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Our wide range of vegetable seeds varieties are carefully selected in local screening and field demo trials across Africa and corresponding breeding locations by our seeds suppliers. We carefully source and select varieties that have unique characteristics such as tolerance to common pests and diseases, high germination vigour, short day maturity and higher yield with an aim of giving growers maximum profitability.

BROCCOLI - ROCK F1

Plant:
  • Vigorous early maturity plant type with medium fine beads.
  • Widely adaptable variety performing well under both cool and warm growing areas.
  • Rock F1 is suitable for use in both fresh and processing industries.
Plant features:
  • Dome shaped with quality uniform heads.
  • Medium maturity in 50 days after transplanting.
  • Intermediate tolerance to Downy mildew
  • Average head size: 650 – 1000gm
  • Yield potential: 8-9 tons/acre.
  • Suitable for year round production

Spacing: 60x45cm in warmer areas and 60x60cm for cool humid areas.

Av.Seed rate per acre: 100gms

Aprox. seed count /gm: 200 seeds

CORIANDER (Dhania) – MULTICUT

Plant:

  • Vigorous, dark green broad leaves with serrated margin.

  • Very erect plant with multiple side shoots giving excellent bunches for the retail market.

Plant features:
  • High yielding bolting tolerant strain harvested for its attractive glossy dark green leaves.
  • Multicut has outstanding, uniform and consistent quality.
  •  Maturity: 35-50 days after sowing with plant height of 15-20cm.
  • Free from bacterial leaf Blight
  • Popular in many African home and in many types of Cuisine throughout the world.
  • Yield potential: 4-6 tons/acre

Spacing: 30 x (2-5) cm
Av.Seed rate per acre: 3000gms
Aprox. seed count /gm: 90 seeds

CAULIFLOWER PLENTY F1

Plant:
  • Early maturing hybrid with excellent vigour and fast growing.
  • Suitable for tropical and sub-tropical growing conditions
Plant features:
  • Vigorous, uniform healthy plant with semi-erect and open leaves
  • Good head protection surrounded by semi-erect outer leaves.
  • Produces white, firm, heavy and high quality heads.
  • The heads sit deep in the plant and are firm, heavy and well protected by the inner leaves.
  • Maturity: 60-65 days after transplanting.
  • Average head weight: 750gm – 1.5kg
  • Yield potential: 8 – 12 tons / acre under good crop husbandry.
  • Suitable for use in fresh market and processing industries

Spacing: 60 x 60cm

Av.Seed rate per acre: 75gms

Aprox. seed count /gm: 230 seeds

CABBAGE – MICHELLE F1

Plant:
  • Strong vigorous plant type with bluish green leaves and medium large frame.
  • Excellent wrapper leaves that allow the head to remain fresh for a long time in the market and retail shelves.
  • Widely adaptable variety in many growing areas with good notable field tolerance to Black Rot disease.
Plant features:
  • Michelle F1 is round, compact and with good heads uniformity.
  • Medium maturity in about 80 days after transplanting.
  • Average head size: 4-6 kg under good crop management.
  • Yield potential: 45-74 tons/acre
  • Strong waxy, fresh green leaves – strong against Diamond Back Moth (DBM) attack.

Spacing: 60x45cm for medium head or 60x60cm for large head.
Av.Seed rate per acre: 75gms
Aprox. seed count /gm: 230 seeds

CABBAGE - ROSSY F1

Plant:

  • Vigorous plant with bluish green leaves and medium frame.

  • Harvesting start at 60 days after transplanting with average 4
    weeks field holding ability.

  • Highly adaptable variety in many growing areas with good
    notable fi eld tolerance to Black Rot disease.

Plant features:
  • Rossy F1 is round, very compact and with heads uniformity.
  • Early maturity from 60 days after transplanting.
  • Average head size: 2 – 3 kg at 60 days maturity and 3.5 – 4.5
    kg at 80 days maturity.
  • Yield potential: 40-60 tons/acre
  • Strong waxy, fresh green leaves – strong against Diamond
    Back Moth (DBM) attack.

