[Cut Flower Branch Self-Cultivation] Eucalyptus farm regenerated over half a year is finally complete! | December 2025

I'm Hita, and I cultivate ornamental branches in Nakanojo Town, Gunma Prefecture.

From late summer to autumn, work at the eucalyptus field has reached a temporary stopping point.

Only half of the eucalyptus field was planted in August. For the other half, the delayed procurement of seedlings led to rampant weeds by the end of summer... We mowed the weeds again in mid-September.

The mowed weeds are dried and then incorporated into the soil, which is expected to improve soil quality.

We replanted eucalyptus gunnii and eucalyptus perriniana, which we procured again from Arai Ueki in Yorii Town, Saitama Prefecture.

We were also able to plant eucalyptus populus seedlings, which had grown to about 50cm, after receiving them from Mr. Hasegawa in Toyooka Village, Nagano Prefecture.

Winter in the elevated Nakanojo Town is cold. We will implement cold weather protection measures in November to ensure even the small seedlings can survive the winter.

With this, the eucalyptus field is temporarily complete. I'm looking forward to seeing it grow significantly from now on.

Field development began in mid-May 2025, but summer arrived so quickly, and there were many instances where I couldn't proceed with the work as planned.

This winter, I plan to continue with field development while also assisting with the union's shipping operations to learn more about the know-how.

From spring 2026, I will redouble my efforts to increase the production of ornamental branches in Nakanojo Town!