growing lemon balm in greenhouses, area of 8 hectares, for export to Japan.
Ms. Nguyen Thu Huyen, technical officer of the model, said: “the Green Lemon Leaf for export should be ensured the same size, not torn. The leaves selected for export are from the 7th or more leaves of the plant, 6-8 cm in size.”
Model of growing lemon balm in Luong Tai district, Bac Ninh Province photo: Tran DUNG
Fresh Mekong’s exported perilla planting model on an area of 1.25 hectares in An Thanh Trung Commune, Cho New District, An Giang Province was implemented from February 2019.
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Mr. Truong Huy, deputy director of this company, said the Japanese green lemon balm variety can be grown all year round, but the main seasonality sows seedlings in July and December every year. After planting about 1.5 months for harvesting leaves with yields ranging from 15-20 tons/ha.
The price of purchasing perilla leaves is currently covered by the company from 12,000-16,000 VND / kg. After subtracting costs, farmers collect interest on less than 20 million VND / public affairs.
Not only is it considered as a potential crop, the model of growing perilla crops exported to Japan, South Korea is being considered as a prospect, will contribute to creating jobs for farmers, helping them convert crops of higher value.
In Vietnam, pería to has many different varieties, grow naturally and are grown all over the country but are concentrated in the northern provinces and cities such as Lao Cai, Lang Son, Hoa Binh and Hanoi. In HCMC, lemon balm is grown in Binh Chanh, Cu Chi, Hoc Mon.
However, this herbal plant is mainly grown in small, small quantities aimed at consuming the domestic market. In recent years, the model of planting lemon balm has been of interest to farmers with many advantages: it does not require high technical requirements, long harvest time, is covered by companies with products, the planting process is environmentally friendly…
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