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 1.0kg per head in a good season
Reaches physiological maturity in about 75 days
Zimbabwe, Botswana and Zambia
Product Characteristics Summary
Description: Excellent quality, smooth texture, very well-tucked. High marketable yield-potential. This variety has the ability to withstand extreme heat/climatic changes. In mild climatic conditions. It can be used for year-round production.
Type: An extremely versatile variety, performs well under a wide range of agricultural and climatic conditions. This variety has an excellent wrap – careful attention should be paid to when the variety is ready for harvest since it doesn’t open up as quickly as other varieties
Plant population: 35,000 – 40,000 plants per hectare
Fruit (head) : Twister produces large white curds with a good dome shape, perfectly suited to both pre-pack and processing requirements. Very tightly-wrapped heads with intense white color. Excellent leaf cover Dense curd which breaks easily into neat florets, therefore good for freezing.
Average fruit (head) weight: 1.0 Kg
Maturity: it needs 70-75 days to maturity. Exceptional wrap, minimizing loss due to sunburn damage and this speaks to a good field holding ability
Disease resistance: Good tolerance to leaf diseases
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Zimbabwe
Seed Co Group
Botswana
Kenya
Malawi
Nigeria
Tanzania
South Africa
West & Central Africa
Zambia
