Namwon City Supplies 120t of Chunhyang Potato to the Region

[Namwon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Jeong Young-gwon] Namwon City, Jeonbuk (Mayor Lee Hwan-joo) announced on the 16th that a total of 26 farms cultivated 8.3 hectares of Chunhyang seed potatoes this year, producing 150 tons, and plans to supply 120 tons of graded seed potatoes to the region through sorting.

Namwon Chunhyang seed potatoes are gaining popularity among facility farms because they are grown in the highlands of Jirisan, have a good texture and taste, have excellent storability, and are supplied earlier than Gangwon-do potatoes.

To supply high-quality seed potatoes that local facility potato farms can plant in the fall, thorough seed selection is being conducted at the Unbong Chunhyang Seed Potato Cold Curing Center sorting facility.

The seed potatoes sorted on this day were planted in early March and produced under the same production system as the Gangwon-do distributed varieties, including irrigation, timely pesticide use, step-by-step virus infection checks, and other pest and disease infections. In particular, to prevent viruses, mesh nets were installed on all packaging, ensuring strict quality control to produce disease-free seed potatoes.

Especially, seed potatoes have the characteristic of sprouting after about 90 days of dormancy, and the Chunhyang seed potatoes produced from late last month to early this month have undergone sufficient dormancy to be ready for the planting season in September to October.

The Namwon Agricultural Technology Center stated, “We are strictly managing to produce excellent seed potatoes,” and added, “We conduct on-site guidance for producing farms frequently to strive for better seed potato production and plan to supply high-quality seed potatoes stably.”

Namwon=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Jeong Young-gwon wjddudrnjs@asiae.co.kr

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