Spacing: 45×45 cm for medium head or 45×30 cm for medium head
Av.Seed rate per acre: 50gms
Aprox. seed count /gm: 400 seeds

RED CABBAGE - PENDO F1

Plant:
  • Very vigorous plant with medium to large heads.
  • Highly adaptable variety in many growing areas and record
  • The variety is suitable for both fresh market and processing purpose.
Plant features:
  • High notable field holding ability and good plants and heads uniformity.
  • Average head size: 3 – 5kg under good crop management.
  • Yield potential: 40-65 tons/acre
  • Strong waxy, fresh green leaves – strong against Diamond Back Moth (DBM) attack.

Spacing: 60×45 cm for medium heads or 60×60 cm for large heads.

Av.Seed rate per acre: 60 gms

Aprox. seed count /gm: 250 seeds

CABBAGE - WINNER F1

Plant:
  • New selection hybrid cabbage variety that tolerate the modern growing challenges of draught and diseases like Black Rot, Ring
    spots, Fusarium yellows plus pests like Diamond Back Moth
    (DBM).
Plant features:
  • The plant is compact with bluish green leaves
  • Heads are heavy, compact, globe-shape and bluish green
  • The heads have high tolerance to cracking.
  • Maturity: 75 – 80 days after transplanting
  • The plant has excellent leaves wrapping ability making the
    heads stay fresh for a long duration and ideal for long distance
    transport and storage
  • Head weight: Average 4 – 6kg
  • Yield potential: 45 – 75 tons / acre

Spacing: 60 x 45cm for medium heads or 60 x 60cm for large heads

Seed rate/ acre: 75gm

Approx. seeds/gm: 250 seeds

LETTUCE – GREAT SELECT CS

Plant:
  • Plant produces large crisp heads of dark green lettuce.
  • Excellent flavor and perfect for salads and sandwiches
  • Strong plant producing uniform heads
Plant features:
  • Strong, larger and more uniform than other Great Lakes varieties.
  • Variety slow to bolt and is resistant to heat and tip burn.
  • Maturity: 60-70 days after transplanting
  • Yield potential: 30-40 tons/acre under good crop husbandry

Spacing: 30 x 30 cm

Av.Seed rate per acre: 50gms

Aprox. seed count /gm: 1100 seeds

CUCUMBER – ASHLEY

Plant:
  • Highly productive and widely adapted gynoecious slicing variety with excellent disease tolerance package.
  • For optimal production and high quality fruits it’s recommended to stick or trellis the variety.
  • Cucumber fruit has many health benefi ts and highly recommended as part of daily meal.
Plant features:
  • Ashley is a uniform succulent dark green blocky cylindrical fruit that average 12-15 cm long.
  • Maturity: 40-45 days
  • Yield potential: 25-27 tons/acre
  • Ideal for all fresh markets

Spacing: 60x60cm

Av.Seed rate per acre: 400 gms

Aprox. seed count /gm: 30 seeds

CUCUMBER - SNOW WHITE F1

Plant:
  • Very vigorous plant with high production potential
  • For optimal production and high quality fruits it’s recommended to stick or trellis the plant.
  • Cucumber fruits and seeds have many health benefits and highly recommended as part of daily meal.
Plant features:
  • The plant is compact with bluish green leaves
  • Heads are heavy, compact, globe-shape and bluish green
  • The heads have high tolerance to cracking.
  • Maturity: 75 – 80 days after transplanting
  • The plant has excellent leaves wrapping ability making the heads stay fresh for a long duration and ideal for long distance
    transport and storage
  • Head weight: Average 4 – 6kg
  • Yield potential: 45 – 75 tons / acre

Spacing: 60 x 60cm

Seed rate/ acre: 350gms

Approx. seeds/gm: 35 seeds

WATERMELON - FAIDAH F1

Plant:

  • Vigorous variety ideal for growing mostly in open field.and brilliant red flesh.

  • Early maturing hybrid giving round fruits with intense green

  • Suitable for both fresh market and processing purpose.

