Japan Agricultural Newspaper-“Container” Lotus root first harvest Responding to labor saving

JA Shizuoka City Challenge Ren Subcommittee 1, which developed the lotus root container cultivation method, made its first harvest this year in Shizuoka City Hata. 3 department members and JA staff participated and confirmed a yield of 19 kg per container. 3 or sold at JA Farmer's Market “Jiman City”. Harvest Continues until early January. In container cultivation using large plastic containers (blue container), water is poured into the container after mowing the leaves, and the discharge port or mud and water The remaining stem or lotus root is carefully harvested. It takes 30 to 40 minutes to harvest one large 400 liter container. If the same amount of lotus root is dug by hand, it will be half labor and labor saving for the producer. It was close to the yield target (20 kg per container), and the producer Masamichi Morita (63) said, “This harvest is early, so it is expected to grow by 10% in the future. Clean and good quality. I wanted to ...