Varieties for Greenhouse Production

Kaiser pelleted seed  (Also available as Non-pelleted seed)

Rootstock for long cultivation cycles or market segments, where a good plant vigor is required. The plants show a balanced vigor, producing bigger size fruits. The production is early and high.
- Strong and generative
- Very good balance in plant
- Give a good growing out of the fruit

Tomato Grafting Guidelines - click

Resistances: HR: ToMV:0-2/Fol:0,1/For/Pl/Va:0/Vd:0  IR: Ma/Mi/Mj

Tomato seed from this supplier is untreated as standard

One of the most widely used Okra varieties. An Heirloom type, Clemson Spineless is a vigorous plant that produces good quality, dark green pods without spines. Plant grows to around 4 -5 ft tall and pods are best picked when 2.5 to 4 inches long. Traditional favorite for soups and stews. Can be canned, fried, roasted or boiled.  Pods get much bigger, but small pods are more tender. Plants just keep growing until cool weather in the fall, so they will get 6 feet or taller in areas with a long, warm growing season. Grows in Full sun and matures in 50-65 days. Space at 10 inches

Seed from this supplier is Untreated as standard

**To be phased out - alternative is MULTIBLOND 110**

High yielding, high vigor and stable blond multileaf type with curly 3D leaves and short core. Well suited for warm and hot weather production.

Multiblond 56 is a very stable high vigor variety suitable for hot conditions with very good tip burn tolerance and excellent bolting tolerance.

Large, loose head with a nice blond/green color

Intermediate LMV resistance,

HR Bl: 1-31 Nr0

Seed from this supplier is pelleted and untreated as standard

Abay produces large fruits of 4 in. (95 mm) with thick walls.

Suitable for spring and fall plantings in the open field in the Southeast regions and as a main crop in the Northeast and Midwest

Abay produces large fruits of 4 in. (95 mm) with thick walls.

Suitable for spring and fall plantings in the open field in the Southeast regions and as a main crop in the Northeast and Midwest.

Additional Information:

• Crop Pepper
• Crop Type Blocky
• Resistance HRXcv:1-5/Tm:0
• Seed from this producer is fungicide treated as standard (Thiram)

DISCONTINUED - Alternative variety is PROCRAFT

Olympus (Green to Red)

Olympus is an extra-large, 4 in. (10 cm+) and slightly elongated blocky bell.

It colors from green to dark red and has thick side walls.

It is very productive and has a vigorous bush that provides plenty of shade for those long seasons.

Recommended for open field production.

Resistances: HR: Xcv:1-3V

This variety is untreated as standard

SALVIUS RZ F1 is a dark green large cos lettuce that performs well in greenhouse or out door production. It is tall and fast growing . Its leaves are medium savoyed

A cocktail cucumber hybrid with intermediate resistance to powdery mildew. Unistars is a Cocktail type with consistent production.  A compact plant for Summer and  Autumn production. A snack cucumber with average size 9 - 12 cam (3.5 to 4.8 inches) and Average fruit weight 35 - 50 grams (1.25 to 1.80 oz).

Great presentation and opportunity for specialty packaging.

Seed from this supplier is Untreated as standard

An early, compact, determinate saladette, roma shaped tomato.  Pony Express is a heavy yeilding variety, large saladette type fruit that are elongated in shape and have a dark red color. It is widely adaptable for different locations giving a great combination of earliness and production.

Seed from this supplier is usually supplied as pelleted, treated seeds

Variety to be Phased out

Alternatives from Enza are are CASEY and FAIRLY

For alternatives from BASF - use FRANK or CHARLES

Espirando has proved itself as the large framed standard. This variety performs in screening trials still as one of the best large framed product models that we have seen. This variety is strong against tipburn and yellow leaf edges and is easy to trim.

Crop Lettuce

Crop type Butterhead

Subtype Long Day

Resistance HR Bl:16-26,28-35EU/Nr:0

Growing Method Greenhouse

Size Medium - Large

Colour Green

Unlike field varieties that are widely sold for use in greenhouse, these varieties are smaller framed allowing for higher plant populations with exceptional rates of growth that mean plants reach maturity much more quickly.