Plant features:
  • Vigorous plant with good fruit covering canopy
  • High yielding round variety, uniform intense green fruit outer
  • Fruit Total Soluble Sugar (T.S.S) range 11.5 – 12.5 degree

    The fruit weight averages 8-10kg brix.

  • Maturity: 80 – 85 days after sowing

  • Yield potential: Average 48 – 50 tons / acre under best agronomic practice

  • Observable field tolerance to Fusarium wilt

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Spacing: 100 x 80 cm

Av.Seed rate per acre: 250gms

Aprox. seed count /gm: 20 seeds

WATERMELON – ANITA F1

Plant:
  • Well vigorous stripped hybrid watermelon suitable for growing indoor and mostly open field.
Plant features:
  • An excellent oval to oblong stripped type hybrid.
  • Glossy attractive high quality fruits with deep crimson red flesh.
  • The fruit texture is very crispy with a sweetness of 12-13% TSS
  • The fruits have excellent transport quality fi t for long distance transport.
  • Fruit average weight: 8-10kg under good farming practice
  • Maturity: 80-85 days after sowing
  • Yield potential: Average 40 – 50 tons / acre under good agronomic practice.
  • Field observable tolerance to Anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum orbiculare and Fusarium wilt.

Spacing: 100x80cm

Av.Seed rate per acre: 400 gms

Aprox. seed count /gm: 10 seeds

WATERMELON – SUGAR BABY

Plant features:
  • A worldwide adaptable open pollinated variety
  • Fruit is round, uniform intense green, brilliant red fresh
  • High brix level (12-14) makes the fruit tasty
  • Superior round fruit with dark green skin
  • Fruit average weight: 5-8kg
  • Maturity: Harvesting start in about 75 days after planting in
    warmer areas
  • Sugar baby selection from Continental seeds is an early

Spacing: 100 x 100cm

Seed rate/ acre: 250gms

Approx. seeds/gm: 20 seeds

WATERMELON - GREYBELL

Plant features:
  • Good transport resistance
  • Green fruit bright red flesh well sweetened
  • Good productivity
  • Total Soluble Sugar (TSS) level Brix 10.5 to 11
  • seed count/gm: 25 to 35 seeds per gram

Germination rate: 85% mini

Fruit weight average: 6-8kg

Maturity: 80 – 85 days

Resistance:  Anthracnose

SQUASH (COURGETTE) – CERA F1

Plant:
  • Attractive squash suitable for local and export markets.
  • A very reliable attractive dark green cylindrical hybrid summer squash.
  • Suitable variety for indoor and outdoor production with good keeping quality.
Plant features:
  • Medium vigorous, very productive and open plant with nearly spineless petioles.
  • Produces smooth cylindrical, shiny fruits of high quality for use in both domestic and export markets.
  • Fruits have ability to set flowers under relatively low temperatures
  • Maturity: 45 days after planting.
  • Yield potential: 6-8 tons / acre
  • Notable field tolerance to Mosaic virus.

Spacing: 60x60cm

Av.Seed rate per acre: 1800 gms

Aprox. seed count /gm: 6 seeds

CARROT – NANTES PRIME

Plant:
  • A medium early premium open pollinated Nantes selection.
  • Nantes prime is a very uniform, cylindrical and straight carrot up to 24 cm long.
  • Vigorous long standing foliage making it adaptable to challenging dry seasons.
Plant features:
  • Deep orange-red colour.
  • Strong, long foliage – ideal for hand & mechanical harvesting
  • Good tolerance to powdery mildew and bolting.
  • Excellent field standing ability giving Nantes prime long harvest widow.
  • Maturity: 110 – 120 days
  • Yield potential: 18-20 tons/acre
  • Strong against splitting and breakage with good grade-out.

