South Korea: Planting sweet potato shoots is in full swing in Haenam-gun
Sweet Potato
South Korea
Published May 5, 2022
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These days, in the fields of Haenam, Jeollanam-do, the planting of high-quality Haenam sweet potatoes is in full swing. In the case of chestnut sweet potatoes for early shipment, which started formally in the middle of last month, delicious fresh sweet potatoes can be found in mid-July, the summer vacation season. In Haenam, Jeollanam-do's largest sweet potato production area, 540 farms (2,199 ha) produced 37,000 tons last year. In 2007, the first distribution of tissue cultured sweet potato seedlings in the country led to a breakthrough in the production of high-quality sweet potatoes, creating an opportunity for the sweet potato industry to take a leap forward, the military explained.
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(Haenam = Yonhap News) Tissue cultured seedlings are tissue seedlings cultured in a virus-free state by collecting the growth points of healthy sweet potatoes. Its color and uniformity are consistent, playing a major role in creating a reputation for high-quality Haenam sweet potatoes. As the supply rate has increased to more than 90% of the total area of sweet potatoes in Haenam-gun, 180,000 seedlings of sweet potatoes have been produced and supplied to farms this year. This year, about 30 farms (20ha) in the district will participate in a pilot project for producing excellent seedlings. We are actively promoting support projects to maintain the reputation of high-quality Haenam sweet potatoes by expanding and distributing new varieties of domestically grown sweet potatoes, such as Sodammi and Hopungmi. A military official boasted on the 4th that "Haenam sweet potato was grown in a red ocher field with a high germanium content in a ...
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