The overall purpose at Seed Co Vegetables is to create value for the farmer, help maximise farming investment and improve per– acre or hectare profits, foster partnerships along the value chains and promote sustainability.
Seed Co Vegetables has widened the range of its hybrid varieties that farmers can select from, with each variety conferring unique features guided by market preferences.
The whole world is moving towards healthy living with doctors calling for increased vegetable consumption and this is one of the big agendas for Seed Co Vegetables, to play a huge role in the nutrition agenda.
Yield potential of up to 25-40 tonnes per hectare in a good season
Reaches physiological maturity in about 40-50 days
Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Botswana, Malawi, Kenya and Tanzania
Product Characteristics Summary
Description: A highly-productive summer variety with a good disease pack. Early maturing variety.
Type: Stonewall F1 is suitable for culture under plastic and in the open field. Easy working and harvesting due to open plant with nearly spineless petioles.
Plant population: 20,000 – 30,000 plants per hectare
Fruit: Uniform fruit size and a cylindrical shaped head. Medium- to dark-green, high-quality fruit (19cm to 22cm length and a diameter of 4-7cm) with spines. Stonewall produces a constant abundance of excellent, exceptionally dark, shiny fruits. Average shelf life is about 10 – 14 days at a temperature of between 10° C – 13° C
Maturity: Matures in 40 to 50 days
Disease resistance: Resistance to Powdery mildew, Anthracnose, Angular leaf spot, Cucumber mosaic virus and leaf spot
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Zimbabwe
Seed Co Group
Botswana
Kenya
Malawi
Nigeria
Tanzania
South Africa
West & Central Africa
Zambia