Spacing: 30cm x drill

Seed rate/ acre: 1500gms

Approx. seeds/gm: 1000 seeds

BULLET CHILLI – JALAPENO

Plant:
  • A strong vigorous plant high adaptable to many growing areas producing bullet-like hot fruits.
Plant features:
  • An open pollinated hot pepper which ripens from green to red.
  • Excellent fruit grade-out for both local and export market.
  • Fruit size: length 7.5 – 9cm and 3 – 4cm diameter.
  • The fruit are bullet shaped with a tapered end.
  • Maturity period: 75 – 80 days from transplanting
  • Yield potential: 6 – 8 tons / acre.
  • Good notable tolerance to powdery mildew and leaf spots

Spacing: 60 x 45 cm
Av.Seed rate per acre: 125gms
Aprox. seed count /gm: 115 seeds

GREEN PEPPER – SUPERBELL F1

Plant:
  • Indeterminate hybrid variety ideal for outdoor production
  • Medium tall, erect plant with good vigour and cover
Plant features:
  • Medium tall, compact indeterminate plant with dark green leaves
  • Fruits are deep blocky (3-4 lobes) with smooth skin and thick walls
  • Very uniform fruit size and shape
  • Average fruit weight is approximately 170-200 gms
  • Maturity: harvesting start 70 days from transplant with continuous fruit setting.
  • Yield potential: 20-25 tons / acre
  • Excellent tolerance to TOBAMO viruses, pepper mild mottle virus, Potato virus Y

Spacing: 60x45cm

Av.Seed rate per acre: 125 gms

Aprox. seed count /gm: 115 seeds

SWEET PEPPER - CALIFORNIA WONDER

Plant:

  • Open Pollinated variety, suitable for outdoor production

  • Fruits glossy deep-green turning red at full maturity

Plant features:
  • Medium tall compact indeterminate plant with dark green leaves
  • Fruits are blocky (3-4 lobes), dark green
  • Maturity: – harvesting starts 70 days from transplanting
  • Yield potential: 6 Tons/acre

Spacing: 60 x 45cm

Seed rate/ acre: 125gms

Approx. seeds/gm: 115 seeds

SWEET PEPPER – KIMBO F1

Plant:
  • Variety ideal for growing in the greenhouse or under shade net and also for outdoor production.
  • Maintains fruit size under stressful growing conditions.
Plant features:
  • Medium tall, compact indeterminate plant with short internodes and good fruit setting.
  • Fruits are deep blocky (3-4 lobes) with smooth skin.
  • Long cycle production of 6 – 9 months harvesting.
  • Extra-large yellow blocky fruits weighing approx. 250 grams.
  • Maturity: harvesting start 70 days from transplant for mature green fruits and 90 days for yellow fruits.
    • Yield potential: Average 60-70 tons / acre.
  • Excellent tolerance to: TOBAMO viruses, pepper mild mottle virus, Potato Virus Y, Bacterial Spot (race 1-2), Tomato mosaic virus

Spacing: 60 x 45 cm

Av.Seed rate per acre: 125gms
Aprox. seed count /gm: 115 seeds

SWEET PEPPER - BATIAN F1

Plant:
  • Variety ideal for growing in the greenhouse or under shade net and also for outdoor production.
  • Excellent production of both GREEN and RED fruits.
Plant features:
  • Long production cycle of 6 – 9 months under greenhouse production and up to 4 months under open field production with good agronomy practices.
  • Maturity: harvesting starts 70 days from transplant for
    mature green fruits and 90 days for red fruits.
  • Yield potential: Average 60–70 Tons/acre under good agronomic practice.
  • Excellent tolerance to: TOBAMO viruses, pepper mild mottle
    virus, Potato Virus Y, Bacterial Spot (race 1-2), Tomato
    mosaic virus.

Spacing: 60x45cm

Av.Seed rate per acre: 125 gms

Aprox. seed count /gm: 115 seeds

ONION – RED CORNET F1

Plant:

  • Short day maturing red hybrid onion with strong pungency

  • Excellent skin quality with good exceptional red colour and retention.

