Excellent Texture Boasts 'Gurye Cucumber and Aehobak' Harvest Accelerates

Overcoming Flood Damage and Bearing Fruit, Full-Scale Shipping Underway

[Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yuk Miseok] On the 21st, Jeollanam-do Gurye-gun announced that cucumber and zucchini farmers in Gurye, who suffered damage from the heavy rain in August, have started harvesting after about four months and are actively preparing for full-scale shipment.

During last summer's heavy rain, 12 hectares of greenhouses in Yangjeong district of Gurye-eup, and Naengcheon, Sado, and Gwangpyeong districts of Masan-myeon were flooded. Farmers are very pleased as the fruits of their tireless efforts day and night to return to their original lives are reflected in this harvest.

In Gurye-gun, cucumbers are cultivated in 23.6 hectares of facility greenhouses by 82 farms, and zucchinis are cultivated in 31.5 hectares of greenhouses by 81 farms.

Last year, 3,700 tons of cucumbers were produced, generating 8 billion KRW, and 4,177 tons of zucchinis were produced, generating 9 billion KRW in income.

Gurye cucumbers are priced at 17,000 KRW per 10kg at wholesale, and zucchinis at 23,000 KRW per 8kg, and are shipped to the Garak Market in Seoul.

Due to COVID-19, sales at large consumption places such as restaurants have decreased, resulting in lower prices than usual, adding difficulties for the producing farmers.

Gurye cucumbers are cultivated in the fertile soil of the Gurye fields under warm sunlight. With a large temperature difference between day and night and clear water and wild herbs from the foothills of Jirisan Mountain, they boast a superior texture compared to cucumbers from other regions.

Gurye cucumbers and zucchinis begin harvesting from the end of November and are produced until mid-June of the following year.

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