Successful cultivation of pineapple in Haenam, the speed of localization of subtropical fruit trees in South Korea

(Haenam = Yonhap News) Reporter Jo Geun-young = Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do succeeded in cultivating pineapple following bananas, reaffirming its status as a subtropical agricultural mecca. According to Haenam-gun on the 28th, this year, two ICT high-tech houses in the Agricultural Technology Center are cultivating pineapples on 1,000 square meters, and they are about to harvest in the second half of the year. The pineapple under cultivation was planted in January from a one-year-old seedling, and the pine cone-like fruit grows on the stem between the thick and stiff leaves and has grown about 10cm in diameter. Harvesting is scheduled for October and November, and next year, it will be distributed to two farms in the district and trial cultivation will be carried out. The county is accelerating the development and commercialization of subtropical crop cultivation technology in response to climate change such as global warming, while establishing appropriate cultivation techniques by ...