  • Good neck dry-down making variety to have long storage capacity

Plant features:
  • Uniform globe shape with medium to large sized bulbs
  • Very firm bulbs with multiple scale leaves
  • High marketable yields
  • Maturity: 85-90 days from transplanting
  • Highly adaptable variety in most countries in Africa performing best in warm seasons
  • Yield potential: 24-25 tons/acre under good crop husbandry

Spacing: (20-30) x (5-10) cm
Av.Seed rate per acre: 1000 – 1500gms
Aprox. seed count /gm: 300 seeds

TOMATO – RIONEX

Plant:
  • Determinate Open pollinated Riogrande type variety.
  • Most ideal for Open field Production.
Fruit:
  • Very firm elongated fruits with excellent transport qualities for long distance markets.
  • Fruit harvesting starts 75 days after transplanting.
  • Good grade-out and suitable for use in fresh market or for processing.
Plant features:
  • Good germination ability and vigour results in high production and market acceptable fruit grades.
  • Strong observable field strengths against verticilium wilt and leaf curling.
  • Yield potential: Average 12 – 17 Tons / acre.

Spacing: 60 x 60 cm

Av.Seed rate per acre: 50gms
Aprox. seed count /gm: 250 seeds

TOMATO DANNY F1

Plant:
  • Determinate hybrid variety with strong plant type and vigour.
  • Most ideal for Open field Production.
Fruit:
  • Very firm oblong fruits with shelf life of over 21 days; suited for long distance market.
  • Fruit harvesting starts 65-70 days after transplanting.
  • Ripe fruits are deep red, suitable for use in fresh market or for processing.
Plant features:
  • Early maturing hybrid with good vigour.
  • Tolerant to Fusarium Wilt, foliar diseases and suitable for Bacterial wilt prone areas.
  • Yield potential: Average 25 – 30 Tons / acre under good farming practice.

Spacing: 60x60cm

Av.Seed rate per acre: 50 gms

Aprox. seed count /gm: 320 seeds

TOMATO – MAXIM F1

Plant:

  • Indeterminate hybrid, tall with vigorous plant habit.

  • Ideal for greenhouse or Open field production under support system.

Fruit:
  • Square oblong firm fruits turning deep uniform red colour.
  • Fruit harvesting start 65 – 70 after transplanting.
  • Long harvesting cycle between average 5 – 9 months.
  • Average 7 – 9 fruits per truss.
  • Shelf life – average 21 days when harvested at mature green stage.
Plant features:
  • Strong vigorous plant with good heat setting.
  • Tolerant to Bacterial wilt, Fusarium & Verticillium wilt Stemphylium.
  • Yield potential: Average 70 – 80 Tons / acre.

Spacing: 60 x 45cm
Av.Seed rate per acre: 50gms
Aprox. seed count /gm: 300 seeds

TOMATO - MASTER F1

Plant:
  • Determinate open field hybrid variety.
  • High vigorous variety with strong germination energy.
Fruit:
  • Very firm square elongated fruits with excellent transport and
    keeping qualities for long distance markets.
  • Fruits weight ranges 130 – 150gm
  • Fruit harvesting start from 65 – 70 days after transplanting.
    sing.
Plant features:
  • With good notable early tolerance to early blight
  • Tolerant to harsh conditions like draught, high rainfall, e.t.c.
  • Strong observable fi eld tolerance against Verticilium &
    Fusarium wilt, Nematodes, Stemphylium solani, TYLCV and
    leaf curling.
  • Yield potential: Average 30 – 35 Tons/acre

Spacing: 60 x 60 cm

Av.Seed rate per acre: 50gms
Aprox. seed count /gm: 250 seeds

TOMATO - COMMANDO F1

Plant:
  • Strong open field variety adaptable to most growing areas.
  • Ideal for growing under staked or on ground culture.
Fruit:
  • Fruit shelve life of over 21 days when harvested at mature green stage
  • No bacterial spots (Commandos) on the fruits
  • Fruit harvesting start from 65 – 70 days after transplanting
Plant features:
  • Good standing against yellowing and rains.
  • The plant has intermediate tolerance to Tomato Yellow Leaf
    curl virus (TYLCV).
  • Strong tolerance against Fusarium wilt (F-1, 2), Bacterial wilt,
    Nematodes (M. incognita/++), Tomato Mosaic Virus (ToMV).
    • Yield potential: Average 30–35 Tons/acre under good
    agronomic practice.

