Notes varieties

KCB-Recommendations

The KCB-Recommendation gives you some Information to the qualities of a variety in the Central European climate and market conditions.

Decisive factors for the evaluation of the qualities are: 

Days to maturity; yield, uniformity of the fruit, disease resistance of plant and fruit, demand on the market, taste of the flesh, optic appearance, decorattive value, use, and storage possibility,

A:  Recommended for cultivations of larger areas

B:  A good variation for cultivation and market

C:  Recommended for cultivations of smaller areas

D:  Recommended for the cultivation for connoisseurs

Vine behaviour:

Bush: needs 0.6 - 1 square meters per plant

Semibush: needs 0.8 - 1.2 square meters per plant

Vine: needs 1 - 2 square meters per plant

Large vine: needs 1.5 - 3 square meters per plant

Storage of Fruit:

Storage: +; with good storage conditions about 50% last for 1 month

Storage: ++;  with good storage conditions about 50% last for 2 months

Storage: +++; with good storage conditions about 50% last for 3 months

Storage: ++++; with good storage conditions about 50% last for 4 months

Storage: +++++; with good storage conditions about 50% last for 5 months

Good storage conditions for the most pumpkin varieties are 10-15 degree Celsius, good air circulation and no big temperature variations. 

Days to Maturity:

80  Days: ripes very safe in a Central European Climate.

90  Days: ripes safe in a Central European Climate.

100 Days: ripes safely with a seaon extension treatment in a Central European Climate.

110 Days: ripes only with a seaon extension treatment in a Central European Climate.

120 Days: even with a season extension treatment it only limited ripeness in Central European Climate 

The evaluations are for a cultivation on a sunny area in a Central European Climate on 200 - 400 meters abouve sealevel.

Biological seeds: 

Biological seeds you can find in our section Organic Seeds. These seeds are only from biological controlled, certified, reliable suppliers with a high quallity standard.

If you wish to have other varieties or larger quantities of biological seeds, please get in contact with us. 

Our varieties in the other sections, sometimes can be treated but in general we aim to offer untreated seeds.

All recommendations are standard values and can differ from the indicated values due to various circumstances 

Resistances