Hygrotech’s brassica offering to the South African market is expanding into a serious contender for market share. The return of Seminis as a supplier to Hygrotech, brought with it the return of familiar ‘’friends’’, namely Broccoli Ironman F1 and Cabbage Menzania F1....
A 9-hectare field of ENCLAVE seed production in Washington State during July 2020 showing a good stand of healthy plants. The white seeds with a strong seed hull are sized graded and usually have a minimum of 90% germination. About Bean Enclave The variety was...
Pruning Tomato SCX824 The pruning of indeterminate open field tomato plants is a rather unconventional practice. However, by applying this practice by means of double stem pruning, Tomato SCX824 achieved some excellent results. The best time to start pruning is when...
Hygrotech & May Seed Quality Sweetcorn Hygrotech is very proud to announce that it will be introducing, marketing, and selling the May Seed sweetcorn programme in Southern Africa. We are very excited by this opportunity and the fact that May Seed is a sister...
March 2022 Hygrotech held their annual farmer’s day during the 10th and 12th March at their Stellenbosch trial farm. The format was different this year in that ‘outside’ businesses were invited to display their products like tractors, gin, wine and boutique...
Choice is everything Factors to consider There are currently many varieties on offer for the South African producer to choose from. Growers base their choice on the specifications of the end user, which could be for export, chopping and dicing, or whole, etc. Shape,...