Spacing: 60x60cm

Av.Seed rate per acre: 35 gms

Aprox. seed count /gm: 400 seeds

TOMATO – RANGER F1

Plant:

  • Open field hybrid variety adaptable to most growing areas

  • Highly productive variety of square elongated fi rm fruits.

Fruit:
  • Fruit shelve life of over 21 days when harvested at mature green stage
  • Fruit harvesting start from 65 – 70 days after transplanting
Plant features:
  • Very vigorous plant with good cover producing high quality fruits
    with good transportability.
  • Strong tolerance against Tomato Yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV),
    Fusarium wilt (F-1, 2), Bacterial wilt, Nematodes (M. incognita/++),
    Tomato Mosaic Virus (ToMV) and Stemphyllium.
  • Yield potential: Average 30–35 Tons/acre under good agronomic
    practice.

Spacing: 60 x 60 cm

Av.Seed rate per acre: 50gms
Aprox. seed count /gm: 300 seeds

OKRA PUSA – SAWANI

Plant:
  • Open pollinated variety with wide adaptation in many warmer
    regions.
  • Medium tall plant frame with short internodes and vigour
Plant features:
  • Green slender and attractive pods with good storage ability.
  • Good fruit setting.
  • Maturity: Harvesting start 40-45 days from planting
  • Tolerant to Yellow Vein Mosaic Virus (YVMV)
  • Yield potential: 8-12 tons/acre under good crop husbandry

Spacing: 45 x 30 cm

Av.Seed rate per acre: 2500gms
Aprox. seed count /gm: 12 seeds

CELERY TALL CS

Plant:
  • Celery is a culinary herb with dark green curled leaves and grows
    from 40 – 60 cm high.
  • Outstanding plant with dense erect vigorous growth and keeps
    well after harvesting.
Plant features:
  • Stringless stalk with rib measuring upto 28cm.
  • High tolerant to Celery mosaic virus, fusarium and Boron
    deficiency.
  • Germination takes 2-4 weeks depending upon soil and weather conditions. Keep soil moderately moist during germination or
    started indoor in a greenhouse. Good germination is achieved if seeds are sown in a warm moist area (21-23°C).
  • Maturity: Approximately 120-140 days from sowing.

Spacing: 30 x 15 cm

Av.Seed rate per acre: 50gms
Aprox. seed count /gm: 2000 seeds

PARSLEY SUPER CURLED

Plant:

  • Popular culinary herb with dark green curled leaves and grows from 20 – 30 cm high.

  • Outstanding plant with dense vigorous growth and keeps well after harvesting.

Plant features:
  • The plant ideal for growing in containers, borders or vegetable
    garden and gives a good dark green canopy.
  • Super curled has an outstanding dark green beautifully serrated
    curled margins.
  • Germination takes 2-4 weeks depending upon soil and weather
    conditions. Keep soil moderately moist during germination.
  • Maturity: Approximately 75 days from sowing.

Spacing: 30 x (5-10) cm

Av.Seed rate per acre: 250gms
Aprox. seed count /gm: 600 seeds

SWISSCHARD – FORD HOOK GIANT

Plant features:
  • A standard green variety that grows up to 70cm tall
  • Produces medium dark green crumpled leaves with white veins
    and broad white stems.
  • Wider harvesting period of quality leaves that are soft and tender
    to cook and eat.
  • Suitable for year round production
  • Tolerant to light frosts
  • Maturity: 50-60 days
  • Yield potential: 10-12 tons/acre

Spacing: (30-45) x 30 cm

Av.Seed rate per acre: 500gms
Aprox. seed count /gm: 50 seeds

PAK CHOI SMART F1

Plant:
  • Very vigorous plant growth suitable for growing yield round

    including during hot summer

Plant features:
  • Plant has dark green leaves that are attractive to the market and with high shelf life.
  • Thick stem brings good weight
  • Maturity: 45 days after sowing
  • Yield potential: 8 – 10 tons / acre
  • Excellent tolerance to tip-burn and white blister

Spacing: 30 x 10 cm

Av.Seed rate per acre: 400gms
Aprox. seed count /gm: 330 seeds