Preparations for the chestnut harvest season have begun in Aydın.

Turkey's most important chestnut production centers, the mountains of Aydın and İzmir, have begun preparations for the season. After months of waiting for rain, chestnut producers carried out cleaning work in the gardens when the first rain of the season fell in the last week of September. Chestnut production takes place in Aydın on an area of approximately 8,000 hectares, with the most intensive production occurring in the districts of Nazilli, Köşk, and Sultanhisar. Harvesting is expected to begin next week depending on the weather conditions, with this year's chestnuts reported to be good in high areas but weak in areas at the foot of the mountains. Farmers, who stated that Aydın is the leading province in Turkey for chestnut production, emphasized that bottom cleaning is essential for a healthy harvest. Köşk farmers, who clean the gardens with scythe machines, Sadettin Kılınç, said, "Bottom cleaning must be done so that the chestnuts, which are knocked down from the tree, do ...