Chonburi, Alternative careers Laying the foundation before entering retirement age Growing Japanese melons With a hydroponic system Focus on being environmentally friendly. Consumers receive quality products. Many people have the idea of ??starting to find an additional career for living after retirement. To want to live a sustainable retirement life Like Mr. Sophin Wongwan, owner of Uncle So Farm Melon, age 55, who will begin to enter retirement age in the next 5 years, he has therefore begun to look for an additional career to seriously learn. By growing melons using a 100% hydroponic system with recirculating water. Mr. Sophin said that the idea of ??growing melons began with the fact that his family liked to eat melons and so wanted to grow them themselves. Try researching from various channels. Use a 50 square meter parking garage to make a closed greenhouse. Take out more than 200,000 baht in savings, invest through trial and error. Grow hydroponics using a recirculating water system. Don't need to t ake care of much. Because I still have a regular job. It takes approximately 3-4 months to study. The important thing is to focus on being environmentally friendly. Consumers must receive the best. There is no chemical system. The greenhouse meets the standards of the Department of Agriculture GAP. The produce within the farm, all 180 trees, every one has fruit and there are already groups of customers coming to reserve them. Most of them are people around you. As for the selling price, it fluctuates according to the general market price. The future is ready to open as a learning center without charge. You can contact through the page. Uncle So Farm Melon . Source: Thai News Agency