South Korea: You can taste 'Wando banana' next year

[Wando=Newspim] Reporter Ji Young-bong = Wando County Agricultural Technology Center and Wando County Branch of the Agricultural National Federation established a banana facility house in Jangja-ri, Wando-eup, as a collaborative project this year to promote banana income, a tropical fruit tree. According to the county on the 11th, Wando is located at the southernmost tip of the Korean peninsula, so it is suitable for cultivation of subtropical crops as it has warmer winter temperatures than other regions and can reduce heating costs for facility houses. It can be seen that subtropical fruits such as loquat, citron, tangerine, bluetail, and persimmon are grown in Wando. In February, farmers who will grow bananas were selected, a facility house was built, and 450 banana seedlings were planted in October. Planted bananas are managed at 22℃ even at night in the middle of winter, so they can be harvested in one year. It is expected that next October, you will be able to taste ...