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Tomato | 19 September 2024
New dawn seedling services: A Shining success in the Copperbelt
New Dawn Seedling Services is a flourishing seedling growing enterprise based in Luanshya, a town in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province. This nursery is focused on the supply of top-quality vegetable seedlings to local farmers and home gardeners. A wide range of crops is offered and includes tomato, cabbage, onion, and pepper. Read More on this
Tomato | 8 May 2024
Agricultural excellence at the 95th Agricultural and Commercial Show
The Agricultural and Commercial Show in Zambia is a forum where agricultural innovations and techniques are displayed to the farming community. This year, Starke Ayres again collaborated with the Zambia National Service to showcase a host of hybrid crop varieties, including tomato, cabbage and onion, along with others, including carrot, beetroot, swiss chard and a diverse selection of leafy vegetables. Read More on this
Cabbage | 2 May 2024
Zimbabwean cabbage Lunaria: Big, bold and beautiful
The new cabbage variety Lunaria is a rising star in the Zimbabwean brassica world. It is a large, round, hybrid cabbage with black rot resistance for summer production. Adaptable to harsh summer temperatures, it has proved a reliable choice. In cooler areas it can take up to 95 days to mature. Read More on this
Cabbage | 16 April 2024
Kilimo heads south
The hybrid cabbage Kilimo first came to prominence in East African markets and was given its Swahili name, which translates as “farming”. From these areas, it has spread to others, and the latest country in which it is making a mark is Mocambique. Read More on this
Cabbage | 10 April 2024
Minimising bolting in cabbage
Cabbage is produced in all South African provinces and is an important crop. Some areas are climatically suited to year round production, while others are limited to certain periods. Cabbage is traditionally seen as a cool season crop, but improvements in heat and cold tolerance, disease resistance and general performance have meant these production periods have expanded. The production of seed heads or bolting can become a problem where varieties are pushed too far out of their ideal slot or where climatic conditions are not as expected. Read More on this
Cabbage | 10 May 2023
Kilimo F1 hybrid cabbage embraced in Mount Kenya Region
Teresa Wambugu, the regional agronomist of Starke Ayres, shared samples of Kilimo, an F1 hybrid cabbage, with farmers in the Kagochi, Mbiriri and Mutaga areas in the Mount Kenya Region in Kenya. Read More on this
Cabbage | 17 October 2022
Lunaria: the all-new, high-performing summer cabbage
Lunaria has been trialled in Gauteng, the North West, Limpopo, the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal areas as C 1314, and has performed very well against opposition varieties. Read More on this
Cabbage | 29 August 2022
Kilimo F1 hybrid success story at Kinangop, Kenya
Joseph Chege and his wife have been farming for more than 10 years at Kwa Haraka in Kinangop, Kenya. He concentrates on cabbage farming, which is a source of livelihood for his family. Read More on this
Cabbage | 22 September 2021
STAR 3316 triumphs yet again
Fred Bartels, a farmer in the New Hanover area of KwaZulu-Natal, has planted STAR 3316 for the past six years coming out of winter into summer. Read More on this
Cabbage | 7 April 2021
Cabbage transplanting methods
Knowing how to transplant seedlings is essential to successful growth and production of abundant cabbage heads. Read More on this
Cabbage | 10 February 2021
STAR 3316 shines in winter slot
STAR 3316 was sown on 30 April 2020 and transplanted on 3 June 2020 in the Brits area at Van Staden Qualigrow. Read More on this
Cabbage | 9 February 2021