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Green Boy F1 Hybrid Cabbage
+ Free ShippingOUTSTANDING QUALITIES
- ADAPTED TO SUB-TROPICAL AREAS OF AFRICA
- HIGH YIELD POTENTIAL
- EXCELLENT HEAT TOLERANCE
Green Boy has performed well in the worldwide markets from cool to tropical regions and is very popular due to this good performance. Green Boy is a mid-season hybrid maturing at around 80 – 90 days from transplanting. Green Boy has excellent adaptability, medium-sized, compact heads, with solid internal structure and good overall quality. Green Boy is blue-green in colour and is ideal as a fresh market and bagging cabbage. Green Boy has intermediate resistance to Fusarium yellows (Foc).
SPECIAL VARIETAL REQUIREMENTS
- Excellent results are consistently achieved for harvest throughout the warm season
- Avoid early and late sowings in cooler areas and growing through winter in cold areas as bolting may occur
- Avoid planting in fields where Black rot can be a problem
- Contact the area representative for a sowing guide
CHARACTERISTIC: POWERSLAM
TYPE: F1 hybrid fresh market cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. convar. Capitata (L.) Alef. Var. capitata (L.) Alef.
MATURITY: Early (around 75 to 85 days from transplanting)
HEAD SIZE: Large
HEAD SHAPE: Round
HEAD WEIGHT: 3.0 – 5.0 kg (could be bigger depending on spacing)
HEAD COVER: Very good
EXTERIOR COLOUR: Dark green
INTERIOR COLOUR: White to light green
FLAVOUR: Sweet flavour
PLANT SIZE: Large
PLANT HABIT: Semi-erect
BOLTING REACTION: Strictly warm season variety
DISEASE REACTION (SCIENTIFIC):
Intermediate resistance : Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc)
High Resistance : Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. conglutinans (Foc)
FIELD HOLDING: Excellent
YIELD POTENTIAL: Excellent
SUGGESTED POPULATION: 28 000 – 35 000 plants per ha
USE: Retail, processing and fresh market cabbage
SPECIAL FEATURES: Excellent yield potential and good disease package
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