Gyeongnam Sancheong-gun, Customized Nutrient Solution Prescription Consulting for Strawberry Farms

One-Stop Support When You Submit Only the Groundwater Quality Test Report

GAP Certified Strawberries [Image Source=Sancheong-gun]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] The Sancheong-gun Agricultural Technology Center in Gyeongnam announced on the 5th that it is providing nutrient solution prescription consulting for strawberries.

This consulting, aimed at hydroponic farmers growing strawberries and other crops, is conducted annually to address technical difficulties in the agricultural field.

The most important technology in hydroponics is nutrient solution management based on nutrient solution prescription.

Depending on water quality, the fertilizer requirements for strawberry cultivation vary greatly for each farm, making nutrient solution prescriptions tailored to individual water quality essential.

In particular, with the influx of return-to-farming and return-to-village individuals, startup farmers, and new farmers, the demand for new technology support in hydroponic cultivation of facility horticulture such as strawberries is increasing.

Accordingly, the Sancheong-gun Agricultural Technology Center has introduced its own analysis system, allowing farmers to simply submit groundwater quality test reports and receive nutrient solution composition tables necessary for cultivation through a one-stop service.

Prescriptions are provided in five stages according to timing, including seedling stage, early transplanting, and flowering stage, and on-site consulting is conducted by visiting farms that have received nutrient solution prescriptions.

An official from the county stated, “Strawberries, a flagship crop of Sancheong, currently generate an income of 130 billion KRW from 1,000 farms (430 hectares),” adding, “We will continue to increase the number of supported farms through ongoing nutrient solution consulting.”

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